Some days you're the hammer
and today, I was the nail. I had a tough shift where everyone seemed grumpy. I had one patient that everyone agreed needed to be admitted, but two services were arguing over who would take her, so she sat in the ED for several hours. I had another patient that went to smoke while her IV was in, so the nurse refused to give her anymore IV pain meds. And somebody else, who just couldn't decide why they came to the ED. I have no problem with the pace of emergency medicine (well, my pace as an intern is currently slow, but I guess I mean I don't mind being busy). But so often my job entails begging others to do their job.