This week I was with Ms. Ward on the Women's and Peds floor at RRMC. I now have a new respect for the comment that Mrs. Walker made earlier in the year: "The patients in the hospital are really sick these days." Yeah, my patient was a 48yo female with ESRD, among other things. Her dx on adm was bleeding from her HD cath and she also had about a quarter sized ulcer on her foot. She was on isolation pending results of test for C. difficile- which I am about certain will come back positive. I got to watch the doctor do an I&D at the bedside and then I did a sterile wet-to-dry dressing (thanks Ms. Ward!!!). I gave some prn meds and also gave some insulin SQ and more POs. I had a good time (again) and I think that med-surg is beginning to be a great fit for me. But was it just me or did this week feel so weird though? I just could not shake this feeling on thursday... Oh well, three down, one to go!!!
-TSpeigner
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