ho hum

Well, I did my first night of call at prov milwaukie. It felt busier than up at Doernbecher but I think that's only because I was also trying to do my clinic notes in between the 3 admits. I went to bed at 3 am, was paged at 4:30, and then woke up at 6:30 though I probably could have slept until 6:45 since I guess we don't do intern-intern and senior-senior sign-out. Not like it mattered since I had to stay until 8:30 for a meeting with the PR person to learn about health literacy and rewriting a handout for patients. Thankfully it only lasted 30 minutes cause I was really tired.

Sundowning is an interesting thing. The first patient we had either was at baseline for dementia or was sundowning on top of it. Anyway, when I asked if she hit her head when she fell, she said she didn't remember but that she wish she did. When I asked her why, she replied, "so I wouldn't have to keep answering all these dumb questions." Point taken. It made me laugh inside though.

time to eat.

1 down, 11 to go

Well, my pediatric rotation is over and done with. Now I'm on my easy rotation - COPC. Well, maybe easier is a better way to put it. I also will have my first week of vacation in august. It will be nice to go home and see everybody. I'll also get to see Melissa's new place. In other news, there's one resident I will work with who kind of annoys me. Perhaps it's her lack of tact but when she makes "suggestions" she comes across as if she herself were one of the attendings. It's almost like she talks down to us (the interns). Anyway, I've got a few moments of relaxation before I meet with a nun about community needs assessment.