Night float- ventilation

[Bovie9]

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ok, so I am on my 2nd stint at night float now, and am feeling the need to vent. Would anyone like to share in the anguish?

I'll start...

(2am)
Nurse: uhh, doctor, the patient in 86B wants to talk about the plan, and prognosis


this one happened to my co-intern:
(4am)
Nurse (from ultra-posh, carpeted, private floor for VIPs and such): uhh, doctor, can you come and see the patient, he wants to discuss his sexuality right now

also happened to somebody else:
(1am)
Nurse (also from ultra-posh, carpeted, private floor for VIPs and such): uhh, doctor, can you come and fill out an incidient report- the patient had a dream that he fell out of bed (no ****)

Intern: how about dreaming that I came up and filled out an incident report <click>

 

[mddo2b]

ok, so I am on my 2nd stint at night float now, and am feeling the need to vent. Would anyone like to share in the anguish?

I'll start...

(2am)
Nurse: uhh, doctor, the patient in 86B wants to talk about the plan, and prognosis


this one happened to my co-intern:
(4am)
Nurse (from ultra-posh, carpeted, private floor for VIPs and such): uhh, doctor, can you come and see the patient, he wants to discuss his sexuality right now

also happened to somebody else:
(1am)
Nurse (also from ultra-posh, carpeted, private floor for VIPs and such): uhh, doctor, can you come and fill out an incidient report- the patient had a dream that he fell out of bed (no ****)

Intern: how about dreaming that I came up and filled out an incident report <click>

weve all been here...only thing you can do i share it with us and we can share a laugh....the discussing sexuality was a nice touch, but the incident report for a dream was priceless 😀

 

[tussy]

I love how call is the same no matter what country and what hospital.

My personal favorites:

midnight regarding a patient on a different service: "I was just flipping thru this patients chart because things are quiet up here tonight, and i was wondering what the plan is for this patient because the notes aren't clear"

2am "I was looking at the patients chart and noticed a critical lab value from early this afternoon that wasn't addressed. The creatinine level is critically low!!!! ONe of my collegues once replied to the this with "quick bolus 2 amps of creatinine stat". The response from the nurse, one hour later after she had called pharmacy to get the "2 amps of creatinine" was to fill out an incident report on the resident along with a complaint to his program director. The Program director thought it was hilarous.

 

[imtiaz]

this one happened to my co-intern:
(4am)
Nurse (from ultra-posh, carpeted, private floor for VIPs and such): uhh, doctor, can you come and see the patient, he wants to discuss his sexuality right now

i was drinking a can of diet pepsi, and i choked on it when i read this.

 

[toofache32]

2am "I was looking at the patients chart and noticed a critical lab value from early this afternoon that wasn't addressed. The creatinine level is critically low!!!! ONe of my collegues once replied to the this with "quick bolus 2 amps of creatinine stat". The response from the nurse, one hour later after she had called pharmacy to get the "2 amps of creatinine" was to fill out an incident report on the resident along with a complaint to his program director. The Program director thought it was hilarous.

Now that's funny.

 

[RedBlanket]

Legendary response at our county hospital from a couple of years ago, one of the ortho residents (then an intern), gets a 0300 page for a Mag of 1.6.

Response: Mag of 1.6 [with excitement in his voice]?!?! Get the crash cart STAT and meet me at the patients bedside.
<Click>
Then straight back to sleep.

hehehe. It's just wrong, but.....

BTW: no snippy comments from anyone who hasn't been through a surgical internship yet please.