remind me not to get sick

at least, not to go to this POS hospital I work at.

I was off for two days, and in that time, the patient I had had on Thursday has had a severe change in mental status, can't identify his wife, tried to use a drinking straw to write what he wanted to say, and in short, has no idea what time/day it is, where he is, etc.

Of course, the nurse I got him from said he was A&Ox3, but when was the last time she checked? The morning nurse reported "confused" but failed to follow up on it.

I called the house doc, he came down and did the same neuro tests I had done, ordered a CT of his head, and it came back "acute ischemic accident"

No shit, Sherlock.

So, had they caught it earlier, he might not have much deficit, but now...it might have been who knows when that he had this stroke. I caught it right away, but no one else had.

Nice nursing there, gals. You sure know your shit.

I might mention, here, that we've all had to pass an online quiz about the national Stroke standards, too. Most of these cows had to take it multiple times, until they finally got a passing grade. Surprised?

Me either.