Lucia Romero

Lucia Romero Surgical Nurse Practitioner Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital

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brokenrollercoaster·:

Ryleigh watched as the other set down the little girl. “Okay, how far did she fall from?” She asked her. Sometimes this meant nothing kids just fell and got hurt. It was good news that the girl was not crying anymore. It meant that whatever happened might have just scared her more than anything. Ryleigh took her stethoscope from around her neck and checked the little girls heart. Everything was clear there, she sat her up to listen to her lungs. Handing the small child a roll of gauze to keep her distracted. Her lungs sounded clear. “Everything is good there. I’m just going to touch some areas to see if they are tender on her.” 

Lucia pulled a hand nervoulsy though her thick black hair as she tried to remember the incident. “I’m not sure, I-I-I was in the kitchen when it happened, but I think she fell from the couch?” Lucia said, honestly unsure. She had merely heard the thump from her landing and the crying. "I heard her crying so I ran to her and found her on the floor by the couch.” Lucia continued, panic in her eyes as she brought herself back to the incident. The young mother felt somewhat more calm when she saw her daughter hold and examine the roll of gauze the nurse practitioner had handed her. Lucia silently nodded quickly a few times to the other’s words. She just wanted her to examine Camila and for everything to be okay. 

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mediiicals·:

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“hey! are you ready to get out of here?” that beautiful last bell had rung, her baby blue scrubs off of her body and back in her work bag. not only was she ready to leave the hospital, she was ready to not think or even dream about seattle grace for the next 24 hours. all she wanted to do was get a drink, maybe dance at joe’s and then go right to sleep. “please tell me i dont have to be three shots ahead of you before you an even leave.” 

Lucia gave the other woman a tired smile as she approached her about going out. A part of her just wanted to pick her daughter up from daycare and go straight to bed, however the last week or so had been so chaotic, she could need some stress relief. “I’m definitely ready.” Lucia replied, putting on her jacket. “Maybe, I’ll be the one three shots ahead of you.”

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brokenrollercoaster·:

Ryleigh usually avoided the emergency room because it wasn’t her favorite place to be. She had worked down there on the occasion when it was extremely busy. She had been dropping off a chart to another nurse. When she turned around to walk back up to the peds floor she heard someone yelling at her. Ryleigh was slightly confused at first. She didn’t think anyone would want her but she was mistaken. The woman was asking specifically for her. Ry saw the small child the woman was holding and nodded. “Of course! What happened?” She asked. Gesturing to the bed near them so she could take a look at the girl. 

Lucia was relieved and finally felt like she could breath when the nurse practioner agreed to take a look at her little girl. “I had just gotten home with her from daycare, I’m a nurse here. I was just starting to prepare some dinner for the both of us when she fell. I just heard the thump and then she wouldn’t stop crying. I didn’t know what to do so I just ran her back here.” Lucia explained, realising that she probably gave a lot of unneccesary information. However, she could not think straight when she was this stressed and tired, which always led to her talking way too much. Lucia carefully put down her princess on the bed in the ER. Her daughter was still upset and had some tears in her face, but she was no longer screaming and crying. 

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littlexunsteady·:

Jackson nodded and offered her another smile.  She seemed receptive to his conversation, which was good.  It meant getting her to keep an eye on Ximera would be easy.  “Everything seems to be a lot lately for everyone,” he agreed before taking a sip of his own coffee.  “I stopped at the coffee shop on main on my way in.  Should be an apple coffee cake thing.  It looked really good,” Jackson told her.  

Lucia raised her eyebrows for a second before she spoke “That’s very true.” Lucia said, letting out a chuckle. It had been so much for everyone around there lately, it was almost comedic. Of course, she didn’t find it funny, it was just the unbelievable amound of chaos in every corner; it was the amount. As Jackson continued speaking Lucia ripped into the bag and got the pastry out. “It looks so delicious” Lucia said, holding it up in front of her for a second before putting it down on the table in front of her. “Why don’t you sit down and we can split it?” Lucia offered, looking up into the doctor’s gorgeous eyes. 

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strengthbound·:

“Spite mainly,” Cat murmured trying to focus on anything other than the pain. “My father was a neurologist so was one of my brothers. I wanted to prove to them I could do it too.”

Lucia was about finished with the cleaning of the wound. She started to change to a new pair of gloves and throw away the other pair along with the old dressing and the used cleaning supplies. Simultaneoulsy, she listened to the patients story. “I like that. That’s fierce.” Lucia told her with a small smile. “You definitely proved that to them.”

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ofseattles·:

Nico was shocked that it had been only a couple of hours. How had he gone into surgery and slept off the anesthesia in only a couple hours? Or did he not need surgery? He had been so sure that he would have needed pins to hold his ulna in place, but he hadn’t seen his x-rays. “Okay.” Though he didn’t believe that he’d actually get any sort of real rest until he was back in his own bed. “My ribs feel like shit. Otherwise I’m okay.”

Lucia nodded as Nico told him about her pain and she made a quick note of it in his chart. “No headache? Any nausea?” Lucia continued, looking for signs of a possible concussion. Although, the patient did seem relatively okay and stable, he had been in a plane crash. 

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littlexunsteady·:

“Great,” Levi said with a smile.  It would be nice to get off the floor for a little bit and grab coffee and a pastry.  “Maybe the weather is nice and we will actually see some rays of sunshine.  What do you think?” he asked as they headed for the elevator.  It had been dark that morning when Levi had arrived for his shift.  

Lucia got up from her chair behind the nurses’ station and swiftly move around to the other side where the friendly doctor was. She couldn’t help but let out a giggle when he spoke. Not many doctors were that dorky and sweet. “This is Seattle, but let’s hope!” Lucia hadn’t seen the outside since she arrived to her morning shift in the dark. Her shift had started so early that her daughter had barely woken up on their way to daycare. “I’m new, so you’ll have to lead me to the best pastries this place got”

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lostatseattle·:

cristina didn’t really care for nurses, although she could see the point in them. she just didn’t believe they were as good as doctors. if you were going to be medically educated, why stop before you really got anywhere? lack of ambition? regardless, she was bored, so she’d entertain herself with this one. “seriously?” she gave lucia a slightly judgemental look. “if you could do anything? anywhere? you’d choose a glass of wine in bed?” that seemed to prove her theory that nurses lacked the ambition most doctors had. “you wouldn’t… i don’t know, go to space or something cool?”

At first, Lucia was offended by the doctor’s look and words. However, she soon realised she had understood the question wrong. “I thought you meant now now, and like realistically” Lucia admitted with a small laugh. “Okay, anything, anywhere?” Lucia said, thinking hard, “I’d be on a Hawaiian beach with my fiancé.” If it didn’t have to be realistc, she would definitely bring Kaleb back to life. 

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ofseattles·:

Cameron hadn’t realized just how hard it was to be a mother until she was one. Her mom had made it look so easy to shrug off her own child, but Laurel’s mom had shown her what a true parental love is. “It’s really crazy… I never thought that I’d be this person at 28, you know?”

Lucia nodded to the other’s words, she could not do more than agree. “I didn’t think I’d be this person at 25.” Lucia replied, giving the other a reassuring smile. “Part of me wish I hadn’t spent my 20-ies grieving and being a single working mom, but if I hadn’t I wouldn’t have this angel.” Lucia continued, looking down at the small child in her lap. 

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strengthbound​:

Cat screwed her eyes shut as Lucia began to clean the wound. The hand on her injured arm squeezing into a tight fist as she nodded. “I’m a n, neurology attending.” She stuttered.

Lucia tried to use an as easy touch as possible, meanwhile getting the wound properly cleaned. However, no matter how light her touch was, it was going to hurt. “That’s impressive. What got you into that field of medicine?” 

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saviingliives​:

“Well, I see a couple of fractures that will need realignment and a possible contusion and a brusing around the ribs and lung. Definitely have to watch for any possible other things that could go wrong.”

Lucia furrowed her eyebrows as the doctor listed the multiple injuries the patient had. “Is he stable for now?” Lucia asked, thinking back to how badly off the patient had been when she met them in the emergency room. 

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saviingliives​:

Ximena nodded and kept quiet for the time being because she knew that arguing at this point would be hopeless and she would have to deal with it anyway. She knew that this crash and building collapse had everybody on edge wanting to make sure that everyone was okay. “I’m sorry. I know that treating doctors as patients can be a pain but I just dont want anyone to be worried about me and somehow word getting back to my mother…or my brother for that matter.”

Lucia furowed her eyebrows slightly as she listened to the woman’s words. Lucia understood why, but it was still sad to hear that the woman didn’t want her family to know about her being hurt. As Lucia actually understood, she would not shame her for it or try to change her mind, at least not for now. “I won’t say anything about you to anyone, alright? Will you just, please, let me take you to get a scan?" 

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ofseattles·:

Rosalie had finally gotten everything sorted since the plane crash. All of her financial advice had been given to the lawyers, none of the Christmas bonus checks bounced back, and everything was good, or as good as it could be. She went to the cafeteria for a late lunch. Just as she was walking up to the line, she was bumped into. The brunette woman caught herself just before tipping over. “Oh shit, you good?”

“No, it was all me” Lucia said, as she regained her balance, and reached out her arms to the other as she checked if she was okay as well. “You okay?” Lucia said, not being able to keep in a giggle. She just almost ran some poor girl down in the cafeteria, that’s how excited for lunch Lucia had just been. 

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littlexunsteady·:

Closed Starter @luciaxromero·

Jackson came over to Lucia and set a cup of coffee and a pastry bag down next to the cup.  “Good morning Lucia.  How are you?” he asked kindly.  He needed a nurse to keep an eye on his sister, and Lucia was likely the best one for the job. “How’s your day going?”

Lucia was charting by the nurses’ station, her head in her own little world, when a friendly doctor interrupted her focus. Looking up, already surprised by doctors even acknowledging nurses, let alone be nice to them, she was even more taken away when she saw the doctor. The piercing blue eyes, his skin complexion, his smile. She was speechless. “H-hi.” Lucia got out, flustered at even the fact that a man like him would speak to her and here he was not only speaking to her, but bringing her baked goods and knowing her name. “I-It’s going okay, a lot as usual.” Lucia said, starting to regain her ability to speak, but still blushing. “Thank you so much for the coffe and what’s this?” Lucia said, breaking into the pastry bag. 

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littlexunsteady·:

Closed starter @luciaxromero·

“Thank you for getting those labs back so quickly for me.  I appreciate it and all your help over the last few days,” Levi said honestly as he stood beside Lucia at the nurses station.  “I was actually going to grab a coffee and a treat.  Do you want some?” 

Lucia looked at the young doctor with big eyes. She couldn’t help it. He was so young and boring, but also, he was actually being friendly to her, and doctors were never friendly to the nurses around here. However, as the nice man continued she suspected he had alternative motive. No matter, wanting to encourage the nice behaviour Lucia said “I would love some! I’ll come with.” Lucia stood up, happily leaving her charting for a few minutes. 

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lostatseattle·:

cristina looked up and paused for a moment. a glance back down at the chart she was holding and she knew nothing else would really be gained from carrying on yet. she decided to be just a little bit annoying. she rolled her chair over to sit by the nurse, “just charting?” she repeated. “what would you rather be doing?” she asked. “if you could be doing anything else?”

Lucia was surprised whenever a doctor even acknowledged her, or wasn’t rude, now this doctor slid over to her and wanted to know something about her? What was going on? Lucia let out a nervous giggle and looked over her shoulder at the doctor. “Anything?” Lucia repeated with a smile and paused to think about it. “Big ass glass of wine in bed.” Lucia admitted, a tiny bit embarrassed. She was a nurse, she never had time off. 

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strengthbound·:

“Well they do say that if you get thrown in the deep end then nothing will phase you so that should put you in a good place for later on,” Cat chuckled.

“Thank you for saying that.” Lucia said with a greatful smile on her lips. It was honestly very nice to hear that. Her first days had been very chaotic, but she had handled all of it so far. In a good place for later on. Lucia repeated her words in her head. “So I understand that you usually work here?” Lucia added as she started to clean the wound, thought it best to try to keep the patient distracted with conversation.