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Why your bloodwork gets drawn at 5am, and what I would change

What a hospitalist actually does, and why you have never met yours

The three questions to ask on rounds tomorrow morning

What we actually mean when we say we are monitoring it

How to prepare for the discharge call before it happens

Why the answer changes depending on which doctor you ask

The one page to bring to every hospital admission

Your nurse knows more about your night than your chart does

No, the hospital is not keeping you longer for the money

You are allowed to ask who is in charge of your care

What happens between pressing the call button and someone arriving

The medication list mistake I see every single week

How to ask for a family meeting, and why it works

Why your labs are stable does not mean you are better

The vitals we check at 4am and why we cannot skip them

What a rapid response actually looks like from the inside

Read this before you sign discharge paperwork

Why nobody has updated you since this morning

The difference between your hospitalist and your own doctor

What to write down when a specialist walks in

Why we ask the same questions eleven times

The 72 hours after discharge are the most dangerous ones

How to tell if your parent is being discharged too early

What observation status means for your bill

Why the IV beeping is usually nothing, and when it is not

The one thing that makes a family meeting go well

What we see when we look at your medication list

Why the night team may have a different plan

How to ask about goals of care without saying giving up

The test your doctor ordered that you can decline

Why we stopped saying the patient in room 12

Seven years of training and I still call my mom about her back

What a code looks like when it is not on television

The truth about 24 hour shifts nobody puts in the brochure

Three things to say to the nurse before you sleep

What your discharge summary is actually for

The follow-up appointment most people never book

Why I write down your questions instead of answering fast

How residents learn on you, and why that is safe

The email I send myself after a hard shift

Three things to write down before rounds tomorrow

Your nurse knows more about your night than your chart does

No, the hospital is not keeping you longer for money

What we mean when we say your labs are stable

How to ask for a family meeting, and why it works

The vitals we check at 4am and why we cannot skip them

Bring this one page to every hospital admission

The medication list mistake I see every single week

What happens between when you press the call button and when we arrive

Read this before you sign discharge paperwork

Why I stopped saying the patient in room 12

Seven years of training and I still call my mom about her back pain

The truth about 24 hour shifts nobody puts in the brochure

You are allowed to ask who is in charge of your care