tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661337961858411173.post1793086596081089136..comments2023-06-02T09:11:57.051+01:00Comments on doctor zorro: MetricationDoctor Zorrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02066781456935894741noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661337961858411173.post-77257427022627617292011-04-25T12:22:48.112+01:002011-04-25T12:22:48.112+01:00I'm not a nurse so don't have any axe to g...I'm not a nurse so don't have any axe to grind - but please also bear in mind that in outpatients at least the weighing is not necessarily done by a nurse. In a northeast hospital, I have been weighed by a volunteer - who appeared to be about 80 - who then put my notes to go to the wrong consultant waiting area. This was after another volunteer had called my name incorrectly and when corrected said "it's near enough". Result - I was in the diabetic clinic not the general medical clinic. I initiated a complaint (was encouraged to do so in fact). What happened? Nothing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661337961858411173.post-85005341336654105692011-03-11T21:29:44.485+00:002011-03-11T21:29:44.485+00:00Dr Z; most of us are too old to have learned this ...Dr Z; most of us are too old to have learned this new fangled centipede stuff. I still want to give medicines in grains and insulin should still come in 40 and 80 or was it 60 I can't remember.<br /><br />Dobbing Doctor; Yes, that about covers it, especially number 3.GrumpyRNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06774717062401988853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4661337961858411173.post-59548941865727496522011-03-09T14:21:23.440+00:002011-03-09T14:21:23.440+00:00Nurse Rant 1: "The amount of times I've s...Nurse Rant 1: "The amount of times I've seen a JHO prescribe 1000units of insulin or 250mg of Digoxin blah de blah blah"<br /><br />Nurse rant 2: "Stop being such an arrogant twat of a doctor, as if you have never made a mistake!"<br /><br />Nurse Rant 3: "Us nurses work bloody hard and mistakes can be expected while we run around after the lazy coffee drinking docs."<br /><br />That should cover most rebuttals right?The Dobbing Doctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17191713822409537346noreply@blogger.com