The Old Folks Home

[Wisher1000]

Well thank you kindly Miss Drumstick. I did indeed take your words in their intended spirit. In fact this is a perfect time to say, it's nice to find a little spot online where bad manners aren't the norm, and people aren't trying to out-troll one another.

My motto has long been - "Watch people, they'll show you who they are."

 

[bamadude]

Hi posoh. Welcome to the nap

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Having five kids we've been in hospitals a few times. More than once I've heard doctors and or nurses mention they had been on duty for up to 24hrs. They usually take naps but but are woke up everytime there is a problem.

Yup. When we worked the weekend we were also on call, so the shift started at 0700 on Saturday and ended at 1530 on Monday. Sometimes you actually got to sleep most of the night and sometimes you got maybe 2 hours of sleep a night if you were lucky. You were the only pharmacist on in the hospital all weekend.

I think I told my "I caught a bobcat in my HaveAHeart trap but I thought it was a housecat" story on here... that was post-(awful) call.

Luckily we were able to do a business plan and most of the call is now covered by a contracting service.

 

[bamadude]

The Old Folks Home:
Where the Space Shuttle meets the Mayflower

 

[bamadude]

Where Mr. Ed meets Mr. Wizard

 

[topdycke]

Having five kids we've been in hospitals a few times. More than once I've heard doctors and or nurses mention they had been on duty for up to 24hrs. They usually take naps but but are woke up everytime there is a problem.

One of my friends is a Neo Natal Intensive Care Nurse and her hours are rough. She is sleeping when her daughter gets home from HS and then is heading off to work and coming home when daughter is heading back to school in the am.

 

[bamadude]

Where Dr. Dre meets Dr. Spock

 

[Cynthia12]

Hitchcock meets Freddy

 

[bamadude]

Dr. Hook meets Dr. Kervorkian

 

[bamadude]

Yeah that last one doesnt belong in the brochure. Omit that