For those of you who work in hospitals - what is the process for deciding on an autopsy? Is it something that family members can request, or entirely at the doctor's discretion?
In my unit (NICU), most deaths are expected... i.e., they happen as a result of a decision to withdraw care... I've been wondering how it works in an area like med-surg where you occasionally walk into a room and discover the patient dead.
That gift catalog is crazy. I can see myself in their logo'd scrubs interviewing a patient in pre-op. That would go over so well... But I did kind of like the pencil sharpener disguised as a nose.
that gift catalog is crazy. i can see myself in their logo'd scrubs interviewing a patient in pre-op. that would go over so well... but i did kind of like the pencil sharpener disguised as a nose.
my husband says i have a permanently warped sense of humor!
my answer never changes. i just tell him to deal with it.:uhoh3:
my husband says i have a permanently warped sense of humor!
my answer never changes. i just tell him to deal with it.:uhoh3:
seriously, if you can't laugh (or poke fun) at the absurdity of daily life (and the even more absurdity of daily life in healthcare), you're headed either for a psych consult or a life of bitterness and bah-humbuggery. i'll go out laughing with you!
Anisettes, BSN, RN
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That gift catalog is crazy. I can see myself in their logo'd scrubs interviewing a patient in pre-op. That would go over so well... But I did kind of like the pencil sharpener disguised as a nose.