My friend is an RN who works in the oncology floor of her hospital. Very dedicated, organized and thorough nurse. She called me last night very disgusted. She lives in an apartment building and on her way into the complex, she runs into a woman who flags her down saying "Oh, just the person I was waiting for" and proceeds to tell her that she no longer has medical benefits and handed her a list of medications she needed for her child...Advair, Albuterol canister as well as some for the nebulizer and prednisone. No dosages, really expected for my friend to just go shopping at her place of work for Rx for this woman who barely says 'hello' to her under normal circumstances.
I mean, where do people get off with this?? It seems that people have no issues asking you to jepoardize your license, your integrity or your job to help them. I would have told this fool to kiss where the sun can't shine and they would have needed a biohazard truck to clean up after all of the language I would have used had she continued to be persistant.
Any wild stories of how people expected you to risk your position as a nurse?
