Uhhhh, That's Kinda Personal

[evastone]

We have all had patients that say rude comments or ask personal questions.

Here's a few of mine:

Pt: Do you have children yet?

Me: No.

Pt: Really?! Well how often are you sleeping with your husband?

Pt's family member comes over to me and says "You should have that weird looking mole checked out. It looks like melanoma."

Patient: Congratulations! When are you due?

Me:One year ago

Any memorable stories you'd like to share?

[Lev, MSN, RN, NP]

I go out of my way to give as little information as possible while staying polite. I have a coworker who has to go to court every 6 months to re-file her restraining order against a former patient who began to stalk her. We just got a new DON, and it was pretty clear to me that she has never worked in psych before when she got in a big huff over the staff covering their last names on their badges.

In all the hospitals I have worked at (4 total), ER and psych only have first names on their badges.