First night on call

Graham’s first night on call during his medicine sub-i: “Man it sucked.”

Don’t worry, it gets better. An attending once told me to always look at the orders first, then the note. When it comes to things getting done, the note means nothing. This is especially true out of academic medical settings when you have several consultants and cross-covering physicians writing orders on your patient.

Related posts:

1. Making night float easier
2. Night float
3. My take: Paying for call, Muslims in medicine
4. Choosing a consultant
5. My take: Night float, free medical school, triage and disease management
6. Use of the on-call physician
7. On-call hospital tips

  Follow on Twitter   Subscribe

Tagged as: patient