Ch...ch...ch...changes.

This explains it all. After the meeting tonight, I doubt the department will be the same one it was yesterday. Not that it is a bad thing, but it is going to be a long, emotionally charged meeting. I'm not much of a better, but I would put money on that.


On another note, I realized last night, I have identified a HUGE pet peeve. I will be the first to admit that I have a laundry list of things that get my goat, but this presently takes the cake. Treating a patient as a statistic and NOT a person. If they say they are frightened, you try to reassure them. If they say their legs are very sore today, you gently assist them in raising them to the cot. It is the small things in what we do that makes the difference for patients. Talk TO your patient, not AT or ABOVE them. There is a human being sitting there in front of you. They talk, they hurt, they feel. They are not some robot or mannequin. Please, please, please treat them accordingly...

As my basic instructor once said, "Treat them as you would want your own loved one treated."

And if you do not, I will be forced to paralyze you.