Matthew Hall, CRNP
I grew up on a military base near a small border town in New Mexico. As a child of the 90s, the ideas of what were considered reasonable and safe childhood activities differed greatly from today's standards. A shining example of this was at Moore's Trading Post, a local pawn shop and military surplus store just a few miles from the city limits. They were most famous for their rattlesnake pit near the entrance to the shop.
As a young nursing student, I can remember delivering my elderly patient his dinner tray, complete with his evening beer. He was recovering from surgery, and due to his history of heavy drinking, his doctor had ordered an ice-cold beer with each meal to prevent him from developing withdrawals.
Every hospital has one. Maybe it’s the cardiologist who's never “impressed” by the EKG. The urologist who insists that every stone should go home with a follow-up. Or that one hospitalist who never quite understands why social admissions exist.