called me a maid

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one of my patients called me a maid this weekend. umph.. the lady was a 40 year old very rich lady who just gave birth to a cute baby boy. i think she had to much epidural. she put on her call light and said to the unit clerk " send my maid in please, i need a lortab" . i went in and explained i was not a maid i was a RN , she said to me " whatever, can i get something for pain?" i float to surgical next week and it will be nice for the change. anyone else ever called something other than your job? lol

It's not about being too good. It's about the right person doing their job. I'm too busy to do stuff that's not specifically assigned to me - meds, charting, admits and discharges, you know, the RN stuff that aides and LPN's are not allowed by law to do.

I'm saving this quote for the next "How come those arrogant doctors never help me change the bed?!" threads.

:D

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I'm saving this quote for the next "How come those arrogant doctors never help me change the bed?!" threads.

:D

Now, now....we know doctors help nurses too, just not all of them. Only the good ones.:rolleyes:

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Specializes in Psychiatry.

That's what we get for our wonderful hospital administrators

referring to patient care as "customer service."

Ridiculous. Patients are not customers.

They are in the hospital to heal, not for us

to wait on them and cater to their every

whim.

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