ENT: Day One

I reported for my first day of ENT at 8:30 a.m ("late" compared to most surgical clinics) for a briefing on what goes on at the clinic before patients began arriving at 9:00 a.m. Aside from me, there's also a 4th year named Kalan working in the ENT clinic; we talked a little today about the residency application process. All in all there weren't many patients today. I did have one lady who had a ton of health issues (frequent nosebleeds, hearing problems, sleep apnea) and she kept Dr. P and me in the room for an hour combined because she had so many questions and was very adamant about taking as little medicine as possible (she's into homeopathic remedies). Afterwards Dr. P proclaimed the woman was crazy and asked Sandy, his LVN, to knock on the door the next time he gets sucked into a room for so long. Because of her, other patients had to wait. *sigh* I'm still learning the ropes.