MD/RN
10 questions I’d love to ask SOME MDs…
If only. If only we could ask stuff like, “how much money do you really make?”
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How do I chart for doctors?
Instead of seeing it as one more thing to cross off your to-do list, what if you considered charting a vital means of communication? After all, isn’t that the original purpose of charting?
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Nurse myths – “Have you heard about the nurse who…?”
The whole truth about the profession’s oft-told tales.
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What does a doctor want from a nurse?
Let me be clear. These days, simply doing your job is not enough. The patients are sicker. The illnesses are more complex…
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Pain drugs: when nurses get caught in the middle
Making an honest assessment of a patient’s pain medication needs can be a guessing game, but reaching the wrong conclusion could hurt the patient – and your career.
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Let’s face it: Nurses are better than doctors at some things
Nurse Rebekah debates Dr. Brady using Mother Goose (yes, you read that right) as a source.
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The myth of nurses dating doctors
If Grey’s Anatomy is to be believed, doctors and nurses spend more time having sex on the job than they do treating patients.
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Coming clean about handwashing
Nurse Rebekah and Doctor Brady examine hygienic practices in their department, the ED—and also come clean about their own hand-washing habits.
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Why do doctors think so little of nurses?
Today I had a physician call me from another floor to ask me to do an incident report on a mistake one of his residents made…
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Who’s to blame for MRSA?
Once again, the dynamic ER duo Dr. Brady Pregerson and Nurse Rebekah Child are back and ready to compare notes on the superbug MRSA.
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What do doctors want? “Efficiency.”
A Scrubs Exclusive: We pit Dr. Brady Pregerson, our favorite ER Doc, against Nurse Rebekah Child, our favorite sassy RN. They answer the question: “What Do Doctors Want?”
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Work rage
Have you ever been in a hostile workplace situation? Or just a really frustrating one? Enough to make you open the emergency chute?
Rebekah Child
Nursing school finals frustration
Student nurses are frazzled and panicking right now. You’ve been there. Got any advice for us?
Ani Burr
Stranger in a strange land
Male nurses are almost not existent in the clinics. Other than the MDs, I am the only guy on the floor.
Rob Cameron
The nursing “trade”
Is nursing considered a career or a trade? I am not just a skilled craftsman, I am an educated professional.
Sean Dent
A doctor in nursing uniform?
I love hearing about how the nurse practitioner is the “next best thing” in the medical profession. Is it?
Nicole Lehr
