I felt like a total idiot today.

quidditchcapn1120

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.

DragonflyBelle

How did you not poop your pants?!? And were you doing this on real people or dummies?

Kitiara5512

Soooo, does that mean its okay to sexually harass your coworkers?

wonkatalia

That's terrifying.  I just wanted to say that when I was a kid, I wanted to be a pediatric dentist.  It was because my pediadontist had a "magic mirror" where we would practice brushing our teeth and the tooth fairy would show up in the mirror and tell us if we had done a good job or not.  I loved going to the dentist!!! 

quidditchcapn1120

DragonflyBelle:

How did you not poop your pants?!? And were you doing this on real people or dummies?

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! 

quidditchcapn1120

Kitiara5512:

Soooo, does that mean its okay to sexually harass your coworkers?

Must be.  They didn't tell me otherwise.  ::shrugs:: 

quidditchcapn1120

wonkatalia:

That's terrifying.  I just wanted to say that when I was a kid, I wanted to be a pediatric dentist.  It was because my pediadontist had a "magic mirror" where we would practice brushing our teeth and the tooth fairy would show up in the mirror and tell us if we had done a good job or not.  I loved going to the dentist!!! 

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.   

DragonflyBelle

quidditchcapn1120:

DragonflyBelle:

How did you not poop your pants?!? And were you doing this on real people or dummies?

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! 

 

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?

pinkiemo

quidditchcapn1120:

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.

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?

quidditchcapn1120

pinkiemo:

quidditchcapn1120:

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.

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?

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.

pinkiemo

quidditchcapn1120:

pinkiemo:

quidditchcapn1120:

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.

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?

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.

quidditchcapn1120

pinkiemo:

Not even Airplane??  FFFC indeed.

No.  ::blushes::  I need to put it on my instant queue on Netflix.