I fully expect to have a patient and or family break down when I tell them very bad news – like that someone has stage 4 cancer or a massive stroke. However, I don’t expect to have to nearly call the on-staff grief counsellor to help you get through the fact that your teenage son broke his ankle and is going to miss the football season. I don’t expect sobs and bawling that reminded me of the sounds of people watching 9/11 unfold!
Yeah, maybe he is a great football player but it’s better than if he rendered himself quadraplegic! Also, judging by the Bentley that followed the ambulance in, I am sure that even if he had a football scholarship, you will be able to pay for college. He will be fine. Now, here is some Ativan.
Wow! Talk about ungrateful! It seems that the people facing a horrible diagnosis would have more strenth.
Dont call it Ativan! I’ve just had a woman in who thinks the “Ativan” she was given in the hospital was a miracle drug & lorazepam just won’t do.
I also work in the hospital – they haven’t had Ativan in – oh…..10 years or so.
Please, when you give it, say it by its generic name. Then it can be a wonder drug that we don’t have to jump thru hoops for in the outpt setting.
Thanks much!
evidently you are new to football towns like i am. i could not believe how serious they take this game..
my son is varsity senior, i support him, but i bring a book to read during the game, you should see the looks i get.
my wife is an ER Trauma nurse, she takes the game way too serious..
great blog.
Brother Frankie
A Biker for Christ
I love these people, too.
“It’s not just a hangnail! It’s my index finger! How will I ever go to the society ball like this?”
I’m not a doctor or a nurse, but I have been given ativan for panic attacks before and the doctor who handed it to me said “This is some Ativan, and it should calm you down.”
But I can see why you wouldn’t want the name being thrown around. The other day I was stuck in the pharmacy for over a half hour because this woman was up at the counter screaming about her Ativan and refusing to believe that she used her last refill. I just really wanted her to go away because I was holding onto my chair, on the verge of throwing up and I just wanted my Phenergen.
“So you have back pain?” “How about we give you some of that new med Naaacl along with that newer med Apap and see how you feel in ’bout an hour?”
Steve
Omg…this reminds me of the time I had to tell a mother that her son would not play football ever again.
He was a HS state football champian who had an Asia B spinal chord injury for a MVA. I was the social work student on the acute rehab service.
The attending was famous for not giving the family realistic expectations. He always said he could not predict the future. His injury was pretty severe.