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NOT true! I already said repeatedly on here that I NEVER treated her any differently than I would have treated ANYONE else. Absolutely NO LINE was crossed with her under my care and I take exception to the very allegation! Whether you believe me or not has absolutely no bearing on the truth of the matter. She is NOT my patient anymore, and SHE has very much made it clear that there very well might be a place for me in her life by the fact that she gave me her phone # OF HER OWN FREE WILL. Whether that place is as a friend or something more remains to be seen, but since she is no longer a patient, I am ethically free to find out. For you to say otherwise is facetious.

Nobody has taken advantage of ANYBODY in this context. SHE handed me her number. I had no intention of asking for it! In case it didn't dawn on you, the OP should have made it abundantly clear that I could think of no ethical way to maintain and grow my friendship with this person after her discharge and perhaps see if down the road there might be something else there. If I were in fact some kind of unethical, predatory stalker like some on here want to paint me, then I wouldn't have made the post to begin with, now would I? The very fact that I was asking about an ethical way to proceed (IF one existed) is evidence in itself of my own moral compass! Luckily, she was interested in staying in contact with me as well and it worked out. Now, as I said, I'm going to wait a week or two before calling her. If I wasn't concerned about ethics, wouldn't I just call her immediately?

And I find your accusation that I'm a predator to be GROSSLY insulting and confrontational. Just because you can't maintain that distinction doesn't mean others can't. None of the other nurses I work with approached me with any kind of concerns regarding my conduct, and trust me... at least a couple of them are NOT shy about criticizing. I'm sorry that you feel that a nurse can't befriend a patient. There's nothing that says nurses must remain cold and distant.

First off, I already said I'll probably wait a week or two before calling her. Second, the only feelings I have toward her are that of a friend, and one worth getting to know better. I already said I don't know if there's anything there or not, but you don't know unless you find out. Apparently, she thinks the same thing. If all that ever happens is that I gain a close friend, that's great! I like friends, don't you? If there is something more, then that's great too.

This isn't so much "gross" as it is disturbing. I had a 75-ish male who came in complaining of bloody urine and pain in his pelvic region. Upon X-Ray, it was apparent that he had a fetish for shoving needles into his perineal area. I was present while the doctor fished out as many as he could with tweezers prior to surgery (most had migrated much deeper though), and the old guy became erect and ejaculated. I kid you not!

LOL:crying2::crying2::chuckle:bluecry1:

Sounds good

Second that. All in favor?

Just go for it!

I'm not sure about your school, but at the school where I went, about 65% of those who tried juggling school and work flunked out.

Agreed.

I didn't mock you. But if you are unwilling to let bygones be bygones, then it may be best to add each other to our respective ignore lists, if that's what you prefer.

Salty, I never said you called me a Shallow Hal. I merely said that I wasn't in case that was what you were thinking. Going back and reading, I'm really not sure why you took that personally.

Salt, calm down. It was meant as a joke. It's all moot anyway since she ended up making the move, not me. I'm not a bad guy. Really! Just wait, in a different thread, I'm sure we'll be best buddies!