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[mdrnprometheus]

You may, perhaps, think that psychiatry night call is not quite as difficult as, say, internal medicine night call. If you think that, I offer the following.

Nursing note, patient information thoroughly redacted:
Came to writer with a very small organism crawling on her finger said it was a crab and she took it from her perineal area. Said that

Comments

[jazzmasterson]

I will never complain about working the genius bar again.

Ok, that's a lie. But I have seen true suffering, something something princess bride.

[mythomanic]

psychiatry: always entertaining.
did you ever find out what the very small organism was?

[mdrnprometheus]

I was not the HO on call, so no.

[turnberryknkn]

Hee! Been there, done that, know how you feel.

Arthopod infestations are definately high on my list of Things I Do Not Enjoy On Call Nights, right up there with serial manual rectal disimpaction. I think I actually dislike arthopods more, because at least getting splattered -- or covered -- in someone's explosive stool isn't contagious the same way lice and scabies are...

[metallian]

Man, I'm not allowed to complain about work ever again.

[sweet_tea79]

True. Very, very true.

[vvalkyri]

squick! eeee...

[sweet_tea79]

Hi, I'm here by way of turnberryknkn. I'm a former surgery resident now turned peds resident. Peds is better.

I've always thought that HO is a fabulous abbreviation for the on-call resident. I mean, it's honest. "Hi, I'm Dr. Sweet Tea. I'll be your bitch for the evening. What orifice of yours needs emergent spelunking at 1am?"

[turnberryknkn]

I've always thought that HO is a fabulous abbreviation for the on-call resident. I mean, it's honest. "Hi, I'm Dr. Sweet Tea. I'll be your bitch for the evening. What orifice of yours needs emergent spelunking at 1am?"

ROTFL!

That is an awesome, awesome quote and *so* perfect. May I please post it to metaquotes?

[sweet_tea79]

Sure!

[mdrnprometheus]

Peds is indeed better. But then again, except for surgical subspecialties, most anything is better than gen surg residency...

[iliana_sedai]

Read your post a few days ago but didn't respond at that time, but now that I am reminded....

Remember, "empirically treated." Don't look, just prescribe and finish the treatment course.

[mdrnprometheus]

Certainly what I would have done had I been called about it...