ethnobotany: totally about to break the prime directive in a minute here }{ first contact ({ and it's been awhile)
beverly crusher, md ([personal profile] ethnobotany) wrote in [community profile] sixthiterationlogs 2017-04-28 05:21 pm (UTC)

most evenings while the patients are here - april into early may

Beverly offered to take a bunch of the evening and night shifts at the hospital, since she's used to gamma shift on the Enterprise every so often. Right now, she doesn't think they should be leaving anyone alone in here and she knows her colleagues would agree. She's used to difficult patients, having been the doctor for several non-human alien species over the years and as long as no one is as strong as a Klingon, she should be able to manage just fine.

She has the body of a dancer, but she is far from a pushover.

For now, she tends the patients as best she can, checking and changing bandages and making sure everyone has water as available and none of the injuries are getting infected. Occasionally she can be found grumbling about the lack of equipment, but usually that's done out of earshot of the patients. The last thing she needs is to give them the idea that they're all going to die here. They won't. Not if she has anything to say about it.

At certain points during her "day," she takes breaks, staying close enough to come help if anything happens to one of the patients, while being far enough to give them privacy and time away from her. It's also a chance for her to take a breather and let her doctor's mask slip a bit. If any of her colleagues try to overwork themselves during this time, she is very firm about not allowing that to happen. Anyone who needs encouragement to get some rest will likely get it from her at some point or another. On the flip side, she likes to check in on them, too, and see how their shifts are going and how each patient is doing before she starts her shift. Visitors are welcome to talk to her during one of these breaks if they so choose as well.

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