This last month stretched my body out to its limit, and now it’s collecting its dues by putting me aggressively to sleep after the most minimal of activity. I’m talking 9 hours overnight then 3 hour naps in the middle of the day then rinse and repeat. This happen to you too? . . . #comic #webcomic #healthcare #resident #intern #inpatient #doctor #relatable #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #residency #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife #md #medstudent #nurse #physician
Pharmacist: the dosing is 1.5mg/kg and the patient is 80kg Me: cool so uh how much am I giving them Pharmacist: Me: Pharmacist: ……. Me: Pharmacist: 120mg Me: cool thanks great teamwork we did just now excellent⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Also typing 9 years ago hurt my soul ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #comic #webcomic #healthcare #resident #intern #inpatient #doctor #relatable #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #residency #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife #md #medstudent #nurse #physician
Not pictured; the twenty minutes I spend lying face up in bed, audibly groaning before I start my day . . . #comic #webcomic #healthcare #resident #intern #inpatient #doctor #relatable #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #residency #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife #md #medstudent #nurse #physician
In the last two years, I’ve witnessed some very intense situations, ran codes, and had heartbreaking family conversations (ironically, though I started drawing this comic a few days ago, I had one of those last night.) I cried during my first code. Since then, I haven’t really gotten too emotional. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But I’m definitely more emotional labile than I was before… The other day, I saw a video of a gay couple who had both planned to propose to each other on the same day and I teared up. Anyone done the same? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #illustration #webcomic #healthcare #resident #intern #inpatient #doctor #relatable #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #residency #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife #md #medstudent #nurse #physician
I can put in central lines, arterial lines, can drain your belly and do a decent bedside ultrasound but if your Iv pump or monitor starts beeping im sorry I’m out I can’t help you, I wish it didn’t have to end like this. . . .
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This is based on something that actually happened a few months ago. I placed orders for a patient who was acutely ill, and was told that those orders would not be carried out. I explained my reasoning and addressed the nurse’s concerns. She refused to carry out my orders again. So I marched out of the room, and found one of my white male residents. He did not know the patient. On our walk to the room, I explained what was going on and what my plan was. He agreed with me. He walked through the door and reiterated, nearly word for word, my orders - and they were carried out without hesitation. The patient’s clinical status improved. I kept it together during the incident, but the moment I left the room I found my favorite palliative care fellow and lost it. that interaction hadn’t felt like it’d happened for better patient care- it felt like it was meant to put me in my place. And though this was the most egregious instance (and I’ve since learned to stand my ground better), it wasn’t the last. . One of my best guy friends told me about an experiment he and his senior, a chief resident, did. They went from patient room to room to update the nurses about the plan. When the chief resident gave the plan, she was questioned extensively. When my friend, a prelim, gave it, his plan was accepted immediately. . . I’m not saying that nurses shouldn’t question doctor’s orders or offer suggestions. They absolutely should! But I have observed and been myself in multiple situations where a woman and especially a woman of colors’ plan has been torn apart in front of patients. And given how effectively I and others have found that we can dispel this simply by packaging the messenger in different person suit, I’d say it’s likely coming from bias. And it’s something we need to do better about- because dang it, I’m as much of a doctor as anyone else!! . . #procreate #illustration #webcomic #healthcare #resident #intern #inpatient #doctor #relatable #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #residency #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife #md #medstudent #nurse #physician
Here’s the thing. I don’t need patients to thank me. I haven’t had a hero complex about being a doctor since I was a wee pre-med- I am doing my job and I’ll continue to do it whether my patients like me or not, or are nice to me, etc..Patient care requires a lot of coordination and involves the hard work of everyone from the nurses to the respiratory therapist to the phlebotomists. I’m contributing something vital to their care as their doctor, but without everyone else I’m pretty useless. . . But when a patient thanks me, it really makes my entire day! Nobody can tell me nothing. anyone else get this feeling? . . #procreate #illustration #webcomic #healthcare #resident #intern #inpatient #doctor #relatable #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #residency #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife #md #medstudent #nurse #physician
I have always thought that our values inside of a hospital directly conflict with our society’s values. We say “do no harm,” and our society builds preschool to prison pipelines. We say children deserve to feel safe and our society throws away food they could be eating because they didn’t pay $3.25. We spend hundreds of thousands of dollars placing a patient on ECMO, CVVHD, getting scans at the end of their life for something that could have prevented for much less money fifteen years ago, but for those fifteen years our society had said “they did it to themselves,” “they should pull themselves up by their bootstraps” and ignored their needs. We treat patients in the hospital with medical therapy that they need, only to discharge them on subpar drugs because that is what their insurance will pay for. This isn’t even getting into the absurdity of requiring employment for health insurance- which leaves patients with chronic illnesses and disabled adults completely dependent on who they married or were born to for their medical care. . It is impossible to do no harm in a system like ours. The rhetoric surrounding insurance and income always goes down to personal responsibility. But I don’t know how you can see someone struggling with an illness they didn’t ask for in the hospital and think that they don’t have a right to get the best care we can give. . . #procreate #illustration #webcomic #healthcare #resident #intern #inpatient #doctor #relatable #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #residency #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife #md #medstudent #nurse #physician
I’m currently on CCU, which means that every three days, I am on 28 hour call. I have a really stubborn circadian rhythm, and usually can’t sleep more than a couple hours after my calls. Needless to say, I’m sleep deprived af, a bit prickly, and in need of suggestions for staying awake. I don’t like energy drinks. Any suggestions? . . . #procreate #illustration #webcomic #healthcare #resident #intern #inpatient #doctor #relatable #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #residency #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife #md #medstudent #nurse
CAPTION CONTEST!!!!! . . Being a senior » being an intern for me- mostly bc I like being able to make decisions! You guys don’t have to make this a senior-intern interaction- be creative! Just like last time, the funniest caption will win a colored bust portrait. Y’all have until 10:30am Monday (when I’m done with my call.) Good luck beating me at my own game! 😘 #procreate #illustration #webcomic #healthcare #resident #intern #inpatient #doctor #relatable #womeninmedicine #blackdoctors #graphicmedicine #premed #premedmotivation #residency #internalmedicine #medschool #medicine #medicalschool #medlife #md #medstudent #nurse