Thursday, February 17, 2011

Work absence FAIL

So, last night some fool checks in for elevated blood pressure- I guess 2 AM on a weeknight after you've been out all night drinking is as good a time as any to check in for the fact that you stopped taking your blood pressure meds months ago and you want a prescription refill. Yeah, okay.
His blood pressure was actually fine but the doctor was much more concerned about his drunkness so we kept him in the room for a while after he was discharged. At one point I was walking by his room to go do real work when he called me in to ask me a question.
Hood Nurse: What can I do for you sir?
Pt: Yeah. I need a work excuse from the doctor, for like, three or four days off or somethin'.
Hood Nurse: For elevated blood pressure that you've had for several months? Why? We're sending you home on meds, sir.
Pt: Well, um, like, my job is like, really stressful and I just don't think I need to be there while my pressure is high.
Hood nurse: Yeaaahh. I'm gonna have to talk to the doctor about this one.

At this point I have to know what he does that is so stressful and I look up his demographic info in the computer to see that he works for a carpet steaming company. Oh really. Yeah, that's gonna be a big negative on the three days off work, but thanks for playing.

4 comments:

  1. He should try being a nurse and having to deal with pts like himself, then he would know work stress

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  2. lmao! they always try to play you, but we are no fools..lol

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  3. You just lost all of your steam cleaner readers! Way to alienate them. My uncle was a steam cleaner. He was totally stressed. You know how those coffee stains can be dammit!

    ER Doc

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  4. Bahahaha you will NEVER KNOW THE PAIN OF THE STEAM CLEANERS. Insensitive beeotch, I tell you.

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