Would You Marry or Date a Patient or An Ex-Patient of Yours

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I have known of a colleague who fell in love with a patient and eventually had a child with him. My question is, would you marry one of your "fabulous" or "charming" patients? I also know a Unit Secretary who married an alcoholic patient whom she met on the Psychiatric Unit she works on.

Yes, but he posted that he wants to return to WA where he was for 10 months! Go back and read it, mama! Plus, who wants to actually BE in PA?;)

Whoops! "Where were you in WA?" Note to self: no posting after margaritas.

I would choose PA over the desert, but I like seasons and cold weather. :)

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Specializes in PICU, ICU, Hospice, Mgmt, DON.
Whoops! "Where were you in WA." Note to self: no posting after margaritas.

I would choose PA over the desert, but I like seasons and cold weather. :)

True dat, I like seasons and cold weather too! That's why I hate the h*ll hole I am living in!:mad:

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Whoops! " Note to self: no posting after margaritas"

ROFL :lol2: :D :yeah: :bugeyes::dncgbby:

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.

I'm married to so it isn't an issue for me.

I can see how it happens sometimes. Not everyone in the hospital is on deaths doorsteps dependent on someone to take care of them. I have had a few patients that we held for observation after surgery (like appendicitis) that were getting around great, generally pretty healthy and young and it was more just an overnight watch for infection kind of thing. I had a patient recently that would not stop flirting with me. Kept calling me sweetheart. It was a little creepy. He was also on probation and his fiance' was in the halfway house :| (how could I not fall completely in love with him?)

My co-workers kept making fun of me because it was the second patient since I started that did this. They told me I am helping boost the hospital ratings. :|

Anyway, most of my patients though fall in love with me if I bring them a Popsicle or some color books or put on their favorite Disney movie.

I can't help but fall for them too ;)

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Oooohhh.... the ones that called me 'terms of endearment' drove me nuts ! My name tag never said "honey", 'sweetie", "dear", or "doll"....I'd joke with them and say my mom and dad named me _____- ha ha ha... Sometimes they caught on, other times they didn't, and I'd just be glad I got to go home to the dog !!

When I go to the pharmacy, one of the techs called me "Ms._____" for ages- I finally told him to call me by my first name (I'm there a lot). I felt so old! Especially in the north. Down south it's all "ma'am" and "sir"....that's just respect. But here- there's no attempts at being overtly respectful most of the time- and the pharmacy guy- I see him and the others there so much that we're all on first name basis :) :D

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Hey! That's where I am headed...No fooling at all. My daughter and family are outside of Seattle, I get there as much as possible. I LOVE it there. Since I am geographically as far away as you can get, it will take some planning on my part, but it's in the works.:D

Cannot wait, cannot wait, cannot wait...erik, where were you in WA?

I worked at Tacoma General for 7 months, lived in "University Place" while there. Then I worked at Virginia Mason for 2 months, living directly in downtown Seattle.

I'm guessing I want to go out there after I get my BSN.

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I worked at Tacoma General for 7 months, lived in "University Place" while there. Then I worked at Virginia Mason for 2 months, living directly in downtown Seattle.

I'm guessing I want to go out there after I get my BSN.

I'd love to live in downtown Seattle...I try to head there whenever I get to WA..about 3 x a year...daughter and family live in Auburn, SiL stationed at Ft Lewis when he is not deployed, she works for the state of WA so she travels from Olympia to Vancouver. I am crazy about it and counting the months, weeks, days, hours, minutes till I can move!:)

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Ok off topic I know but I just had to pay homeage to WA state as well. I lived in Kitsap County (Bremerton, Silverdale, Pt.Orchard) for 10 years (left in 2006) and had 2 kids at bremerton naval and had to go to Madigan Army hospital weekly for U/S

I miss WA/OR all the time and I visit often. But I love where I am at so much I just can't leave and go back now.

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