Several interesting things occurred that night. Stress on the word night. My fourth patient came in around 2200, so of course it was nearing eleven o’clock when I began writing the admit orders. I got a page for cross-cover. My resident told me to write the orders, and he would check out this patient on [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Call’
July 3, 2005
My first call
Again, I awoke before my alarm feeling a little nervous. After a little tossing and turning, I eventually decided to go ahead and shower. The night before I’d thought ahead and packed an overnight bag. It contained:
A fresh tee-shirt and boxers
Clean socks
Toiletries (though I left the razor and shave cream at home…if there’s anytime a [...]
