Robot 'nurses' to man wards in development
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Robots on hospital wards could soon be mopping up spills collecting drugs and ferrying patients around hospitals.
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Letter 465: The Pager Reflex
*~From Durians to Floating Pies~* (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Mornings can be ridiculously busy. One minute you're doing rounds, trying to examine the patient and chart their obs while scanning through their med chart and chasing up bloods and scans all at the same time, the next minute your pager gives off a high-pitched shrill and sends you searching for the nearest unoccupied phone, which, of course, is located 10 miles away because all the available...
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We are a Godfather....
Living for pleasure alone... (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... for the Baptism today. It was gloriously sunny watching the personal trainers drag their reluctant wards round Clissold park amongst the damp leaves. Along Church st worshippers were scurrying under the blue sky blown clean by yesterday's winds. The service was good too we not only saw the handmaids of god but also the hand towel and the hand gel too! After that it was tea in the park followed...
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A Second Chance To Get It Right
An English Physician (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... came out. Still, everything else fitted. I arranged some blood tests, and he was admitted to the ward. Next morning I came to do a ward round, accompanied by a junior doctor and several students. There was a commotion around a bed at the end of the ward. Several nurses were there, and another was hurrying up the ward carrying several hospital blankets....
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Not-So-Great Expectations
Mental Nurse (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... a positive image of disability? ” When I was admitted to hospital in 2008 I was asked in my first ward round meeting what I did for a living. When I replied “I’m an IT manager in an investment bank” the doctor nearly fell off his chair. Professional people like me are not supposed to be mentally ill after all. The correct answer would have been “I’m a part-time shop assistant at WH...
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A Painful Lesson
An English Physician (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
This happened 8 years ago. I have changed details where necessary. I was working in the north of England. We had been on 'take-in' for 24 hours. I met my team of junior doctors at 0745 to do the 'post-take' ward round which ended our duty period, after which the juniors would be free until 0900 the following morning. Some 2 hours later we had seen and made management decisions for the...
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MDU Advises Hospital Doctors On Avoiding Dangerous Liaisons, UK
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Public Health NewsMDU Advises Hospital Doctors On Avoiding Dangerous Liaisons, UKDoctors who have been the subject of an amorous advance from a patient recognise that although such approaches may be flattering, they can often be embarrassing and occasionally even sinister. It may be difficult to know how best to deal with the situation but help is at hand in the new issue of Ward Round,...
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Squaring the vicious circle
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
... and shouts "innit" with perfect comic timing. The audience at Phillips's weekly ward round at Northgate clinic in Edgware, north London, includes youngsters who have suffered sexual or physical abuse, depression, eating disorders, addiction, personality disorder or psychosis, and many have attempted suicide. They almost all laugh, or at least smile. In response to the call...