1 week at the battleground
it's the real thing now.
and i'm overwhelmed!! in fact, i think overwhelmed is probably an understatement. i mean i knew it would be bad and i tried to prepare myself mentally for it before i started. but wah... unless u're in it urself, u'll never understand how terrible it is.
lemme see...
on tues after ward rounds, i took almost 2 hours to figure out this long-stayer's discharge summary. and even after everything's done, the nurse called me like 10 times cos i forgot to sign this, forgot to do tt, etc. the next thing i know, i had to clerk new elective cases for angio the next day and clerking includes taking consent, setting a IV plug, take bloods, a whole bunch of medication and fluid orders. before i could finish clerking, exit rounds started at 6pm after which i had another list of changes to do for all my patients. when things were finally done, it was 9.30pm.
yesh... i din have lunch and dinner the ENTIRE day.
things were almost as hectic the next few days. except i managed to have lunch at least. but still went home at 9 plus.
my team has 3 HO's and is split into 2. my partner and i tot our side was bad enough until we realized the poor lone HO on the other side was suffering cos his patient list was twice of ours. so my partner defacted and went to help him out. gosh... the day i was alone, life sucked even more.
suddenly, i was alone during ward rounds and my MO's were doing all the things i was supposed to be doing! not to mention the no. of screw-ups i had... like not knowing the patient's past med hx, not remembering my consultant's instructions, writing the wrong bed on the team list and make my team walked extra miles. i almost felt like crying on friday and it was probably all written on my face cos my really sweet MO's offered to help me discharge all the over-flow patients. (we discharged 9 patients tt day and the MO's helped me with 5!!) really really grateful to them man...
the NURSES!! waahhH!!! some of them... %$##... i shall not begin... i think i'll need a special "BLOG OF GRIEVANCES" for them.
ALL this despite me having done SIP at this hosp before. i can't imagine if i'm in a completely new environment. i wouldn't know how to use the computer systems, where the equipment are, how the protocols work. think i'm already using 3 times the amt of time to get things done now... if i'm in a totally different place, think i'll need 5 times.
hopefully this is an adjustment phase... i know for sure, i'll hafta work very very hard in this department. but hopefully, things will get smoother with time and i can get things done quicker.
posted by Gerri @ 5/07/2006 07:42:00 PM
3 Comments:
you can do it girl... HUG. check ur mobile phone. when i'm in one of my not so tied up days i can help u do some stuff...
u make surg sound so siong. damn i wish i didn't put sgh surg as my first choice.
Surgical, Medical are one of the toughest cos of it generalisation.
Anything case and rubbish can just fall into these category. Unless u go specialied, then things might be more different.
Lets put it in this way. Going through these general discipline is a better foundation for your skills and knowledge for better use in the future.
One learn more procedure in Medical but surgical is more packed with operation, so management and planning is learn through this posting. Get yr important numbers and do yr PR well and u survive through surgical
Look at the nurses, they are equally busy as you do. You discharge 8, means they have to discharge eight. Moreover they have to worry about the admission that comes along with numerous change. Talk to them, see how they cope. Again, you are not in the boat alone. Everybody in.
P/S: Did u mention something about the nurses at your last sentence? Positive or negative?
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