No, not national politics, although they are not helping matters either, hospital politics. Ever wondered why your provider has a forced smile sometimes (well except you Karen and we know why)? They may have had to deal with outside influence on their practice. These frustrations are often Insurance companies, corporate style bean counters, or just …
Tag: patient story
Easy there stud…
You ain’t 21 again, and even then rushing this was very ill-advised. Recently had a patient present with a “dehiscence of a right total knee surgical site” In other words, his surgical incision opened up completely as well as some of the under sewing. Took a few minutes and a really big sassy nurse talking …
First day, wow…
I went through some old journal stuff and started looking at the things 20 some years ago when I was first a nurse (an LPN) Its scary to see some of these patient stories in print, still all this freaking time later. Back in the dark ages when I first became an LPN (this was …
Elusive…
I had the worst kind of patient consult the other night that I have been trying to wrap my head around. When the provider obtains a history on a patient, it seems like we ask you everything but your hat size. Many patients feel like they've answered these questions 100 times, and you may have …