necie79

you know sometimes you don't know if you should laugh or cry. you know there are nights when you two patients that a so similiar its freaky. my co-worker had that night. one patient passed who was a DNR passed away suddenly and the other patients son called to check on his mother. my co-worker told the son of her patient that was still alive that she had just passed away. when he yelled "WHAT?" she quickly realized it was the wrong son and started what i can assume was a very painful, embarrassing explaination. he drove back to the hospital during the middle of the night to make sure his mom was indeed okay. i feel bad for the son but i am so glad that i was not in my co-workers shoes that night.

my favorite is my friend who was asked by her several day old cabg post op patient to scratch his testicles (he used the other word.) when she refused he complained to administration. administration actually requested that she write him a letter of apology (she didn't). another story is when i one night a OD woke up about 2 a.m. during a oddly quiet night and her first words were to yell out I WANT MY CRACK ROCK!!!