I am in awe of your pre night shift routine and ability to be aware of the time you have before the responsibilities of the shift hit. For morning shifts I frequently just wake up, clean up, and go. For night shifts I find myself waiting for the shift. I don’t like waiting for a shift. Maybe I should find some music to take me away from that headspace. I can’t answer your questions. I think Willie is great and respect his legacy and contribution to music but sadly I’m not knowledgeable enough with his catalog to rank his songs. And I don’t have a pre night shift song, but now I’m thinking that maybe I should. Keep up the good work Tyler. I’m really enjoying your writings.
I have always needed a long runway before leaving the house. I don't know what that's about. It's been that way since high school I'm impressed you can just get up and go.
I can definitely relate to your not liking the anticipation of the night shift. Maybe that's where the routine came from...zone out and use the time instead of sitting there dreading things. Distract myself a bit, and keep the cortisol nice and low.
Were you feeling carefree when we were camping and set up a bear bag and hit me with a rock and a huge tree branch on accident with your carelessness??? Hmmmm?
Rumi once wrote, "Love is the bridge between you and everything." It's quite evident in how you see your patients and quite evident how rare it is in most medical "encounters" these days. The systems we work in seldom make it possible, let alone likely. So much time, energy and money is spent on "quality measures" now days. But how do we measure the most important one of all in patient care,-- how we express love for our neighbor?
That is a really great Rumi quote, Brian. I love that idea. Thank you for sharing it. I always need work on loving my neighbors (meaning literal neighbors, but also family, friends, patients, strangers, etc) better!
I think it's really hard to measure good patient care. How do we measure real healing?
I am in awe of your pre night shift routine and ability to be aware of the time you have before the responsibilities of the shift hit. For morning shifts I frequently just wake up, clean up, and go. For night shifts I find myself waiting for the shift. I don’t like waiting for a shift. Maybe I should find some music to take me away from that headspace. I can’t answer your questions. I think Willie is great and respect his legacy and contribution to music but sadly I’m not knowledgeable enough with his catalog to rank his songs. And I don’t have a pre night shift song, but now I’m thinking that maybe I should. Keep up the good work Tyler. I’m really enjoying your writings.
I have always needed a long runway before leaving the house. I don't know what that's about. It's been that way since high school I'm impressed you can just get up and go.
I can definitely relate to your not liking the anticipation of the night shift. Maybe that's where the routine came from...zone out and use the time instead of sitting there dreading things. Distract myself a bit, and keep the cortisol nice and low.
Let me know what pre-work music you land on!
Were you feeling carefree when we were camping and set up a bear bag and hit me with a rock and a huge tree branch on accident with your carelessness??? Hmmmm?
Carefree...careless...tomato...to-mah-to
You should not have been standing in the path of that rock...or that branch. I absolve myself and blame you and gravity.
Rumi once wrote, "Love is the bridge between you and everything." It's quite evident in how you see your patients and quite evident how rare it is in most medical "encounters" these days. The systems we work in seldom make it possible, let alone likely. So much time, energy and money is spent on "quality measures" now days. But how do we measure the most important one of all in patient care,-- how we express love for our neighbor?
That is a really great Rumi quote, Brian. I love that idea. Thank you for sharing it. I always need work on loving my neighbors (meaning literal neighbors, but also family, friends, patients, strangers, etc) better!
I think it's really hard to measure good patient care. How do we measure real healing?