Comments on Scalpel or Sword?: Admittophiliacs

Needs work.

2008-11-23T18:18:00.000-06:00

Needs work.

Thanks to Scalpel http://www.theonion.com/cont...

2008-11-23T17:33:00.000-06:00

Thanks to Scalpel http://www.theonion.com/content/index Read Onion to spare your sanity. Good Bye.

Hello to Scalpel. Thanks for keeping it real Tha...

2008-11-23T17:28:00.000-06:00

Hello to Scalpel. Thanks for keeping it real Thanks for keeping it for all. ,Thanks for keeping it real.

just want to try HTMLhello to scalpel. It is a pl...

2008-11-23T17:23:00.000-06:00

just want to try HTML

hello to scalpel. It is a pleasure to read your blog. Thanks for keeping it real.

How's my HTML driving?

Dom Perignon works for me too

2008-11-17T09:15:00.000-06:00

Dom Perignon works for me too

I have minor gastroparesis and end up in the hospi...

2008-11-17T00:13:00.000-06:00

I have minor gastroparesis and end up in the hospital maybe once a year and hate every moment of it. Domperidone really helped me, but it's only available via compounding in the US.

I am in alot of pain,(under rib cage and stomach....

2008-11-15T09:57:00.000-06:00

I am in alot of pain,(under rib cage and stomach. for the last week , and I noticed blood in my very hard stools,( been constipated with extremley hard bowels for the last Year, the pain was just a bother at first, now it is getting constant and I look like I am 9 months pregnant( swollen) I have been told by friends and fam, to go to the ER immediatley, I really don't want too, I hate needles, what should I do?? Stacy.....

Saddest thing is the terrible waste of important r...

2008-11-14T20:14:00.000-06:00

Saddest thing is the terrible waste of important resources.

Hat's off to emergency crews. I've only been once and was glad they let me go home. Hospitals are full of sick people...with germs.

Wow, I missed that one.We're like two chefs creati...

2008-11-14T12:57:00.000-06:00

Wow, I missed that one.

We're like two chefs creating totally different dishes from the same basic ingredients.

Hey doc. I wrote about the The Hospital Junkie l...

2008-11-14T12:45:00.000-06:00

Hey doc. I wrote about the
The Hospital Junkie

last month.

Yes, they do exist.

I just re-read my last post. WTF? Somebody was bei...

2008-11-14T10:17:00.000-06:00

I just re-read my last post. WTF? Somebody was being a frumpy old shrewd.

I <3 doctors. And computer users. And special ed kids. And Republicans. (I know, I'm splitting hairs with the last two).

I think there is a growing trend among physicians, at least that I've observed, which suggests docs just don't like people. WTF?

::shakes his head in disdain::

Psych patients: Ah, breath of fresh air. The 4 Ss...

2008-11-14T03:17:00.000-06:00

Psych patients: Ah, breath of fresh air. The 4 Ss: Search, safety, security, social work referral. Nothing much for me to do.

Honestly, as someone who is a chronic self-injurer...

2008-11-13T20:12:00.000-06:00

Honestly, as someone who is a chronic self-injurer who lands in the ER several times a year for 200+ stitches (which takes a /while/)...I have never been outright mistreated by staff.

I'm usually pretty talkative during the suturing, so. Movies, TV, my studies...etc. Occasionally, yes, it turns to /why/ I continue to hurt myself like this. There is always bitterness there, both from myself and from the person treating me.

I remember one NP who was particularly angry that I was basically throwing my life away. Even as she chided me, she did her job expertly.

I would say that you tend to expect certain treatment. I can't really complain because I can see where they're coming from. Maybe that sort of insight would lead others to quit their self-harming behavior, I'm not sure.

Actually, anybody who knows me could definitely gu...

2008-11-13T19:31:00.000-06:00

Actually, anybody who knows me could definitely guess which one, heh...

OMG, I love it. Especially since I've actually com...

2008-11-13T19:30:00.000-06:00

OMG, I love it. Especially since I've actually committed one of those excuses. (I'll never tell which one...)

It sounds like he should have become an "IT profes...

2008-11-13T13:17:00.000-06:00

It sounds like he should have become an "IT professional" instead.

A psychiatrist once told me he hated people. Why w...

2008-11-13T10:30:00.000-06:00

A psychiatrist once told me he hated people. Why would anyone work in psychiatry if they hate people? That's crazy.

Thank God he wasn't my doctor.

How about the sicklers? We have one on our service...

2008-11-12T21:03:00.000-06:00

How about the sicklers? We have one on our service right now who has been here for THREE WEEKS. For the last three days she has received THREE doses daily of 0.5 cc Dilaudid IV (she is written for 0.5 Q3 PRN but is obviously so comfortable she is not asking for it anymore). And has missed her evening doses of MSContin as she has been sleeping comfortably. yet on rounds she conjures up some tears and lies in bed literally shaking and complaining of pain. and keeps her fucking nasal cannula oxygen on all damn day. SO ANNOYING!!!! Why the attending won't dump her already is beyond me.

To the anonymous psych nurse:I thought the term wa...

2008-11-12T19:16:00.000-06:00

To the anonymous psych nurse:

I thought the term was "suicidal ideation." And is there any difference between that and considering suicide?

Semantically yours,
UH

I must honestly say I've met very few doctors I li...

2008-11-12T18:27:00.000-06:00

I must honestly say I've met very few doctors I liked.

I must also honestly say that if I dealt, day in & day out, with the dolts they deal with, I'd probably not like people either. Shit, I don't much like people now.

Good point Scalpel. Part of being a doc is being ...

2008-11-12T18:17:00.000-06:00

Good point Scalpel. Part of being a doc is being able to look past your personal prejudices and things that make you dislike, annoy, or even hate patients to give them good and appropriate medical care.

Anonymous 04:15 You wrote-"I'm just curious about ...

2008-11-12T15:04:00.000-06:00

Anonymous 04:15 You wrote-

"I'm just curious about all of you blogging nurses who brag about how crappy you treat suicidal idealiation, considering suicide, and suicide attempt patients... do you really do so in real life, or is it all made for blog view? Let's hope so, and leave it at that!"

I don't think it is so much bragging as it is venting. Sometimes, if you don't laugh, you cry, or lose sleep..or want to run as far away from the hospital as you can get.

Moms get together with other moms and brag or vent about their kids' latest capers. Heavens- they even blog about it. This doesn't mean that they treat their children poorly.

Why do you find it so odd that nurses need to vent about working in one of the most emotionally and physically exhausting jobs that constantly brings them into contact with the bottom feeders.

Good grief, you'd think someone in the psych field would understand this.

Let the nurses vent. It's not like we can sit at the dinner table and share this crud with family or non-medical friends.

Acute care nurse who sometimes vents on blogs ;)

I think there is a growing trend among physicians,...

2008-11-12T12:21:00.000-06:00

I think there is a growing trend among physicians, at least that I've observed, which suggests docs just don't like people.

A lot of stupid or misinformed people (yes, those are 2 different groups) come to the ER. Can you blame them?

I had a #9 who was named Dionysus. I kid you not.

2008-11-12T12:06:00.000-06:00

I had a #9 who was named Dionysus.

I kid you not.

I think there is a growing trend among physicians,...

2008-11-12T08:54:00.000-06:00

I think there is a growing trend among physicians, at least that I've observed, which suggests docs just don't like people. I'm not saying that's a bad thing. Perhaps the monotony, as in any profession, eventually wears away what the bleeding hearts would call your humanity. Although I guess with any social service, which I guess is what health care has become, you're going to have people who abuse and misuse the system. That has to be irritating as well. After a while everyone might start to look like the drug seeker or the lonely guy who just wants attention. I'm not sure how you do it.

I don't like people. I know that I could not handle it. And for me I would have a hard time dehumanizing sick people or those even pretending to be sick.

That's why I teach special ed students, aka IT professional. Special ed students, aka useless computer users, aren't really people but more like organic job security. And even though I loathe them, that doesn't make me incapable of providing excellent client relations.

Meh. Client relations? Teh heh, thought of an Eliot Spitzer joke, but I'll leave it alone.