FIRED!?!

I'm sorry....what?

Uh-huh, got fired from the job yesterday....who would have thought that you can fire your doctor? Well, it happens.

I had a patient who had major attitude problems, was busy bossing all the nurses around, and had a serious disease that had lots of complications. She was seen by an additional team of doctors that lets just say...kinda screwed things up. So, in turn, this woman wants to sue Kaiser and everyone involved in her case. She demands imaging that is not neccessary and won't leave until it happens. My attending tries to explain to her that he's not doing it and this just pushed her over the edge. Sooooo, she basically fired us.

Now, let me add a little addendum here: She was into me...and when I say "into me," I mean into me! She was gay, and I think was really diggin my style. She told me that I was great and that I listened to my patients and that I should continue being who I am...but then again, I'm the only one that has to put up with her "unkind words" (being at the bottom of the totem pole, see Lesson #1: Know your rank)

In the end, she did my whole team a favor. Nobody could stand her anyway! One less patient to round on in the am....tight.