tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363800465522177101.post1687135710424239478..comments2023-10-29T13:53:06.712-04:00Comments on Call bells make me nervous: Abusing STATMahahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04860979377398925052noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363800465522177101.post-1531184115270152302009-09-10T21:24:30.340-04:002009-09-10T21:24:30.340-04:00OMDG - That's clearly a fail on the part of th...OMDG - That's clearly a fail on the part of the nurses in both the ED and the floor. From my point of view, sometimes I can't get admission orders started in the ED because we don't carry some of the medications in stock and have to wait until the morning when the pharmacy can deliver them to us. There might also be delays in getting blood work done because I'm juggling new patients as well as admitted patients. <br /><br />As far as orders that are stricly for patients who will stay in emerge, I don't think its necessary to write stat next to every single order.Mahahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04860979377398925052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363800465522177101.post-10119601959947011412009-09-05T01:46:34.792-04:002009-09-05T01:46:34.792-04:00I remember when I admitted patients to the medicin...I remember when I admitted patients to the medicine service from the ED, none of the orders got done after we saw the patient -- STAT or not STAT (though I tried both). Seems the ED nurses felt the orders were the floor nurse's job, and the floor nurses felt the orders were the ED nurse's job. Both got their nose out of joint over the lack of the other person's work, and nothing would get done. <br /><br />Imagine my delight when I walked into my patient's room at 4PM after an 8AM admission only to find him seizing because he hadn't gotten his serax for his florid alcohol withdrawal. <br /><br />Yeah. Stupid f-ing residents.OMDGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17937425894428802591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363800465522177101.post-1064872210637890152009-09-04T16:39:49.170-04:002009-09-04T16:39:49.170-04:00Or how about when you actually need a STAT order a...Or how about when you actually need a STAT order and the doc doesn't make it STAT? And when you ask them to reorder it as a STAT, they say you can just write on the requisition form that it's STAT. And then only to have the labs call you and say they can't process STAT orders unless it was originally ordered STAT? Arg.... I need a drink, STAT!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363800465522177101.post-26390472753448524722009-08-26T03:31:00.659-04:002009-08-26T03:31:00.659-04:00New Resident + unecessary STAT orders = HUGE EGO
...New Resident + unecessary STAT orders = HUGE EGO<br /><br />Not to mention he is not making any friends in the nursing department!!!One Nursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07063978678436812270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363800465522177101.post-41427541540739335432009-08-25T20:25:50.299-04:002009-08-25T20:25:50.299-04:00I find the best response to stupid Stat orders is ...I find the best response to stupid Stat orders is to call the resident with the results as they arrive. Now if your hospital is like mine we do tend to get results one bit at a time so usually the offending party gets the hint after the third or forth phone call.Angry Nursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02109230113569411486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363800465522177101.post-33115652609540812242009-08-25T17:12:26.496-04:002009-08-25T17:12:26.496-04:00muahah i like the comment about the pen..hehe soun...muahah i like the comment about the pen..hehe sounds like something smart ass i would say. Yea sounds like he abuses that word. Glad i don't have any in my work that does thatLivingDeadNursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09330559010315448255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363800465522177101.post-79910422943069942492009-08-24T08:33:54.736-04:002009-08-24T08:33:54.736-04:00Breakfast on Saturday, STAT!Breakfast on Saturday, STAT!Gleenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363800465522177101.post-25823812494086897732009-08-23T21:08:37.023-04:002009-08-23T21:08:37.023-04:00Yes, and STAT labs cost more money. I am surprise...Yes, and STAT labs cost more money. I am surprised no one has outed this Doc yet for his statiness.Reality Roundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489382111809964841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363800465522177101.post-16210350248329886752009-08-23T17:47:21.633-04:002009-08-23T17:47:21.633-04:00It would be really hard for me to hold my tongue.
...It would be really hard for me to hold my tongue.<br /><br />New GI res: Do you have a pen?<br />Me: Do you need it stat?<br /><br />Someone should tell him though.S3XinthePantryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11838007073775158370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363800465522177101.post-45367860429082428952009-08-23T17:08:32.947-04:002009-08-23T17:08:32.947-04:00Such a waste of time and resources.
I NEVER use ...Such a waste of time and resources.<br /><br />I NEVER use the word, unless it's absolutely urgent. That way it gets done, because people know I don't abuse it.<br /><br />This bozo sounds like the boy who cried wolf.Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.com