Did I say that?
Dick Tations case files…
This week something in a patients notes was drawn to my attention.
I had sent a lady in her late 30’s for a chest X-ray, the report that returned read…
“Chest Xray clear, no evidence of infection or abnormality, as far as I can tell this lady has a very nice chest”
“Blimey” I thought. Did he actually [...]
My mouth strikes again!
As you may know, in moments of spontaneous talking I sometimes say things that may be deemed inappropriate. Well alas I’ve been at it again.
I recently had need to change a patients oral contraceptive from Loestrin 20 up to Loestrin 30. I explained that the increased strength may have effects aside from the desired reason for [...]
Run, before the nurse stabs you!
In my former life as an Emergency Room Nurse it was often dangerous. Various incidences occurred that could turn your hair grey(er).
I’m not a grey hare…
Some “classics” spring to mind…
Like the time a mother and father stormed into their son’s cubicle to attack his hypnotherapist - who they had hired, but felt had corrupted the boys way of thinking [...]
You don’t buy me flowers
One of my colleagues is regularly described by patients as “lovely” and “ever so nice”. In fact she probably is. I sometimes hear her in the corridor: “Oh hello, it is lovely to see you!”
If she is seeing a woman who has bought her children with her, she’ll ask them what their names are. I even [...]
Name games.
In staff-nursitis I looked at tricks to play on arrogant or bored staff within the A&E. Well it occurred to me I forgot something significant, and we used to do this to newbies, but also try to catch each other out.
The name game. The basic idea is that you give your co-worker a piece of paper with [...]
Condom Advocate!
Sometimes I think I have been here too long…
Don’t worry – I’m not going anywhere, in fact I had an odd week on my blog.
Before this week – my record amount of readers per day was around the 150 mark. This week I had 695 views in one day – and I didn’t even leave a post with [...]
Did I say that?
Why did I open my big mouth…
23/10/2006
It’s fairly normal for Practitioners of all types to have a bit of a script that we tend to stick to, bits of humour that we tragically cling to. Most of the time it takes the edge off things and puts us into a comfortable place. However sometimes these [...]
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