Things you will never hear from me:
1. “Sure Ma’am, just tell me how many Dilaudid you want for your chronic back pain.”
2. “Nurse, I actually prefer to see lower GI bleeders in the hallway.”
3. “Hey Doctor ENT, just come whenever you want for this kid with a severe post-tonsillectomy bleed”
4. “Of COURSE we have free cab vouchers for a ride home!”
Things you will never hear others day:
1. “Thanks ERP for this midnight consult on a drunk guy with no insurance!”
2. “Yeah, vaginal bleeding/dizziness/constipation is my favourite chief complaint as well!”
3. “Doctor, I am so relieved I don’t need any antibiotics today!”
4. “Sure ERP, Administration would love to help your overcrowding by hiring some more temp nurses and opening up some more beds!”
I’ve totally said number three, but I said it to an NP…and again to an NP student a few months later.
“Tell me more about your Fibromyalgia.”
“Doctor, I am so relieved I don’t need any antibiotics today!”
I have said this SOOOO many times to Dr’s before, and pleaded beforehand to NOT make me take antibiotics… why would anybody want them anyway is my question?
I’ve totally said #3 – multiple times in the past. Particularly in reference to my children (I don’t want them on antibiotics at all if I can avoid it, and with the exception of one really bad bug I’m pretty sure they picked up visiting my mom in the hospital, we’ve avoided them).
I also have refused prescriptions for pain meds, including the narcotic ones! I must be crazy!