Re: Next Rx needed for physical therapy/

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Carolyn wrote:

> Us old nurses end up having just one patient, ourselves. I think we get better

care than average because we know how to research this stuff and how to convince

the doctors to work with us.

>

Carolyn,

Ahh, Carolyn, it is just we used to work with a different breed of Doctors who

were treated as Gods in the community and we learned how to manipulate those

difficult ones : )

We used to have one that would come in and take his patients charts and sling

them across the counter and say " Where is the Nurse that is supposed to make

rounds with me ? "

Everyone was supposed to scramble.

I was a ward clerk then and he would bend down and ask with a wink " How many are

running down the hallway to go with me " What a mess he was.

Another one would yell my name starting at the hallway behind the Nurses station

saying he better have a good pen with ink. When I became a x ray technician, he

would knock on

the door of the dark room when I was on - call, stating " How Long is this going

to Take? " When he was in the hospital for care, he threw a bedpan at the door

saying he wanted a fracture pan

since they are lower, and kept the bedpan in his bed all the time saying " None

of these Nurses were going to wipe his butt, and let everyone know about it " .

These Doctors now have the Hospital buildings and clinics named after them as I

have known them, along with the Doctor I worked for, to accept canned goods,

home grown vegetables,crocheted gifts, and baked goods as payment for their

services. They even made house calls.

The meaner they acted, I knew the more kind hearted they were inside. That is

how " old " I am and glad I worked in those days, I learned a great deal and even

though I heard some gruff remarks,

these Doctors would always take time to answer questions I had about things

interesting to me and one of the reasons I went into the Medical field.

They also did not hesitate to advocate for " THEIR patients " and you bet they

knew the members of the family in the room and made sure they knew the names

relationships,

and even called the families at homes after hours to talk to the families and

reassure them about their loved ones.

Now, those were the days. I am sure others have similar memories of " those

days " . My favorite was the canned dill pickles. I think we getter better

because we know what to grumble : )

Some phrases: Now who is the patient advocacy officer ?, Who is the Quality

Assurance Officer ?, When is your next JACHO inspection, do you remember what

you got written up for last time ?

Where is the Patient Bill of Rights Posted ? Of Course, you do that with a

smile and kindness.

I never tell them a nurse unless they are going to stick my vein in the wrong

place and are heading for the tendon instead of the vein and when they are just

" going to stick me one more time "

after I have told them my veins are sclerosised and diagonal and to please use

a butterfly (smallest needle) and they pull out a large needle and tell me they

" Never Miss " . My husband chided in one time, " People better than you have

missed, so believe my wife in what she says about her veins, she had to have 8

units of blood given and the did hct and hgb every 15 minutes as she was

bleeding out and they scarred her veins for life " That is one of those AH

moments, I loved him for being there.

I have had to lift people three times my weight before we had others to assist

and never had a " lift team " . I am sure others have stories they could share but

thank you for reminding me of those days Carolyn. Bennie