a good article to read. Those stories make me happy. Its hard hearing a lot of bad stories on the news and working at the hospital i just see/hear a lot of bad cases.
lately I have really been wanting a dog but my roommate is allergic. i told her i could get her a discount on some allergy meds. she doesn't like that idea. i was googling hypoallergenic dogs. i liked this one. its called a Native American Indian Dog (i think it needs a shorter name)
i feel like i might have to live in Alaska to have him. then i was thinking about how in Alaska there are times of the year where its always sunny and i kinda like that. i miss seeing the sun. it'd be nice to work night shift there, way easier. i wonder if more stores are open later too. its officially December. Happy December. last night i kept trying to write the month at 9 so writing 12 is going to be a hard transition.
so i realize working at the hospital that most people don't understand some health care lingo so i also want to use this blog to inform the public.
1st lesson. if someone asks you to rate your pain on a scale of 1-10 10 being the worst pain you have felt its not a trick. also if you say anything above 10 its not going to count for anything (i had a patient tell me "37"). we are taught to believe that "pain is what the patient says it is" so we cannot tell you that you are wrong or right. also the 1/2s don't count much either. i know its a kinda lame way to express pain b/c your in pain but its the best system we got for now since no one can tell how much pain another is experiencing.
right now i'd say my pain is a 2.
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