Friday, October 19, 2007

Intro - process essay

"Marj, can you order me an IV pump for 719? Thanks!", Jess, an RN, asks as she rushes by to check on another patient. Before I can call dispatch, the phone rings. "Grant 7, this is Marj." "Hi!" a voice on the line says. "My friend is having a baby. How is she doing?" I transfer the voice to the labor room. I pick up the phone to call dispatch, and the nurse call goes off, room 711. I hang up the phone, and answer the nurse call phone. "Can I help you?" The patient in room 711 asks for pain meds, so I track down her nurse and pass on the message. I finally call dispatch, order the pump, and attempt to enter doctor's medication orders into the computer. And so begins another day as unit secretary on Grant 7.

1 comment:

johngoldfine said...

I like all the hook material. If you're describing the way a day goes, you'll need to break it into stages (beginning middle end can always work!)