when i spark

i have written some of these in my second post, but as i add more posts and that post becomes less available, i would like to offer this page as a quick reference. i will make additions as i think of them and as people ask for them.

Terminology

• attending - a doctor who has completed his residency, board certification, and licensing
• resident - a doctor who has graduated from medical school
• intern - a doctor who is in their first year of residency
• scrub nurse - the person who hands the surgeon equipment and helps put sterile gowns and gloves on the people assisting in a surgery
• hike/circulating nurse - the person who runs around the rooms getting stuff for the surgeon and scrub nurse
• clerkship - six possible choices at neoucom: internal medicine, surgery, peds, ob/gyn, psych, family medicine
• shelf - the tests taken at the end of each clerkship; national standardized test
• honoring - the only way to set yourself apart from other students in medical school. there is pass, fail, and honor.

Abbreviations

• pt - patient
• n/v, d/c, f/c - nausea/vomiting, diarrhea/constipation, fever/chills
• vss - vital signs stable
• u/o - urine output
• bm - bowel movement
• a/p - assessment and plan
• hpi - history of present illness
• pmh - past medical history
• fmh - family medical history
• psr - psychosocial review
• hrf - health risk factors
• ros - review of systems
• pe - physical exam