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VIEW THROUGH THE SCOPE MILITARY MEDICINE, 183, 7/8:135, 2018 Who’s The Boss? A Reflective Comic 2LT Isaac E. McCool, MS-4, BS, MLS(ASCP)cm, MT(AMT), MSC USA Good job, Med-Stud! No So how’d you do it? Thank you, clue how you got him to Who‛s The Boss? Sir! take his insulin, but I’m not complaining! A Reflective Comic Story – 2LT Isaac M Cool, MS-4 Artwork – 2LT Isaac M Cool, MS-4 General Surgery Conference Room, 0358 hrs Go to 7E Rm 718. Get paent to take I need to I have no clue what to do! I’m his insulin, has refused us twice. just a med student, what am I stall…5 P’s!.... Don’t let him push you around! supposed to say??? Any pain? Hey Good Evening! Peeing ok? No, Just coming in to Pooping, yes, check on you! passing gas? no, yes. Hi. How am I going to do this??? Earlier that evening… STOP WOW!....um, THINK THINK THINK!! STALLING!!!!!! can you tell me Can’t stall forever! if there’s sugar in my IV fluid? …Uh, eang ok? Any So, if there’s nausea or anything that There is! voming? I could do for Why do you…what you ask? would it be? “NPO” today. I’m no doctor, but I’m diabec! Nobody told me what I’m going to see Well…I have diabetes. kind of fluid I’m geng! I’ve boomed out before, I’m about geng you Sure, I just really needed “NPO,” I don’t want to go through that again! some insulin right to know before I started Did you take any now, is that ok? insulin today? again… sorry I haven’t Ohhhhh got it. My apologies…I been too nice – I just felt should’ve come by sooner to see if like since I was admied, you had any quesons. everyone thought they were the boss of my care, which is my role. That’s ok. I know you all are busy, it just helps when I’m in the loop. No, I did NOT. Department of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University School doi: 10.1093/milmed/usy060 of Medicine, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Association of The views expressed are solely those of the author and do not reflect the Military Surgeons of the United States 2018. This work is written by (a) US official policy or position of the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, the Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US. Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. MILITARY MEDICINE, Vol. 183, July/August 2018 135 Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/milmed/article-abstract/183/7-8/135/4985587 by Ed 'DeepDyve' Gillespie user on 03 July 2018
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Published: Jun 28, 2018