Anxious Patient

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/health/13klas.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

Man freezes to death while sleepwalking barefoot in his underwear in 20-below zero weather. http://www.startribune.com/local/east/37614524.html

This article is about Steve Jobs, founder of Apple computer, who has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and who is being very private about his illness. The author believes that the shareholders have a right to know about his health. Jobs' insist...

Yes, I had to sign some forms, then waited about 2 weeks for permission. Those notes were from my initial meeting with him. He's my oncologist for the past 5 years and I feel I'm in good hands. I really don't keep anything from him, but now that I...

As a hospital patient I was curious about my medical records and made the offical request to see them. There was a clerk from medical records in the room with me the whole time. I'm sure I was supervised so as not to alter or remove any pages from th...

I'm wondering. What would happen if the patient wasn't given versed before surgery? Would they then remember and actually feel everything that happened to them while being operated on? Why aren't the drugs that put the patient to sleep and numb the b...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/magazine/04wwln-ethicist-t.html?_r=1

a funny article written by a physician assistant about the trials and tribulations of getting older. http://blogs.webmd.com/all-ears/2008/11/looking-your-age.html?ecd=wnl_day_122708

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/21215 There's a restaurant in Arizona called The Heart Attack Grill, with the waitresses dressed as nurses. See menu photos here: http://www.curiousread.com/2008/10/heart-attack-grill-pics.html

From a survey in England: From the comments section: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article3466786.ece

I also think the article was sensationalist. Lord Mancroft obviously has an ax to grind against NHS nurses. And because of his peerage, he gets the spotlight when using the bully pulpit. But, judging from the readers comments, I don't think his charg...

I don't know how you nurses do it. After reading so many of your stories, your humanity leaves me humbled. Your patients are indeed blessed. :heartbeat

Sexual child abuse is horrendous enough, but the brutal rape of a 9 year old leaves me speachless. How could she ever lead a normal life after this. I hope that monster gets vigilante justice. What a heart breaking story.

Hi ECKPowers, I'm a patient also. Besides being informative, it's fun here too. Some of the nurses are a real kick. And learning what they go through dealing with hospital politics, moody doctors, difficult patients, unpleasant procedures has been a ...

So, emts are trained and have authority to perform pelvic exams in the back of ambulances??? Zowie!

Wow, I hope my nurses or doctors don't let me know I made an @$$ of myself while under. I don't have a problem that caretakers get a chuckle privately or on forums like this at patient antics, but I would be very disappointed if they, my friends or f...

Since this thread has some humerous comments, thought I would give a link to this funny article: Boob News Roundup: The Power of the Mighty Breast http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2008/07/01/boob-news-round-up-the-power-of-the-mighty-breast/

This N.Y. Times article makes the case that U.S. med students might be squeezed out of clinical training in New York because of the influx of Caribbean med students. New York Hospitals Create Outcry in Foreign Deal http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/...

Teaching hospitals are paid by Medicare to train physicians. If they lose this funding, they can't pay the student doctors. The hospitals actually make a profit from Medicare, in addition to getting cheap labor. I think it's a big deal if these hosp...

I wonder how this system will address patient privacy. The camera will obviously be on during intimate procedures in the patient's room. Plus the patient's face will be easily identifiable. And who are the people who will be doing the monitoring? Wil...

"The US Department of Health and Human Services announces a new proposed rule aimed at protecting health care workers who object to abortion or birth control from having to perform their jobs." http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2008pres/08/20080821a.html

I wonder what happens if an unconscious patient arrives in an emergency room bleeding to death, and the only physician on call is a Jehovah's Witness who opposes blood transfusions. I see where the doc can now legally refuse to transfuse, so shouldn...

This is an interesting article from the Washington Post on the subject: Protections Set for Antiabortion Health Workers http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/08/21/ST2008082103218 From the comments section:

The Husband of a Patient who accompanied his wife into the OR during a C-section recounts his observation of real fear from nurses towards the surgeons when a sponge went missing as the woman's abdomen was being sewn up. http://www.healthbeatblog.org...

I had surgery in a Los Angeles hospital. When I had my staples removed, a nurse was allowed to do it, but I couldn't leave until a doctor came to check for infection or whatever.