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Re: On The Attitude Of Nurses Who Have Given Up On Wiping Bums
by Maria
My jaw is on the floor. What kind of training did these nurses have? Back in the 80's we were taught that "Pain is whatever the Patient says it is, and it is our job to make them comfortable." This idea got me into trouble when I started working in an American clinic. A woman had been refused pain medication by her doctor. She was in a wheelchair, in the radiology department where I worked, wailing and telling me her woes. I flipped at the doctor. The next day I was reprimanded. (It was calmly but icily explained to me that some patients are drug-seeking, and that I should never EVER question or criticize the doctor in front of his patients. Ooops.)
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Welcome to Random Acts Of Reality, a Blog based in London, England, written by an E.M.T working for the London Ambulance Service. Also, number one search result for "Womble porn". All names have be changed to protect the guilty. This Blog was previously known as "Why I Hate Humanity" but the antipsychotic medication seems to have kicked in.

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