Bright Eyes.

Do I really need to monitor ambulating patients, who have been stable for more than a day, every hour? Either may protocol na hindi ko alam, or talagang hindi lang sila nag-uupdate ng monitoring list. (Mind you, after mentioning it to the nurse a couple of times.) It just doesn’t help sometimes; at times, it does the opposite. 

There was this patient who was all packed and ready to be discharged, who was still in the q1 list. The interns were monitoring him the whole day too; e ayoko namang ma-label na tamad o kaya magsulat ng random numbers, so I chose to comply against my judgment. Understandably irritated and confused, he asked me, “Kailangan ba talaga akong i-bp oras-oras? Pauwi na nga ako mamaya e. Hindi ako makagawa ng tulog.” I replied, “Pasensya na ho, para rin ho sa inyo to, para makasiguro tayo.” 

Believe me, Tatay, I’ve been asking the same question.