Killer

Went to a memorial today for a wrestling legend, Killer Karl Kox.  I knew him only a little even though we were family.  What I do remember about him though were his stories that he would tell us of when he was wrestling. I heard a lot of those today from people who used to work with him and from close friends and family.  It was a nice memorial.  He is going to be greatly missed. 

well child exams

I work primarily with pediatric patients and I enjoy it.  I can also work with adults but I prefer not to for many, many reasons that I am sure you will eventually come to understand.  I enjoy working with the pediatric population for a variety of reasons but the number one reason is that they don't bullshit you.  If a child is sick (with the exception of a few) they will show you by their assessment findings or parent history.  If they are not sick, it is determined by the same methods.  That being said...the emergency room doc cannot fix "congestion since birth" in a 6 month old child who is currently cooing and babbling with a fabulous assessment. Don't get me wrong, I work with fantastic emergency room doctors and they are good, just not miracle workers. 

Unanswered Questions

I have decided that I love giving report to other ER nurses and not so much to other nurses.  The biggest difference is that an ER nurse only wants to know a few things like, "Is the patient pink, breathing, oriented?", "What do I need to do for the patient now?"  I don't get the questions like "Which arm is the IV in?", "Why didn't the Dr order (insert completely inappropriate test here)?", and my personal favorite..."Did you fax the report up already because I can't take report until the actual paper is in front of me that tells me the exact same thing that you are going to relay to me word for word over the phone".  Sometimes I get really lucky and give report to a person who works on the med/surg or cardiac floor that is really an ER nurse at heart.  I love that.