Love some people :)

Was looking at the online feedback I've got from various health professionals, and suddenly, I miss my days in Cardiology.

It was my first rotation in my first job after graduation, and I couldn't have gotten through it if it weren't for the wonderful cardiology nurses I've got working hand in hand with me. Saw the Cardiology Sisters and nurses during the weekend as I was asked to review a patient urgently who became very acutely unwell. Seeing them really made some of my misery go away for a while. Although I'm having a relatively good time with my current rotation, I do enjoy working with the Cardiology people more. I still remember how I would drag my tired body to the wards an hour before the start of my day, but would start waking up once the Cardio nurses starts making me laugh with funny things, and of course, I won't forget pharmacist assistant Eleanor (the one who never fails to joke and laugh regardless of rain or shine) and the ever helpful pharmacists Jen and Malcolm. Love them!!!!!

Rang the Cardio ward today to ask them about forms for a sophisticated cardiac investigation which I have to arrange for a patient. When I went "Hi, this is the HO here. I need some assistance...", immediately a loud "HEY, IS THAT MICHELLE?!?!??!?!" came through on the other end. It was Sophie, a young Cardio nurse the same age as me. Love this babe loads. She was the nurse who came into the treatment room to console me when I cried after being lectured in front of everyone in the wards once when I made an error once by sending a patient home with a relatively high dose warfarin over the weekend since I didn't realise that this patient was living in an area which is inaccessible.

Anyway, what made me love them even more is their willingness to assist me even though I'm no longer their HO. It was an investigation they weren't too sure abt how to request, but they bothered to give me pointers on who to ring up and speak to.

Another nurse I adore to the max is a Filipino nurse in SSU. I first met her in a Gastro ward when I was still in Cardio, and now she's been transferred to SSU, one of the wards I tend to go to quite often everyday. She was working during the weekend, and knowing how tiring and busy it can get for me, each time she saw me, she would go "Shall I make a cup of tea or coffee for u?" or "Shall I get you something to eat?". I have had nurses passing tins of chocolates for me to grab a few whenever they see me rushing around (they keep saying I need to eat more, and chocs will prevent me from turning hypo), but she's the first nurse who offers to make me tea and get me food. When she knew I was quite hungry, she even offered me half of her box of sandwich!!!!! How nice is that?!

But the funny thing about her is the way she addresses me..."Dr Michelle". I feel extremely uncomfortable when I'm addressed that way (one of the cardio sisters calls me that too). She's always so polite and isn't one of those arsy nurses who kinda forgets that they're still nurses and not the Consultant, demanding me to do this and that test without getting their facts right.