Friday, December 12, 2008
A bout of bad moodJust a tiny little bit of ranting before I go on to more sunny things. The load of us have been rather grouchy the last few days. And it's true - the TTSH nurses are truly terrible. They are like pesky midgets hovering about, totally unhelpful, and utterly incompetent. They have a hell lot to learn from their NUH counterparts - those nurses, I'll take seriously at any time; if they call me, I'll be there in a second. But the TTSH nurses need to learn that (a lot of) certain things are NOT emergencies, and they WILL get snapped at if they call me 10x a day for such absolute rubbish. I have never been more generous with snappy replies and phone-slamming than I am now.
So take today for example.
Stupid nurse 1: "Doctor, you're the one in charge of Ward*Bed*?"
Me: "No. I am only helping another doctor print the MC."
Stupid nurse1: "Oh, but your name is on the MC .."
Me: *Rolling my eyes and gritting teeth* "
Obviously. I just said, I printed the MC for another doctor. But I am NOT IN CHARGE."
Stupid nurse 1: "So who's in charge of this patient?"
Me (thinking) - "Fucking open the goddamn file and see who wrote the morning ward round entries. Simple enough? Or do you want me to write step-by-step FAQ instructions for you, or maybe do up a Quicktime instructional video for you?"
By the way, I get 2-3 such calls a day -
at least. By the way, the male nurses are much better than the females. At least they've got common sense.
Anyway, out for a real trip tomorrow! Really excited. Seems like everyone's leaving for somewhere or another. I myself would love to go to Japan, but alas. I'll need to dig out my old textbooks and meditate on them for several months before I can even navigate there.
Ew, the expenditure ... looking forward to a real break!!
Wenky
8:29 PM
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