tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post6283494979029362644..comments2024-03-18T09:00:31.992-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: Nurses...Grumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-65051190202313521462014-08-26T17:26:25.170-04:002014-08-26T17:26:25.170-04:00One of my cousins works as a nursing assistant at ...One of my cousins works as a nursing assistant at a small hospital, one of my friends cleans a mental healthcare facility- fun job. It's easy to forget that it takes a crew to keep a ship on track, not just a captain. KeepSmilingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-9387799370400797322014-08-19T07:35:24.843-04:002014-08-19T07:35:24.843-04:00Great article. I too agree with u.Great article. I too agree with u.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17112817037957589697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-25795270949206258322013-02-19T21:02:42.890-05:002013-02-19T21:02:42.890-05:00Hey Grumpy,
Doc. Grumpy,
Maybe, you're NOT a...Hey Grumpy,<br /><br />Doc. Grumpy,<br /><br />Maybe, you're NOT as grumpy as you think you are! If you epitomize Grumpiness in the world... we can stand having more grumpy people!<br /><br />GREAT post!<br /><br />Thanks Grumpy.<br /><br />Cheers <br /><br />:) :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-83137136048851325102011-10-06T07:54:55.853-04:002011-10-06T07:54:55.853-04:00i think its great.i think its great.medi4http://www.medi4.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-15157572310638362392011-04-19T12:57:21.614-04:002011-04-19T12:57:21.614-04:00Thank you! ER-nurse from BelgiumThank you! ER-nurse from BelgiumFilip&Kristienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05955130917947572950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-89860782755317549552010-12-27T00:51:46.236-05:002010-12-27T00:51:46.236-05:00Wonderful post! My mom is a nurse practitioner, an...Wonderful post! My mom is a nurse practitioner, and my dad is a general surgeon. 23+ years of marriage and they still make the perfect team.Sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-58320453792119190842010-06-29T23:59:53.564-04:002010-06-29T23:59:53.564-04:00Such a great post!
I was hospitalized last Novem...Such a great post! <br /><br />I was hospitalized last November after a serious suicide attempt (28 grams of extended release Tylenol and anti-emetics). It was a horrible choice, and I wish I hadn't made it. I was on the med floor for 4 days hooked up to an IV.<br /><br />On Thanksgiving Day, I had a nursing student sit with me. (I was given 1:1 observation.) His name was Mike and I still give thanks to him even today. Mike was so kind and helpful.<br /><br />I love reading and learning, and so he let me read his nursing books and we studied together for his tests. I felt so grateful that he didn't look down on me for my mistakes.<br /><br />Here it was Thanksgiving, and he could have been at home with his family. Instead, he was working at the hospital.<br /><br />You can tell a lot about a person by how they treat nurses, waiters, janitors and secretaries. And it never hurts anyone to smile and be polite. It makes everyone's day just a little bit easier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-52805289610295378872010-05-23T10:07:39.974-04:002010-05-23T10:07:39.974-04:00(I just discovered your blog, so apologies for com...(I just discovered your blog, so apologies for commenting late.)<br /><br />I'm a third-year resident in cardiothoracic surgery. I worked my way here -- I started out as an EMT, not sure if I wanted to do the whole medical thing, and I saw how people treated "just an EMT" and "just a medic." <br /><br />Competent ER nurses have saved my ass at least a dozen times, and made me look good more times than I can count. And they do this for every EMT, every medic, every intern, every resident, every doctor. <br /><br />I try to make sure when I work with a new nurse that he or she knows this. A competent nurse who knows that he or she is genuinely appreciated can move mountains, and a good surgical team or a good ER -- or even a good hospital -- succeeds or fails on the backs of its nurses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-10620660136787535812010-05-21T22:50:42.686-04:002010-05-21T22:50:42.686-04:00Dr London was my internist. I have the signed cop...Dr London was my internist. I have the signed copies to prove it. He was an absolute original, a sole practitioner who knew when to hold them, and when to refer them out, and when to tell very funny jokes. I don't know if he is deceased, but I do know that well in to his 70's he abruptly closed his practice and i have not heard of or from him, since. I miss him.woolywomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14798060848062776281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-7811102263411726122010-05-02T15:07:59.655-04:002010-05-02T15:07:59.655-04:00Psych RN laughing out loud...I've had many int...Psych RN laughing out loud...I've had many interesting episodes...one of my favorite "patient education" phrases is "I'm for talking, I'm not for touching."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-27445810839062979042010-04-29T19:15:58.208-04:002010-04-29T19:15:58.208-04:00WOW! Thanks so much! As a nurse for over 20 year...WOW! Thanks so much! As a nurse for over 20 years your post was an awesome read!<br /><br />Many times we don't feel appreciated by our patients, docs or by each other.<br /><br />You made my day!Kathy Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-63551367001953783492010-04-29T16:06:15.749-04:002010-04-29T16:06:15.749-04:00So many doctors don't get it.
I work at a teac...So many doctors don't get it.<br />I work at a teaching hospital and back when I was getting my son diagnsosed for autism, I visited the peds clinic. The family practice resident came in to start his stuff. He recognized me from working my floor and he was just stupid. So when he said he had "experience" when autistics, I let my son loose on him. Fun to watch this guy try to chase my son around the room trying to listen to his heart and ask him questions when I told him he didn't talk. Now my son is more verbal and cooperative but I still don't think that doctor got it-don't be a smartass.<br />As a night nurse, I feel for the residents we call. The hospital doesn't supply us with coffee and we buy our own and have become stingy with it. But they get coffee if they need it because both of us know we must look out for each other. Just don't ask us to make it for you. Ask how to work the coffeemaker.knittinnursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10621893682010155004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-88261630674596877842010-04-28T18:04:35.669-04:002010-04-28T18:04:35.669-04:00Don't forget the medical transcriptionists who...Don't forget the medical transcriptionists who have the knowledge to know when docs have dictated the incorrect medication, incorrect dosage, incorrect patient name or MR #...yet still they are being replaced by point and click. Unbelievable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-38019376022303237652010-04-28T17:11:47.544-04:002010-04-28T17:11:47.544-04:00Thank you for your thoughtful commentary on nurses...Thank you for your thoughtful commentary on nurses and their contribution to medicine. Kudos to acknowledging the many unsung heros that add value to the entire healthcare process as well. <br /><br />Healthcare today would be a lot better off with more people like you doing the job most take for granted.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10678736237475255263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-1580128175991811552010-04-28T17:01:56.699-04:002010-04-28T17:01:56.699-04:00Nurses are great...especially when you're scre...Nurses are great...especially when you're screaming because the doc just stuck a 3 inch needle in your spine. I thought I crushed the lady's hand. But she was sweet as sugar (the doc too - he was my pain manager)Sabinalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01832307463831745196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-18266442668671811052010-04-28T04:27:34.342-04:002010-04-28T04:27:34.342-04:00Love the catch-all at the end of your post, just t...Love the catch-all at the end of your post, just to make sure that you stay on good terms with all of the hospital staff!<br />Wrap that to go, please! <br />Kudos, cool dude!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-27721388645568672282010-04-27T21:19:07.337-04:002010-04-27T21:19:07.337-04:00Thank you! Its so nice to hear that. I don't...Thank you! Its so nice to hear that. I don't even know how to tell you how nice it is to hear someone that appreciates what i do.Theresahttp://thisnurseknits.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-63962080910498721592010-04-27T18:24:45.964-04:002010-04-27T18:24:45.964-04:00During my last sojourn in hospital, one of the nur...During my last sojourn in hospital, one of the nurses appeared to be a little, well, 'old' for the job. She later told me that she was retired, but continued to volunteer her services free....just because!! I It takes a very special kind of person to be a nurse. Hats off to you all!!Swami Dilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03486227823610436414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-63579922164859319892010-04-27T16:54:56.578-04:002010-04-27T16:54:56.578-04:00Thank you for mentioning EMTs and medics, Grumpy. ...Thank you for mentioning EMTs and medics, Grumpy. Too often we're glared at by ER doctors who don't bother to read our reports because "they know better," even though we may have spent 45 minutes with a patient.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-69369409796369093832010-04-27T16:39:43.782-04:002010-04-27T16:39:43.782-04:00i don't know you, i came across your blog link...i don't know you, i came across your blog linked from a friend... as a nurse I just wanted to say "thanks" for recognizing our place in medicine and patient care. Thanks for your kind words and respect. We need more doctors like you. And your nurses are blessed to work with a doctor like you too.alexandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454852599929811440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-13706552634284012552010-04-27T08:47:42.846-04:002010-04-27T08:47:42.846-04:00Dr G, a wonderful post. Nurses are indeed awesome....Dr G, a wonderful post. Nurses are indeed awesome. Towards the end of 2007 I had a heart attack. During the several weeks I was in hospital I received care that can only be described as exemplary. Some of the most *practical* advise on getting help to change the bad habits that brought the heart attack on in the first place were from nurses, of course.<br /><br />Believe me, to all the nurses out there - you do a fantastic job under often difficult conditions. Be proud, and don't let the bloody admins get you down!Morrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-36588454272069759262010-04-27T04:00:06.123-04:002010-04-27T04:00:06.123-04:00So good to see the responses here. For the record,...So good to see the responses here. For the record, <br />I learnt neonatal intubation from the NICU nurse when I was an intern.<br />It was a Medicine floor nurse who taught me how have my papers in order before a case presentation on rounds. <br />And many other things. Many a times a saved a**<br />Cant forget the "coffee and cake" in the wee hours that they shared with me on my night calls.<br />God bless Dr. Grumpy for this post!ireflecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06894326744424817563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-48242207319931962162010-04-27T02:47:53.080-04:002010-04-27T02:47:53.080-04:00well saidwell saidcynicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-46027645541046031102010-04-27T02:39:08.778-04:002010-04-27T02:39:08.778-04:00Respect for pharmacists? shoot-you are so niceRespect for pharmacists? shoot-you are so niceFilet-o-bitch RPhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02150522997875773024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-24202338414965469772010-04-27T00:45:54.345-04:002010-04-27T00:45:54.345-04:00I'm thanking you with tears rolling down my ch...I'm thanking you with tears rolling down my cheeks. This post is the best praise I ever received for my 47 years of nursing. I retired at 68-year-old, and now, at 80, I still miss patients and hospital life.<br /><br />I'm a French Canadian and worked at many outposts, and in most hospital specialties in Ottawa and Toronto. But, in the mid-sixties, I had the great honour of working at the Houston Methodist Hospital, on Dr. Michael DeBakey's Cardiology Department. Nurses, on that floor, were interviewed and approved by Dr.DeBakey, and received a very serious training. I was able to watch the first open heart bypass surgeries performed by the great surgeon himself. It gave me such confidence and such pride in my chosen profession.<br /><br />You're a great man, Dr.Grumpy. If I were still able to work, I would gladly apply at your hospital. I have met wonderful doctors everywhere but you have a great sensitivity for your patients and staff. I truly admire you. Thank you for your interesting and often amusing blog. I'm so glad I discovered you. I will print this post and offer it to my sons. It will give them an idea of the work their mother accomplished. May God bless you for all you do.Claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04307495672130972111noreply@blogger.com