I'm on call tonight. This month I'm not q4 because we have a night float system, which makes SUCH a difference even though my day hours are way longer, I still get to sleep in my own bed almost every night this month! Still, call nights aren't fun, and I realize this as I switch my gaze from the computer screen to the glaring night lights that shine through the call room window... alas, how I ache to witness the moon's beauty that's hidden from my view. Um, yeah, so, I present with you the following list.:
1. Yeah, so it's not like I had any other plans for tonight... so why not be on call?
2. Writing out H&P's is perfect for my really cool new pen's debut.
3. I get to watch cable TV while in the call room. This is GREAT cuz I don't get cable at home.
4. I don't have to deal with the Atlanta heat all the time since I get to stay inside the air-conditioned hospital.
5. The on-call rooms have really comfortable matresses that are excellent for back problems such as scoliosis, which I feel like I've developed simply from bending over to review patient charts. I love how residency is therapeutic for the iatrogenic diseases it causes. Was that redundant?
6. You get free food from the hospital meal tickets... It sure beats cooking...
7. I can print out random shit in the call room since they have a really nice laser printer. Has your boarding pass for your next flight ever looked that good from your home printer?
8. It's 30 straight hours of learning as opposed to only 10 when I'm not on call.
9. I may have a hot, romantic, midnight encounter with an extremely good looking individual who happens to be working the same night as me. We'll bond over patients transfered from the ICU while muching away at graham crackers and saltines stolen from the nurses station. Our eyes will meet as we munch away and small crumbs slowly gather on our scrubs and at our clog covered feet.
and last but not least...
10. Randomized control trials have been done that show that interrupted REM sleep increases the speed of neuronal impulses diffusely throughout the cerebral cortex, which therefore increases your IQ, making you more attractive to the opposite sex.
2 comments:
I will rem your suggestions whenever i become resident. 9th one is exciting.
Take care Shitij
So clearly you do have a hospital boyfriend... sorry if I kept you away from him while we were admitting the other night. This info will definitely get out... probably in the form of a "kudos" announcement at the next grand rounds.
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