Reality Bites

Here’s an update on my life in and out of the hospital which I call "Hello" Moments…

Only in PGH

!!! A STAT lab test may not necessarily yield an immediate result, depending on the following factors… 1.) A co-worker may not send your STAT specimens ASAP even if they were taught before that we need the results right away.  2.) The famous lab info person was on-duty when you went up to send your labs.  Tsk! Tsk!  It’s blockbuster once again but you have to somehow disregard your habit of waiting in line to carry out your orders and get rid of all the specimens assigned to you.  3.) Right before your eyes, you saw that the lab technician is in the process of "running" tons of labs specimens… Good luck STAT !!!

!! At the break of dawn, an unregistered pregnant patient comes for consult at OBAS without any prenatal care check-ups.  Here she comes in labor, assessed with complications, without any money for this 9-month pregnancy… Responsible parenthood, where are you? !!!

!!! A groggy lady who seems to have bad hair days comes around 3AM, presenting with vaginal bleeding, cold clammy extremities, fever… be ready to get toxic for this irresponsible person who induced this abortion and subsequently pushed herself into sepsis… Grrr !!!

!!! "Admission!!!!!" Where is our dear "nar"?  Have we really gone out of our supplies of IV fluids, macrosets and gloves?  WOW!!! Can we just close this section when times happen like this?  Help!!!

!! Monitoring in the Recovery Room, especially when you were so tired… postpartum mommies would demand something not covered by your "job description"… and the worse is they would call you "Miss", "Ate", "Nurse"… Can’t they read our nameplates?  It has Dr. before our names and we were the ones who delivered their babies… Talk about being ungrateful and disrespectful !!!

On My So-So Life

!!! An early morning kadugyutan occurred to me when an improperly sealed/capped blood vial spilled on my white uniform.  A vacutainer is supposed to be a vacutainer when you do a BE!!!  Case closed

!!! An 8-week rotation is working together for 8 weeks.  How come 2 of seniors didn’t know my name… well in fact, they owe me favorsssss and money for their meals?  Mind boggling… Unresolved

!!! A creature who used to be a special friend left without any notice… and even got my bestfriend as an accessory to his crime.  All this time, he was clueless… and with the recent encounter, he even found himself confused… Hello!!! Case closed.

!!! Ideal man… non-existent… too abstract… Unresolved.