Posted on 02/15/2007 9:37:41 AM PST by 60Gunner
I'm not saying a word
Thanks for translating that. I wondered what was being glossed over.
Actually, she was rather poorly-nourished secondary to drug and alcohol dependency.
I sense a dollop of political correctness contributing to the subject of this thread.
Not really. The patient's reaction was certainly beyond what I would have expected, but given her history of poly-substance abuse, it is not all that surprising. It just so happened that a completely innocuous phrase was taken to mean something completely different by the patient. That's probably more the patient's fault than mine in this case, but it underscores the necessity of carefully explaining what we plan to do before doing it, and then affirming the patient's understanding.
Nothing PC about that. That's just Common-Sense Patient Care 101.
I simply explained in these words: "I'm sorry that I was not more clear. A 'pelvic stretcher' is just a kind of bed that allows the doctor to do a pelvic exam. We call beds 'stretchers' here."
Old joke: The colonoscopy was going along just fine up to the point when the doctor cautioned the patient that he really should be flossing better. :=)
I suppose you could have asked her if she wanted to be a couple of inches taller...
Hey, we've sent guys off for a bucket of steam, a paper stretcher and a wire stretcher. Don't feel so bad.
Another good story. Keep them coming. What a positive way to vent frustrations after "one of those nights"
a few of the males like the way it sounds - of course I just mean they're (new) and in my assignment...
Heh. When I was a merchant seaman (AB), I'd send my ordinaries looking for a fathom of rhum line and five gallons of prop wash.
You know, after the initial mortification I was able to laugh at the whole thing, too. Eventually.
You know the female nurses at the nurse's station where "dying"when they heard that exchange.;)~
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