Monday, April 28, 2008

Nurse Kelly is getting ticked...

Anita's surgery is scheduled for 5 or 6pm tonight. The doctor is waiting to finish his clinic appointments. Honestly....I'm getting VERY frustrated. What's more important...an acute bleed or your clinic patient. I'm nervous because the longer they wait, the more likely that Anita could have a seizure from the blood. They aren't starting her on seizure meds at all....we would have started her on those to prevent seizures already. For that matter, she would have had the surgery by now too. This waiting is unnecessary and putting her at more risk from other complications. She's maxed out on her morphine. She's getting some sleep in between doeses, but yeah....anyway. She is stable. the CT scan from 2am was unchanged, which is good. Oh...I should mention it is for sure a subdural bleed....at least thats what the doctor says. Oh...and their neuro checks consist of pupil checks....that's it. I'm just not liking the different level of practice.

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