Weekend Events

Over the weekend, I worked in both the ER and Labor and Delivery at Roper for 4 hours shifts. While at Roper, I saw various patients with differing stories. Some of the most interesting would be breast feeding issues, a baby needing a nicotine patch, an injection given to a man who needed to have a lower heart rate to help with a heart attack, a sick cancer patient, an MRI, severe stomach issues, urinal breakdowns, a pelvic exam, bladder issues causing an elderly woman to have to use a "pamper" (aka a diaper), and so on. All of these were fascinating and exciting to see, but I was especially interested by all the urine work. I never knew how much one could learn just by simply running test on urine. The nurse explained to me that just by looking at urine, one can learn about every bodily system; it literally tells one everything!!!