I learned a new word today. New to me that is. Nocturnist. I’d never heard that term before.
Immediately, from my vast Latin training, I figured that it had something to do with specializing in night time. Or people that just urinated at night or something.
Well, I was close. if one turns to google (and where else would one turn for an expert opinion) you find that a nocturnist is a hospitalist (a physician that practices in a hospital setting as opposed to an office setting) that only works night shift. The term has been around for awhile, at least 10 years. Where have I been?
So, if nocturnist means a night shift hospitalist, what am I? There is no special, uniquely identifying term to describe a night shift emergency physician.
What does one call a clerk that works the night shift at Casey’s, McDonald’s or as an OTR truck driver?
What do you call the night shift Windows 10 techy working in India? Never mind, I know what I call them.
Your grumpy Uncle/Brother Dave, wondering at the need to be so uniquely identified.
Weary