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Posted on August 12 , 2011

When We Become Patients rss

Lately I’ve been going to my gynecologist for a minor irritating problem. Although it wasn’t a big thing, I still had to see him for frequent follow ups. How odd is it to find yourself being a patient instead of the health care provider. Very odd.

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Posted on June 22 , 2011

Outlet rss

After putting this blog on hiatus for a year because of school and work, I’ve realized how important it is to have an outlet from this type of working environment. Seems everyday there are more and more patients coming at the ER, which makes the working load continuously overwhelming.

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Posted on July 13 , 2010

Being Assertive rss

Recently a patient of mine died while going for a test. Although I had warned the doctor that the patient wasn’t stable enough to leave the emergency’s acute care for an ultrasound, he insisted that the patient would go for her test as soon as possible so we could finally establish a diagnostic.

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Posted on April 18 , 2010

Psychosomatic Seizures rss

It wasn’t the first time that I was witnessing a “fake seizure” at the ED, but it was overwhelming to see how the patient was completely and utterly under her own spell. In her mind, she was having a real seizure with all the symptoms relating to it.

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Posted on March 09 , 2010

What to say rss

Dear Professor,

I was a student in your Interviewing Methods class this past January. Although the course is over, I wish to share with you a situation that happened to me at work lately, in which I think could be related with the class you’ve been teaching us.

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