Ask a Surgical Intern, Part 2
He's back! The Surgical Intern is answering the mailbag once more. Let's begin!
Dear Surgical Intern,
I've been having this kind of crampy pain on...
Brave Patient Speaks Up About Lower Back Pain
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Tips for New Interns: How to Curl into the Fetal Position
We can certainly feel for all those interns starting this month: their minds are spinning and their cardiac rhythms are just shy of V-tach....
Report: Ability to Wear Scrubs to Work is Only Thing Keeping Health Care Professionals...
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Ask a July 1st Medicine Intern
Dear July 1st Medicine Intern,
I’ve been wheezing a little bit more over the past few days and I’m worried that my asthma is starting...
Physical Exam Tips: The Lungs
Examining one lung is hard enough, but two of them??!! TWO??!! UGHHHHH!! This is so much work! If you only have the stamina to...
New Law Now Requires Nurses to Obtain Hunting License Before Preying on New Interns
SACRAMENTO, CA – The controversial bill which aims to protect new interns from being exploited by hospital staff was signed into law by Governor...
Optimistic, Bright-Eyed Med Students Eager to Transform into Jaded, Burned-Out Physicians
ATLANTA, GA - Like a caterpillar ready to mature into a beautiful butterfly, bright-eyed graduating medical students across the nation are eager to begin...
Joint Commission is Coming: Hospital to Change Everything for Three Days Then Revert to...
EVERY HOSPITAL, USA - Hospital administrators have finally cracked the secret to passing the highly-dreaded Joint Commission inspections. For decades, the Joint Commission (JC) or...
October 16, 2015: National Toss Your Pager in the Trash Day
Finally. Pagers are on their way out for good!
To the delight of physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, and any other health care provider who...