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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWorking late at the clinic tonight. How's everybody doing?
I could use some company while plowing through this paperwork...
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,308 posts)I think you might have an idea of how I'm doing...
I hope you plow through all that work soonest!
Aristus
(66,099 posts)Are you in any pain?
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,308 posts)I'm good!
Aristus
(66,099 posts)Cool!
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Unless you want to do more of it, don't do TOO good a job on that paperwork.
If you DO, they'll just give you more of it.
Aristus
(66,099 posts)Occupational hazard.
LeftofObama
(4,243 posts)You need a refill on the coffee?
Aristus
(66,099 posts)Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)How was the rest of your day Aristus?
Aristus
(66,099 posts)Morning: smooth; this afternoon: crazy.
At one point this afternoon I was visiting with about four patients at the same time. I'd get a history from one patient, order a test, move to the next room, look over some vital signs and lab results, order a breathing treatment, move on to the next room, examine someone's lymph nodes, etc, etc.
Whew!
Thanks for keeping me company...
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)I find your daily descriptions fascinating.
At least it was just the afternoon that got crazy busy.
Four different problems at the same time! That's a lot of 'shifting gears' or so it would seem to me! Does it often happen that you are seeing 3 or more patients almost simultaneously?
Aristus
(66,099 posts)I'm only there on Fridays, and Fridays are almost always crazy. Everyody wants their aches and pains looked at before the weekend.
At the homeless clinic, I usually have time to complete one visit before moving on to the next one. I can do the chart note and everything pretty quickly. Today was different. Everything was happening at once.
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)Aside from the level of activity, what other differences do you see between the homeless clinic and the mainstream clinic?
Aristus
(66,099 posts)Lots of "do you know how long I've been waiting?!", etc.
I love my homeless patients. And because I'm here four days out of the week, it's easier to establish a relationship with them. No so easy at the mainstream clinic.
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)So they visit a clinic and then complain about the wait? People are amazing aren't they?
Yes, I imagine your homeless patients are happy to be receiving good medical care from the hands of someone who truly cares about them.
Aristus
(66,099 posts)Just not as many of them. And I can understand why they may be irritable. Life on the streets is no picnic.
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)Almost finished with your paperwork?
Aristus
(66,099 posts)Can't wait to get out of here and go get some dinner and a drink...
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)This is a very long day. What time did you arrive at the clinic?
Aristus
(66,099 posts)one_voice
(20,043 posts)If I were Queen of the world I'd outlaw paper work.
I read your posts often, I like reading about your days. The way you talk about your homeless patients is so nice, it says a lot about you. All very good. Anyone that has you treat them is a very lucky person.
My mom was a nurse, my aunt a nurse, I went to school for nursing, I didn't finish, almost, very, very close. I had a small child and it was very difficult. I've always had a love of medicine and being around people. My pop-pop went to vet school and some med school. He had a health food store back when they weren't 'the in thing' I remember looking at his books and thinking they were great. When we were little and got sick, it was him my mom would call before the doc, 99% of the time he fixed us up.
I worked in a doctors office, ob/gyn, I loved it. I wish I had finished school. It was just so hard with a little one and she came first...
Aristus
(66,099 posts)Sounds like we both come from medical families. My father was an RN, and his mother was an LPN. So I grew up with it. But I didn't want to go into medicine just because my father did. So I went in a different direction for years; banking, sales, a string of unfulfilling jobs and aborted career attempts.
I finally came back to medicine, and I feel like I belong here.
Speaking of my dad, his wife is moving, and she asked me to pick up some of his belongings that hadn't been settled by the estate. I found his "little black bag" from his time as an Army nurse. It's got his name and rank embossed on it in gold. I put it on the bookshelf in my office. I like it there. It's a reminder.
nolabear
(41,915 posts)It's perfect out there.
Aristus
(66,099 posts)It looks nice outside my window, though...
: nolabear!
nolabear
(41,915 posts)nytemare
(10,888 posts)When does your day end, or has it?
Aristus
(66,099 posts)in about an hour. Chicken tenders, a couple of drinks, and some pub trivia. Looking forward to it!...
OhioChick
(23,218 posts)Good for you. You make lives better.
Knightraven
(268 posts)Paperwork is not fun.
Running away is!
Aristus
(66,099 posts)Knightraven
(268 posts)Luckily I have some in the fridge.
Boomerproud
(7,890 posts)Hope you're doing better than I am.
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)Sorry..
Aristus
(66,099 posts)It's okay now, though. The day is over and I'm two beers in...