"This is a great room!" That's a quote from one of my two patients at AV Hospital Monday. There were three women in my patient room that morning, all ambulatory and all friendly.
My first patient, the social director of the group and a cancer patient, ordered a pizza delivered for all of them to share, and would go sit on her roommates' beds and chat with them so they wouldn't feel lonely.
My second patient was a charming older lady who was my meds guinea pig for the day. I only dropped ONE of her 6 pills on the floor -- thanks for getting me a replacement, Mrs Harmon -- and when I checked her blood sugar I managed to stab her finger just a tad close to the joint. She mildly informed me that that "stung a bit." Aaaack! So I learned something about Accu-checking: aim for the fleshy part of the finger.
Patient #3 wasn't assigned to me, but when she asked for my help with walking to the bathroom, I found out that it's okay to temporarily unplug an IV pump from the wall socket -- the pumps run on rechargeable batteries, like our blood-pressure/thermometer machines. Useful to know.
Maybe Monday was what it was like in the good old days in hospitals, when people weren't ALL quite so sick, and the pace was slower. I even had a chance to sit down and chat for a little while myself.
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