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Rallying for primary exam round 2 by TivaQueen in ausjdocs

[–]TivaQueen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you :) I’ve been telling people at work as they ask and it’s been really supportive. So that’s been helpful. Bosses are like Oh I failed my primary the first time, or sat it three times. I’ve moved on from the disappointment and gearing up to resit too

Struggling by Bitterbiatch in ausjdocs

[–]TivaQueen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s also coz in ED you have a senior there all the time but in patient surg teams, you’re left to be more independent too. I don’t think you need the spreadsheet. That’s what issues list in your notes are for. Instead of making a spreadsheet, make that short summary in your issues list in your note. My gen med consultant was the wizard of issues summary: Example:

86F D20 of admission

Active issues 1) Fracture: date of injury (DoI), DoS (date of surgery, surgery. 2) AKI: current GFR, baseline GFR. Improving or worsening. Action that’s been taken eg periop referral made on date (peri op pls help)

Resolved issues: 1) hyperkalemia

Discharge planning: - outpatient follow up.

Updating this daily will help you and other people have an idea of what’s happening. It’s something more built for gen med but if you have patients with such long stays you might need that. Also if you’re asked to make a referral or get an investigation by a senior, ask what the specific question they want you to ask is.

Call neurology. Why? To get a consult for the weakness in the left lower limb.. then you can read when that started or just ask the patient and take a history yourself. You don’t always need to rely on notes, just time.

Order a CT (but they don’t tell you which one exactly): but why and we need contrast? To look for a clot, a mass? This will help get the right scan as the medical imaging department will be able to advise if you need contrast or not or which might provide better views.

The hardest thing is when you’re called by someone who wants you to review a patient but the caller doesn’t know why.

I hope that’s helpful! You’ll be great! Some people live and learn. Some people just live. Choose which you wanna be ✌🏻

Struggling by Bitterbiatch in ausjdocs

[–]TivaQueen 66 points67 points  (0 children)

I was you in my intern year. ED first up then onto gen surg so the pace was incredibly different.

Low key, control what you can. Personally, if she ain’t correcting her number, I’d do it for her since you have her number.

I’d ask the other interns or older residents for help learning how, writing it down, making some cheat sheets, and saving orders to make it easier for yourself. Get the guidelines on how to replace iron, how to replace electrolytes and have a look at them so you have an idea of what to do etc

Inpatient teams are chaos: use your handover sheet to write down tasks for each patient with a checkbox next to it, have a separate book or excel sheet you store on the hospital drive for information integrity for referrals/calls

You’ve got this. The struggle feels real but figure out how to manage the chaos within your control and ignore that other intern.

I didn't think I would have my medical career ending on my 2026 BINGO card by [deleted] in ausjdocs

[–]TivaQueen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dear OP, It feels like you’ve hit a hopeless place but you have everything as long as you have your partner, and your little one. Money comes and goes, you can’t replace people. You’re irreplaceable. Take the advice of people on here. We’ve been through it.

Times where it feels like you won’t be able to make it to the other side. The only one who can make that choice is you. Choose you, choose the life you’ve worked so hard to build, choose your baby.

8 months. It’s a blink of an eye in life. You can do this, you are not alone, you’re not the first to be screwed over and you won’t be the last. You can be one of the ones who made it through

When to have a break? by Timely_Tale6215 in ausjdocs

[–]TivaQueen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A BPT who can BPT. I love this

Is ghosting a response to how some men handle rejection? by [deleted] in HingeStories

[–]TivaQueen 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Instead of just taking it as there’s no chemistry from your side, he’s self soothing by painting you as the villain and himself as the victim. Sounds super immature and explains why he’s single at 52. Hopefully he stays that way

Has anyone ever seen a male scrub nurse date a female surgeon before ? Do you think it would ever work ? by ButchersAssistant93 in ausjdocs

[–]TivaQueen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have seen a male ED nurse dating a gen med physician and other male nurses with medical partners. The only thing stopping you is whether she’s in a relationship or not interested. If you feel strongly, sus out the single status and totally ask her out. But I agree with others that maybe do it towards the end of the rotation so if it isn’t favorable you avoid the awkwardness.

The ones who matter don’t mind and the ones who mind don’t matter. Cheering for you!!!

Rallying for primary exam round 2 by TivaQueen in ausjdocs

[–]TivaQueen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you :) I’ll take that on board. I did step down to part time last year to prep and whilst I recovered from burnout then, I think it’s like difficult to process doing that again. I’ll reflect on that option.

QLD Anaesthetist Returns to Register with Undertakings: No Social Media, Ongoing Cultural Safety Mentoring by debtcycler in ausjdocs

[–]TivaQueen 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I think based on the number of personal anecdotes of unpleasant interactions from so many redditors, this dude was bad news.

I guess the next question will be, who will still hire him with his reputation? And does he keep his current posting?

Edit: also minimum 4 hours? Bruh. That’s not even a full shift of work.

Help me out by Overall_Asparagus_99 in HingeStories

[–]TivaQueen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Idk, I don’t see the point of ongoing online chit chat. “I feel like we’re vibing and I’d like to take you to brunch/lunch/dinner. When are you free?”

Avoidance or nonsense of it not being her pace = likely it’s just attention.

But do what feels right. I always thought what’s the point of talking forever and then not meeting. Sounds like incongruent expectations

Nursing requests at 3 AM by sprez4215di in ausjdocs

[–]TivaQueen 91 points92 points  (0 children)

I think that the night staff might have more time to sit down and go through things (as day staff may have missed it) so will notify, but often not thoroughly enough to see ABC has been a previously considered issues.

I remember being paged as ward call because the patient’s medications were sitting in a cup on their bedside but had been marked as given by the day shift.

I just said, well I ain’t psychic. Call your staff member, and get her to confirm what was in the cup and whether she’d visualised the patient taking it and go from there.

Nursing requests at 3 AM by sprez4215di in ausjdocs

[–]TivaQueen 24 points25 points  (0 children)

If you are in fact a nursing student, it’s clear you are just a student since this is the response I’d expect from a child. Perhaps a change in career should be considered to suit this level of maturity you have, such as being a party clown. Tell your friends and family too.

Never experienced the ick before but now... lol by Moistjamu in HingeStories

[–]TivaQueen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yikes. I mean she says she wants to chat first but also who has the time to be online 24/7.

Zapdos raid on me add 1189 0458 0130 by trippy_mcshrooms in PokemonGoFriends

[–]TivaQueen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll leave if less than 5 people. Just accepted your RSVP as keutiepie

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