The stethoscope is NOT an Accessory!
Though I applaud your excitement at becoming a doctor and understand that you have oh-such-strong-urges to let the world know that you are on the path to
*Facepalm*
If I hadn't just witnessed several of you doing it I wouldn't have felt obligated to rant about it.
Example of when it is okay to wear it: when you are seeing patients.
8 comments:
What if I hang my giant Flava Flav clock from it? Is it an accessory then?
:)
I know a resident that would "accidentally" wear his steth (and sometimes scrubs too) into the grocery store to try and pick up the ladies...never asked if it worked.
I'm a neurologist. What's a stethoscope?
Even on the ambulance I almost never wear a stethoscope around my neck, as an accessory or as a tool. For us, its a hazard and personally, I don't want an angry patient grabbing it to get me close or to try to strangle me.
Besides, it has germs on it! :)
RH--Ok then it is not only permissible, it is awesome.
Then you could easily check BP and resps too right?
BINY--Dear LORD. Is he that desperate? I thought you boy doctors had women throwing themselves at you?
Grump--Heh. Indeed.
EMT--Ewwww! I know! Dirty and grosssss.
Whenever I see people with the cloth covers I completely shudder at the grossness of it all (unless they are anal and washing it q shift but you *know* that 99% aren't). I am borderline OCD and usually scrub mine down with the vioxx wipes.
i hear ya on that one! i would say the same goes for 1st and 2nd years and their short white coats outside of clinical practical exams.
and the thing about the guy in the supermarket w/ his full bunny suit? I believe it! sad, isn't it? a woman doctor in scrubs would 1) be mistaken for a nurse, 2) avoided by some men for fear she -gasp- made more money than them or was smarter.
thanks for the post!!!
Hi! I stumbled upon your blog using the "next blog" function. In any event, i work at a hospital and cannot agree more. Ditto with the surgical head coverings and booties. Why oh why cannot people take off their booties while walking down a New York street?
A stethoscope is a necessary tool my first aid tool is incomplete without it
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