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To: HairOfTheDog; 2Jedismom

I’m a little disturbed that “snack” is in quotations. Makes ya wonder, don’t it?


718 posted on 05/16/2008 7:29:13 AM PDT by RosieCotton
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To: RosieCotton; HairOfTheDog

Heh heh heh....

What I meant was...the patient calls you in the room and says “Can I have a snack?”

What kind of snack?

“Well, let me think...what am I in the mood for? I wonder...can I have this? Or what about that? What do you think, Wilber?”

What kind of diet are they on?

Diabetic? Mechanical soft? Full liquid, clear liquid?

Really, there’s a lot involved with getting a patient a snack. The wrong thing can cause problems. So a “snack” is really stressful sometimes! Of course, it probably has something to do with having blood vital signs you’re behind on in the next room and the bed alert going off in another because one patient is confusing and insists on “going on onto the back porch for a spell” even with a broken hip.

Heh heh..I’m actually chuckling. It really isn’t a bad job. Just hard sometimes.


720 posted on 05/16/2008 7:37:40 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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