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"the difference between a good doctor and great doctor is not much... I would say a 2 to 4% difference" Dr. L.
When I first heard the doctor say this, I did not know what to make of it. I found it ridiculous. Just a doctor's attempt to sound wise and "learn-ed." 2% seemed like such an insignificant figure. However, as I thought about it for a moment, I had one of those "oh shoot, that's pretty deep" moments. I would like to share, but I am at present too lazy to type it out.
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| hello all, it has been awhile since my last entry and I don't know if anyone uses this... Especially with Twitter's recent popularity but I will use this to express my ramblings...
Pretty pissed right now... At this one nurse in labor and delivery. Before I delve into this... I ask you will forgive me if I come off a tad mean. So where to begin... Nurses... Now I have plenty of respect for them. They take alot of crap from patients, doctors, and everyone else. I acknowledge that without nurses there would be absolute chaos in the hospital. Most nurses are awesome. But there are some out there that just suck. It's 5 am on labor and delivery. The ob/gyn doc I'm rotating with has had a pretty rough night. Three admits and a surgery within the past few hrs. On top of this, we had a whole day of clinic appointments. So she's sleeping in the call room while I'm up and about b/c I can't sleep. A nurse tells me that a patient in labor just came in. I ask her about the status. She gives me a few numbers. I ask her if the patient is likely to deliver. This nurse starts giving me a lecture about what the numbers mean. Now I didn't ask for a freaking lecture. A simple yes or no. I shrug it off. Nurse tells me "probably around 7... You probably won't see the delivery (ob shift ends at 8)". I figure I could trust her. After all she was bragging the other day how she was a nurse for over 18yrs... Blah blah blah. I decide to go back to my call room to use the toilet. This was around 5 am. I get a call from the nurse at 5:30 am saying the patient is delivering. I thank her for the heads up and head to the patient's room. Fast forward to 6:30. I comment how "the baby came sooner than expected.". Nurse decides to get all crazy on me... "you are the only one that thought it would come out late... I didn't tell you to go back to sleep did I?". This is right in front of my doctor. I'm like "WT eff?" This is the same nurse that said baby would come out after 8 am. Stupid nurse. But what can I do? She's got 18 yrs of experience... The years have definitely been cruel to her (I know that was mean... Will probably edit this once I calm down)... And I'm just a lowly student who makes good coffee. Hmm speaking of which, coffee pot is empty. Duty calls.
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| I'm tired. mentally. physically. emotionally.
Looking to better days.
I have it good tho. Can't complain. I have it so much better than a lot of people.
But would I be selfish if I still wanted to complain?
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| Hello all....
So I have probably picked the most inopportune moment to write an entry. Of all the days... I pick finals week to update xanga.
Currently sitting in a study room on campus with all my neuro notes out. Neuro final tomorrow. Panic has not set in yet... will probably start to it round 9 pm.
More preoccupied with the nutrition final we took. Kinda pissed about some of the answers I changed last minute. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT YOUR FIRST ANSWER CHOICE IS RIGHT!!! Alright enough about nutrition.
So the past couple of days, I have had trouble sleeping. The other night I tossed and turned for 2 hours before falling asleep. Could be stress. Could be the caffeine (first step to overcoming an addiction is to admit you have one - I am a coffee addict). During that time, I find myself often reflecting on the past. More specifically, the mistakes I have made in the past. What kind of mistakes? Everything from huge mistakes that have had long lasting consequences.. to the small minor mistakes like forgetting to leave a tip (happened two weeks ago...still feel horrible about it). At the time when these mistakes were actually made, I was not aware I was making these mistakes. Story of my life. After walking out of my nutrition final this morning... I suddenly realized I circled a few of the wrong answer choices. Why after?
But back to the mistakes. Never knew I made so many. Ok well this entry is taking too long and I am taking too long to come up with something super witty, clever, or awe-inspiring. On top of that, don't want the guys in the study room to realize I'm wasting time with... of all things to waste time with during finals... xanga. It would be completely acceptable if I were wasting time on espn.com or youtube.
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| Hello all,
After a long absence, I have randomly decided to update the xanga. The original plan was to hold off on a xanga entry and wait for people to leave comments begging me to update. However, I received ZERO comments. This led me to a number of choices:
A) people really did not notice my absence on xanga
B) people were happy that I stopped updating and adding to the xanga update clutter in their email (for those that have that feature)
C) people were in silent mourning and, did not wish to, or were unable to, express the depth of sadness at my absence
I decided to go with choice C. However, medical school continually reminds me that I absolutely SUCK at multiple choice questions... stupid tests...
Anyways... hate it or love it I am back! Plenty of updates since the last entry... but I will slowly fill you guys in with later entries.
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