How to be a Truly EXCELLENT Junior Medical Student

							                    Tarascon Publishing
    How to be a Truly EXCELLENT
      Junior Medical Student
                  TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction                                    3
How a Hospital Works                            2
  Outpatient versus Inpatient Care              2
  Community versus Teaching Hospitals           2
  Private and Staff patients                    3
  Nursing Units and Specialty Services          3
  Nursing Unit Personnel                        4
  Physician Teams                               7
  Getting admitted to the Hospital             10
  Night Call                                   12
  Ward routines from a patient's perspective   12
How to DO stuff                                16
  The Chart Review                             16
  Orders                                       19
  Medications & Prescriptions                  33
Writing Notes                                  41
  Admission Notes                              41
  Internal Medicine Daily Progress Notes       46
  Discharge Notes                              48
  Surgery                                      49
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    Obstetrics                                        55
    Pediatrics                                        58
    Neurology                                         61
    Psychiatry                                        64
Procedures                                            66
    Preparing for any procedure                       66
    Introduction to Phlebotomy & IV Placement        68
    Performing venipuncture                           73
    Placing IV's                                      74
    Blood Culture                                     80
    Arterial Blood Gas                               82
    Electrocardiograms                                85
    Lumbar Puncture                                   86
    Nasogastric Tube (NG) and Dobhoff placement       87
    Placing a Urinary (Foley) Catheter               89
    Procedure Notes                                  92
    Local Anesthesia                                  93
Bedside Tests                                        94
    Urinalysis                                       94
    Gram Stain                                        99
How to be organized and compulsive                   103
    Organizing your data and your schedule           103
    RJL's Essential Reading List                     105
    Presentations                                    107