December 20, 2007     

I can has chest xray stat?

NOTE FROM NURSE KIM:

No respect, no power, all the work and
all the flack. First Year residents have
a long, five-year road ahead.

The Top 9 New Year’s
Resolutions of First Year Residents

9> To switch careers to something with less stress, like air
traffic control or bomb defusing.

8> My prescriptions will be written in a dignified manner,
sprinkled tastefully with Latin, and with no emoticons.

7> I will start that research project to determine whether
*caffeine* can be classified as a blood type.

6> I will have a social life and go on at least one date. (Mental
note: Look up what gender I am, and choose appropriately.)

5> I will stop emptying the bed pans in Dr. Johnson’s locker,
even though he’s a complete ass.

4> This year I’ll take it a little easier on the med students. No
more than a couple of “serum porcelain assay” requests per
morning rounds.

3> When in doubt, I will remember to ask myself “WWHD?” (What
Would House Do?)

2> Last year’s plan to wear scrubs all day and night works pretty
well. This year I’ll try to schedule in some showers and
changes also.

and the Number 1 New Year’s Resolution of First Year Residents…

1> I will review and actually sign all of my verbal orders, even
if it’s just to find out who keeps taking down my orders in
lolcat.

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Credits:

Selected from 26 submissions from 10 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

Melony Lamusk RN, Crenshaw, WI — 1
Melanie Clark MD, Kalamazoo, MI — 2, 4, 8 (Hat trick!)
Jeff Rabinowitz DPM, Wilkes-Barre, PA — 3
Brandon Eldridge PharmD, St. Louis, MO — 5
Dawson E. Rambo, NREMT-B, Santa Rosa, CA — 6, 7, 9 (Hat trick!)
Kim Walker-Daniels RN/NWA, Madison, WI — Charge Nurse