Terrible Monday! It is the first day of the week before spring break which means it is test week...and to make matters worse, it is raining!
I left a little earlier today because I had a test to study for but I did something interesting before I left. I actually got to be in the room while the nurse practitioner was seeing patient today. Yolanda was giving a male patient a general physical examination and since she is a female, I had to be in there with her while she was administering the tests. One would of thought the situation would be awkward but it was far from it. My motto is that it isn't awkward unless you make it awkward. It actually turned out educational. I learned the basic steps to giving a physical. First you check the general appearances. You look for any lesions, and you check their color and warmth of the patient. Then you go and check their respiratory system, making sure there is not any cardiac abnormalities. When the doctor is checking the testicles, he is actually checking the muscles behind it to check for hernia. I never knew this so I found this very helpful.
Sorry to leave it short but I have to study!
Quote of the day:
A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
- Sophocles
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Great motto!!!
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