We were told that we needed to be at the hospital today at a certain time for orientation. I assumed it would be normal orientation activities where I try to not fall asleep while they talk to me about not sexually harassing my coworkers.
Well, I get to the room and they don't say anything to me except to sit down and hand me a folder. After several more people arrive they start a video which explains the "expectations for the day". The video said "today we expect you to start an IV, perform a lumbar puncture, start an airway, and perform an ABG without prompting at a 100% level competency".
WHAT? I am a DENTIST! I have never even seen a lumbar puncture done! I was sweating bullets before each room, lol. The video said that we could ask for a demonstration when we walked into the competency rooms, so I did. I could hear the medics thinking, "wow, dumb blonde resident can't even do a simple medical procedure". I understand they need everyone with hospital privileges to know these things, but really, if all your on-call doctors are unavailable and you call in a pediatric dentist to do your lumbar puncture... you've got bigger problems to deal with!
/rant. Hopefully I will feel more intelligent tomorrow.
Re: I felt like a total idiot today.
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I am not really sure how I refrained from defecating in my pantaloons.
It was on dummies. I knew that would be the case for the LP portion, but the way they phrased it made it sound like it was on real people for the IV and arterial blood gases portion ("you must obtain blood on these portions"). I felt like I was going to hyperventilate before each room.
And you only had 20 minutes in each room including them asking you questions about the procedure and the demo if you asked for it. So it's not like you could just take your sweet time.
Oh well, it's over!
Must be. They didn't tell me otherwise. ::shrugs::
Going to Amazon right now to find that mirror! That sounds AWESOME! I'll probably get one for myself too. I might consider one for the child if he's good.
Yowza! I think most patients would rather you take your time learning these things. That seems kind of extreme. I guess they took care of "thinking on your feet" today?
Ha! I just had an awesome image of you running into a room with someone coding and saying "It's okay, I'm a dentist!"
I envision you as Leslie Nielsen. Is that wrong?
Always Sunny's back b-tches!
I assume you are referencing Naked Gun? FFFC- I've never seen any of those movies.
And if, uh, someone has a heart attack, you should still call 911.
Not even Airplane?? FFFC indeed.
Always Sunny's back b-tches!
No. ::blushes:: I need to put it on my instant queue on Netflix.