Lactation Nurse

This whole specialized nurse business is getting out of hand. I was in disbelief when I learned that we have a "lactation nurse" during my peds rotation. You would think that for something as easy and as natural as breastfeeding, you wouldn't need some special nurse's help. What's worse is that she work at a supervisor level and has lower ranking nurse working under her. And what's even worse is that the county actually pays for this nonsense, which at the same time doesn't give us even 1 cent of salary raise or give us funds to update our computers in our clinics.

I would say to the county, if you want to promote breastfeeding, start charging moms for formulas. It'd be at least 90% effective in our population. Just a thought.

PS: I can understand wound care nurses, but "ostomy nurses"? Come on. What's next, "vital signs nurses"?

First Post in 3 Months

I just realized that it has been 3 months since I last updated this blog. I had rather hectic rotations in April and May (a month of surgery and a month of surgical ICU), and I think I was a little burned out from them afterwards. Today is my first real day off in 20 days; in fact, all interns get
a week off from today.

That brings the news - I AM OFFICIALLY DONE WITH INTERNSHIP!