A big shot business man had to spend a couple of days in the hospital. He was a royal pain to the nurses because he bossed them around just like he did his employees.
None of the hospital staff wanted to have anything to do with him. The head nurse was the only one who could stand up to him. She came into his room and announced, "I have to take your temperature."
After complaining for several minutes, he finally settled down, crossed his arms and opened his mouth.
"No, I'm sorry, the nurse stated, "but for this reading, I cannot use an oral thermometer." This started another round of complaining, but eventually he rolled over and bared his rear end.
After feeling the nurse insert the thermometer, he heard her announce, "I have to get something. Now you stay JUST LIKE THAT until I get back!"
She leaves the door to his room open on her way out. He curses under his breath as he hears people walking past his door laughing. After almost an hour, the man's doctor comes into the room.
"What's going on here?" asked the doctor.
Angrily, the man answers, "What's the matter, Doc? Haven't you ever seen someone having their temperature taken?"
After a pause, the doctor confesses, "Well, no. I guess I haven't. Not with a carnation anyway."
"Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God" -Thomas Jefferson
"All that it takes for evil to triumph is that good men and women do nothing"-Edmund Burke
"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so" -- Ronald Reagan
I have had a few overnight stays in the hospital due to severe exhaustion (4 or 5 months of 120 hr work weeks), and I would highly recommend treating all the staff with the upmost respect.
The nurses have the ability to make your stay pleasant or by the book miserable. I personally witnessed this. I have an unusually low heart rate in the mid 30's when I am awake, but when I sleep my HR drops to the low 20's. The first night in the hospital recovering from exhaustion, the nurses stood over me with the defibrillators as they watched by HR drop, but did not use them.
When I woke up they explained that I looked so peaceful and calm, that they hesitated. Had they followed the book, I would have had a rather rude awakening.
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Having had my fair share of hospital stays I can agree that it is best not to upset the nurses. I can remember one nurse when I was in college and was sent to the hospital after drinking way too much. Apparently in my drunken state I upset her because she was not very pleasant when removing my catheter that she inserted earlier.
Must be a corollary to the rule "Don't f#$k with people that handle your food."
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Posts: 747 | Location: New England | Registered: August 03, 2007
yeah i never could understand why people give the waiter or waitress a hard time.If i don't like something i just won't eat it but never under any circumstances send it back.
"Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God" -Thomas Jefferson
"All that it takes for evil to triumph is that good men and women do nothing"-Edmund Burke
"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so" -- Ronald Reagan
Originally posted by Steve Cohen: I have had a few overnight stays in the hospital due to severe exhaustion (4 or 5 months of 120 hr work weeks), and I would highly recommend treating all the staff with the upmost respect.
The nurses have the ability to make your stay pleasant or by the book miserable. I personally witnessed this. I have an unusually low heart rate in the mid 30's when I am awake, but when I sleep my HR drops to the low 20's. The first night in the hospital recovering from exhaustion, the nurses stood over me with the defibrillators as they watched by HR drop, but did not use them.
When I woke up they explained that I looked so peaceful and calm, that they hesitated. Had they followed the book, I would have had a rather rude awakening.
That would have been the worst wake up call ever.
Posts: 269 | Location: Victorville, CA | Registered: April 10, 2007
My moms a nurse, ICU to boot, and I agree dont piss off the nurses.
Little story, last december I had to have surgery on my shoulder and the nurse who set up my IV left the drip completely open, needless to say when my surgery was delayed due to the guy in front of me having complications I had to use the restroom. So that meant finding a nurse to carry my IV bag for me. Then when my surgery was delayed and no one informed me or my mom of this I became upset and my mom told me to chill because it wasnt the nurses fault and that the nurse had all the good drugs.
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