1. I got a lesson in ALWAYS looking at charts/24 hour reports before seeing patients. Day 1, patient 1, my very first elderly patient ever was no where to be found because he went to be with the good Lord, which we would have known had we looked at his chart.
2. An 84 year old can be just as stubborn as a 4 year old. Seriously.
3. I can handle a child's mucus but not an adults, no matter how hard I try.
4. One day, while trying to do swallowing exercises with a patient, she yelled as loud as she could "I don't want this Aryan touching me, get away!!!" (she used a few harsher words...) I learned my blonde hair and blue eyes may not always work in my favor.
I experienced something I never in a million years thought I would like as much a pediatrics, but I love it. Who knew.
I had no idea you had posted so many blogs!
ReplyDeleteI am not completely shocked you are good with older patients as well. You have an immense amount of patience with your patients and not much patience for those of us who aren't your patients. :)