Rounding in the PICU

PICU Rounds are a big part of the day.  It's the time when the APN's can present their patient, summarize what is going on, and then state their plan of care for the day.

Usually I love rounding.  It lets me take responsibility for my patients.  It calls me to think more about them.  And it definitely teaches me a lot.

The other day, I learned a big lesson.  As I was presenting my patient, I got to the summary part, and said something to the effect of: "This patient remains critically ill, has pulmonary and kidney injury consistent with Wegener's disease..." and went on.

Only to find out later in the day that it is now considered a faux pas to call it Wegener's anymore.  Apparently Mr. Wegener was a Nazi, and that just doesn't sit right.  Instead, it's now called Granulomatosis with polyangitis. 

So there ya have it.  You learn something new in the PICU everyday.  This APN certainly learned that she doesn't want to be supporting Nazi's or diseases named after them.  I will definitely not forget that one!