Med/Surg RRMC

This week went well for me. On Thursday, my patient, who had a PhD, was admitted for febrile nuetropenia. By the time I got him he had been there for a few days so his nuetrophils were back WNL but he had kidney stones that his Dr. wanted to take care of while he was in the hospital. I was able to go w/ him to watch his laser procedure to break up the stones. That was pretty good. I didn't not do any patient care that day but I did learn some things. On Friday, my new patient was admitted for lower back pain. He was in 10 of 10 pain most of the time but there was speculation by some staff that he was there for the pain meds. He had left NE and came straight to Rowan where they say he is a regular. It was hard for me tell whether the pain was truly as bad as he said or if the staff was right.