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Ok, this is a vent. At the end of my really, really long shift with OT, finally got the Locum ER to drag her slowpoke fanny in to see an 11 yr old patient. The patient happened to be the child of one of the housekeepers, the humblest and nicest guy in the world.
So, she (ER doc) comes out of the room asking if we have chewable Ibuprofen. I tell her no, but we have liquid. Then she goes on a rant that this 11 yr old doesn't know how to swallow pills as if her parents have committed a crime. I said, why not just give the liquid? Then she wants me to crush a pill because "this child is adult sized and would need 20 ml of the liquid!" ?
OMG. I told her that that doesn't sound like very much. She continued to agonize over the fact that the nicest people in the world hadn't taught their child to swallow pills. When I left she still hadn't ordered anything.
Why do doctors and nurses think they have to reform patients or their families over every little thing? What a waste of energy. Just give the poor kid the liquid Ibuprofen!
End of rant.