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In response to "Because I didn't want to hijack crash's thread...but regarding nurses who don't think before they speak...so we're in the ICU" by Jim

Yeah, that's awful (and glad it was ok. Jeebus.). My bad one was actually a resident. When my ex-wife went in for a concussion they did a CAT scan

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Feb 20 '13, 12:15

and found 3 "white spots" in her brain. To this day nobody knows what they're from. They described them as consistent with minor strokes, but there's no evidence she had any. Anyway, before we get any results we hear the resident on the phone with the attending. She's behind a curtain, not a wall and we hear her say "well, I don't want to send her home with a brain tumor . . ."

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Yeah, that's awful (and glad it was ok. Jeebus.). My bad one was actually a resident. When my ex-wife went in for a concussion they did a CAT scan

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