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i have something i want to post about. i of course am not using the patients name. while it might not seem necessary to tell the story to get my point across, that i want input on, i sort of need to. i have a soft spot for cases like this because i was in this situation, so it hits me harder when nurses/doctors treat the patient like crap.
when you read this story (i will start it in a new post -- that way, if you do not want to read about it [it's somewhat graphic--but a lesson as to why you shouldn't drink/do drugs i guess] you don't have to) i want you to view it as if you were the patient, or the patient's family.
the question is this: i am not a doctor, i am not a nurse. my job in trauma situations consists of spending about 40 seconds to 4 minutes with the patient. then, i leave, and unless they are admitted inpatient and NEED routine labwork, i never see them again. i never know what happens to them and, sometimes, that is the hardest thing to deal with.
so, because i am not the sort of medical staff to ACTUALLY follow up on a patient, is it wrong of me to have stayed late/stayed behind to make sure a patient was okay? the nurses and doctor seemed annoyed by this (i did this one other time--same situation almost, and they physically MADE me leave), however.... the person's father and the patient seemed very, very grateful and glad. the primary job is to be there for the patient. i did this where it seemed like no one else was. i'm not a therapist, i wasn't trying to be one, i just... i had to stay. i had to.
would you have found this offputting, or "wrong"?
anyways, now here comes the story to follow. i am going to edit out language, some of my own as well as ACTUAL quotes from the other staff i was with on tuesday night. a pre-thank you for reading all this, if you do. i appreciate input. i know it's got nothing to do with this board, but.. i'd like to be a part of this board again... and this is what my life now consists of, three days a week for 36 hours straight.
my void does not want.
-- 2.13.61.
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