Thursday, February 2, 2012

The punishment fits the crime

Patient: "The nurses.. they woke me up..."

Me: "When?"

Patient: "During the night. They keep... waking me up. They should..."

Me: "They should what?"

Patient: "They should be sent to jail."

Me: "Oh. Well, I'm sorry they're waking you up all night and I'll try to get them to stop doing that."

Patient: "They should be sent to jail."

Me: "I really think jail seems a little harsh."

8 comments:

  1. lol...wow.

    I dont like being poked or prodded at night either but I understand that is their job, thus it shouldnt require jail time. Maybe patient should be glad nurses are doing their job and are actually making sure they are still alive. :)

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  2. I think we have an extreme Hammurabi on our hands. An eye for an eye just became child's play.

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  3. Dr. Grumpy would have named this patient "Mr. Draco".

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  4. Someone apparently gets a little cranky and irrational when sleep deprived...

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  5. Well I suppose it's better than saying that they should be shot...

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  6. This patient obviously doesn't have children.
    Also was never a physician - we get awakened all night long routinely.
    Try being a physician with children. Especially one who delivers babies.
    Suck it up.

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  7. I just hope that you did not call a psych consult on the pt!!!

    ;)

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  8. My cousin is a respiratory therapy nurse and she frequently has gotten complaints from doctors when she will call and wake them up because she suspects a patient is about to code. Then the doctor goes back to sleep and the patient codes a half an hour later and the doctor is woken up again to deal with the damn near dead patient. You just can't win.

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