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While in an interdisciplinary team meeting, a staffer recalled a tragic patient/family experience to us, and asked (since I am a fellow staffer) if I had heard about it. I wasn't sure but thought that I had heard about the situation, so said that I t...

Thank you, yes, and your message is not unkind at all. I believe you are right. I appreciate your taking time to share this, and maybe somehow, I can find help for my anxiousness about these things!

Thank you. I would think that staff (and I'm not an RN, but a support staffer) could do this to "process" their emotions/experiences. I didn't mention names, though in other conversations where a specific group of staff have cared for the same person...

A staff member in our healthcare facility (who I'll call "B" for anonymity) had an extended family member as one of our patients. B saw that I was waiting to visit the patient as part of my work as a support staffer. B has been in the patient's room ...

Thanks, do you think it's alright if I tell "B" that I was able to see their relative (the patient) before they discharged?

I really like this :)!

I'm a support staffer, and recently while charting on a patient, I thought, very quickly, "I wonder how old this person is." The person's age was literally right there on my record, by their name, so I glanced at it, and then felt guilty. Ages of pa...

Thanks for this! I've seen many patient's ages and other info in the course of necessary work, sometimes from necessity and sometimes from curiosity (much more from the 1st than the 2nd, of course). In fact, after posting my question above and while ...

Thank you. I guess I'm not entirely sure about my motivation (or personal curiosity). It was just a random question ("I wonder how old they are") and easy enough to see the answer there. I thank you for understanding, and understanding the "panic", w...

well, it's the "need to know" issue versus my own curiosity. I know that many folks involved in direct medical care would "need to know" the person's age, and in a larger sense I suppose that anyone involved in their holistic care would/should be awa...

By name, mostly, and there were other factors that made me sure I had the right person when I offered support to them. I didn't read their age before speaking to them, but later, while charting, after my curiosity led me to glance at it (which again...

Thanks, I guess I feel conflicted because I, in my role as support staff, didn't "need to know" the age.

A patient was in very critical, acute medical emergency situation, so the critical care team gathered in this patient's room to do their thing to try to help the patient. I'm in the area, not involved in the situation directly (but knowledgable enoug...

I was also worried because I'd asked the visitor if they were looking for the family (I knew the fam had been around), and later freaked out, thinking, "Why'd I say that? That sounds suspiciously like the patient isn't doing well and the visitor migh...

great relief, thanks!!

thank you. I'm now doubting myself, wondering if I said, "working on him" -- I hope not ...

Thanks so much!

While talking to family of a patient, we found that we had common roots in the same town. I told them that I had attended a church there, and they said, "well, you must know so and so", and went on to list folks I did know who were their relatives an...

I'm a support staffer. I knew of a patient in serious condition whose family, for whatever reason, didn't plan to visit, and my understanding was that they did not expect to come in on the day I learned about them and perhaps not at all. One of the c...

It does help, thank you!

Oh, thank you so much for your thoughtful reply, which encourages me greatly. I was thinking to myself, "Well, that hug was either wrong, or possibly a comforting thing for that child." You wrote that you felt you needed to be strong for those around...

I'm not a nurse, but a support staffer. While offering support to a family in deep grief, one of the kids, maybe 8, 9, or 10 years old, trailed after me into the hallway, asked me some questions, and seemed like they wanted to talk. I offered some su...

I finally got (mild) Covid. My symptoms began on Feb 20, and today is day 10. I never had a fever, just fatigue/aches (which have been gone for days), and an occasional cough (also virtually gone now). To feel better, I've been going outside walking,...

I'm glad you never got it! Who knows ... IMHO, the virus seems very mysterious in some ways. As the Greeks say, many years to you, and enjoy the blessing of your health! 🙂

thank you, good to know that!