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."
lol...wow.
ReplyDeleteI 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. :)
I think we have an extreme Hammurabi on our hands. An eye for an eye just became child's play.
ReplyDeleteDr. Grumpy would have named this patient "Mr. Draco".
ReplyDeleteSomeone apparently gets a little cranky and irrational when sleep deprived...
ReplyDeleteWell I suppose it's better than saying that they should be shot...
ReplyDeleteThis patient obviously doesn't have children.
ReplyDeleteAlso 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.
I just hope that you did not call a psych consult on the pt!!!
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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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