I learn all manner of interesting things from the information sheets posted on the walls of the employee bathrooms at my hospital. I learn, for example, about upcoming CME offerings for advance practice providers, how many seconds one has to scrub the hub of a central line, and what the new process is when nurses need to call in sick. They call a specific phone number and state that they cannot come to work. Done. Someone else’s problem now.
This is amazing to me, because there is no such construct in place for physicians when we are sick.
Every few months, my cell phone dings at a sickeningly early hour. My “hospitalist MD” group text is the culprit.
“I’m so sorry but I have been up all night vomiting and don’t think I could possibly round today. Can anyone take my shift and I’ll pay you back as soon as I can? Sorry!”
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