My pain is a 25…

  I need my Dilaudid and turkey sandwich. Working a surgical floor, I have heard this more times than I care to think and usually from a patient who is so snowed, that they are slurring words and barely staying awake.  It is, however, a lot more common than you would think it is. Pain, the fifth …

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To hell with your consumer rating…

  “I’m a doctor, not a store clerk.” Dr. McCoy Star Trek.   I am sure he didn’t really say it, but I would be less than honest if I didn’t tell you I feel that way daily.  Many patients have the wrong approach to seeing primary care and it all comes down to the …

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Shouting into the void…

Do you ever feel that way?  Like you are shouting, and you don’t even hear your echo?  Well, welcome to me on this topic about medication errors and the Vanderbilt Nurse, RaDonda Vaught. Ok, what the actual hell is going on here? Why is she being charged with murder?  The whole NPR article is here: …

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