Hi everyone,
I thought I would create this blog in which we could all share funny anecdotes of things that happened in the first year working in the hospital.
My funny anecdote is that during the first days while I was working here the doctors would come to the bedside and ask me if the child I was looking after had "neck". I found that question very weird as I supposed that obviously every baby should have a "neck"!! It took me (I must admit) almost a month to realise that they were actually asking me if the child had NEC which stands for necrotising enterocolitis, a very common bowel complication in premature babies in NICU.
Does anyone else have any similar anecdotes?
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Hi,
ReplyDeleteI do not have many anecdotes to tell because I have just arrived at the Hospital but my colleagues gave me some funny farewell recommendations:
Remember that:
The good vein is always on the other side
A bell never sounds alone
Never believe what the patient says the doctor has told him
Do you think they are right?
Regards,
María
A week has passed since I started my new job at the “Care of the Elderly” department at Barnsley Hospital. So, not too many opportunities for funny anecdotes for the moment
ReplyDeleteHowever, during these few days, I realized that what Maria has written here is true, indeed.
Especially when talking about elderly, the statement “Never believe what the patient says the doctor has told him” becomes more than true. This should be the department motto, written everywhere, on every wall.
I think I have listened to that sentence at least four or five times a day.
Working with the elderly can be exhausting, but so funny and gratifying...
We are living the perfect times for funny anecdotes, especially with elderly.
ReplyDeleteCovid-19 pandemic came suddenly and we were not prepared at all. Can you imagine old people who already struggle with their normal routine? Getting adapted to this new situation is too much for them to handle and it’s giving us, the care professionals, more than a headache.
After almost a year with the mask on our faces, one of the inpatients didn’t allow us to treat him. He thought some type of monsters had arrived from another world to take him with.
It took us more than half an hour to make him understand we were the nurses from everyday.
When you think of those types of anecdotes, you laugh at them. However, when you are dealing with the problem, I can assure you that it’s not funny at all.