BUMC Basics.pdf - Anesthesia Home

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TOP TEN INTERN TIPS
1. Be sure when you admit a patient, you ask the admitting
attending how often they want to be contacted, and update
them as they request.
2. If you plan on discharging a patient, call the attending first
thing in the am (esp TPC) so they can plan on seeing the
patient early prior to discharge. If you can’t reach anyone from
TPC and the patient has been set for discharge based on prior
days’ attending, make sure to leave a message on the main
line letting them know you plan on discharging the patient at X
time unless you hear otherwise. ALWAYS CALL BEFORE
YOU DISCHARGE.
3. Dictate in a timely manner and review dictations/electronic
signatures often so your attending does not end up on the B
list and lose their admitting privileges. Go to medical records
and have cookies and juice and review your dictations if you
need to find a happy place!
4. When you order an echo, write who needs to read it: Heart
Place, CCT, or NTC. Look back at old echos and have the
same group read it as did before.
5. If you are waiting for a read on a radiologic study, look on
centricity and see if it is dictated. If so, dial 2-XRAY and enter
your user name/password to hear the dictation.
6. Review the nurses notes from the previous night as well as
PT/OT/Respiratory notes (located under a separate tab).
Nutrition leaves notes at the back of the physician progress
note section.
7. Help out your other interns: Write prns on your admission
orders and then sign cross-cover verbal orders when you
round in the am so they don’t have to have them appear on
their ESA’s and sign them electronically.
8. If you need to call a patient from your cell phone or home
phone, dial *67 and then the number.
9. If you need to obtain medical records from an outside
facility, write an order and the clerk will fax the request with the
help of the nurse. Follow-up if the records do not come in a
few days.
10. Live, laugh, and learn … take the best care of your
patients that you can and you will make it with flying colors!