Tonight one of the clerks informed me, "It's okay to give the risperidol you paged about". What??? It turns out she had taken a verbal order!!!!!!! Of course the doctor thought he was speaking to a nurse on the phone.
This clerk is a new employee, but still, I was shocked at that.
Anyone else witness odd things by other (non nurse/MD) employees? transporters, housekeeping, dietary, etc???
Oh ya, I informed the clerk that her role doesn't involve taking verbals
I had worked in a hospital for many years.. I knew the pharmacist on duty well.. I was nine months pregnant when I went down to pick up my amoxicilling rx for a nasty case of bronchitis. The pharmacist had an intern with him, and the window was designed with a shelf that rested just above my belly.. you had to kind of lean in through the window and yoohoo to get someones attention. The pharmacist waved to say he knew what I needed, paused to think a moment, winked at me and instead sent the intern over to counsel me on my medication.. after the standard "do not stop taking this medicine.." He says.. " Have you had this med before?" my reply.. "yes.. about nine months ago.. the last time I had bronchitis." Which was true...He said.. "Oh good then we will just go over some precautions...Some antibiotics deactivate birth control pills.. so if you are taking the pill you will need a back up method for a few weeks if you are sexually active and do not desire to get pregnant.." I glanced over that the pharmacist.. and back to the intern.. and I said, pointing at the pharmacist in an accusatory manner and stepping back, hands on my massive, pregnant belly which had previously been hidden under the window ledge.. "That guy never told me that... Oh my god... it THAT why Im getting so fat and havent had a period since last time I took this antibiotic?" The look of absolute mortification on the interns face was priceless as he backed away from the window, pale as a ghost and stuttering.. "I-I- Umm-I..."..and the normally dry pharmacist had collapsed against the file cabinet in gales of laughter behind him.
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Haha that cracked me up!