Comments on: Frustrated http://nursesean.com/musings/frustrated-2.htm The Ups and Downs of My First Year in the ICU Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:47:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Terry http://nursesean.com/musings/frustrated-2.htm#comment-18660 Terry Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:21:10 +0000 http://nursesean.com/musings/frustrated-2.htm#comment-18660 This happens to us as anesthesia providers all the time. We are asked to do a pre-operative evaluation of a patient scheduled for tomorrow for surgery. We go to see the patient, and they have absolutely NO CLUE that they are even having surgery. Of course, they then get extremely upset. What is up with that? Doesn't anyone talk to these patients? This happens to us as anesthesia providers all the time. We are asked to do a pre-operative evaluation of a patient scheduled for tomorrow for surgery. We go to see the patient, and they have absolutely NO CLUE that they are even having surgery. Of course, they then get extremely upset.

What is up with that? Doesn’t anyone talk to these patients?

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