When you work in a job that involves interacting with people all day long, you realize that people are ridiculous in every way possible. Doesnt matter whether the situation is:
Annoying - like my patient who called me into her room and cried because she could hear another patient's IV pump beeping. So close your door! Or better yet, go home! We've been trying to send you home for the last week but you refuse to leave!
Appalling - like my patient who thought it'd be wise to FAKE CODE. In other words, she PRETENDED to be UNRESPONSIVE. Twice. wtf was she thinking??
Frustrating - like when patients assume you arent qualified to even set foot in their room and thus refuse to even look you if you aren't wearing a long white coat and have the letters "M.D." following your name (fyi - same patient who refuses to leave and who "fake coded." You can tell she's a peach, right? bitch.)
Disturbing - like when I wasnt able to fit the condom catheter on a patient because HE WAS HARD. GROSS. (a condom cath is exactly what it sounds like, a catheter to collect urine but it's non-invasive. you roll it on just like a condom)
Inappropriate - like when my patient was talking to the tech and the tech asked if she had any drains. Patient: "What's a drain?" Tech: "Its a hole that leaks fluid." Patient: "The only fluid leaking out of me is when it comes from a man." ....O.M.G.
Sometimes all you can do is let situations just roll off your back and laugh at the stupidity/ridiculousness of people. My job is fun, right? :-p
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