“Hey let’s get bed 3 over to CT quick” “Any word on bed 3’s scans?” “Why hasn’t bed 3 gone to CT yet?!?” We’ve all been there. Here are some tips and tricks on how to work eff…
The relationship you have with your nurses will make or break you. You want need to have a strong working relationship with them. Here are some tips on how to do this, featuring amazing advice from ‘a washed up ex-ED nu…
I once lost a 25 year old on a cardiac shift. Later, after the shift ended, I was thinking of his whole life gone and wondering if I could have done more, performed more excellently. I wondered if another resident would have lost him if in…
“Lack of support in hospital/department. Social isolation, Lack of free time. Loss of confidence in your own abilities.” “…the fact that everything is on you…to push patients, to draw labs, to call consults, to juggle everything and have ex…
“I’m worried about losing my sense of humor…sometimes situations make me feel I’m losing that and then I’m just bitter.” “I actually think I’ve retained my compassion and empathy well…I think I have gained skepticism perhaps in exess of wha…
