(when dropping off a post-op to the ICU)
ICU RN: Gee, thanks ALOT for these messy, tangled lines!!
Me: Right, because your lines are always PERFECT when I pick up patients from you...
(from back in residency)
Attending: This is YOUR case! What do you want to do?
Me: I want to do _______
Attending: That's great. Let's do it my way anyway. (proceeds to push me out of the way and change around my setup).
ICU RN: Doctor, the pt's urine output has dropped. Do you want to give a fluid bolus?
Me: Ok, are they tachycardic?
ICU RN: No.
Me: Is their creatinine elevated?
ICU RN: No.
Me: Are they hypotensive?
ICU RN: No.
Me: Any electrolyte distubances?
ICU RN: No.
Me: How much fluid have they gotten in the last shift?
ICU RN: +10 L... so, how about that fluid bolus?
Me: ... facepalm