how can i help this patient?

the doc that i work for told a woman patient that he couldn't stand to look at her hair!!! then he went to a discoutn store and bought her a hat that he made the nurse give her. notice he didn't give it to her....i asked the lady how she felt about the hat and she said she hated it. then i asked a tech if she could braid her hair this weekend and that's in the works.......this lady worries about her appearance because she's had a stroke and one arm is smaller than the other and is bent up by her breast. we really aren't allowed to give the patients gifts and i can't give her a hug here........ideas?????and you don't have to tell me.....i work for an ***...he called me and the nurse over on friday and said that the way you tell crazy people from others in Oklahoma is by their hair and their clothes. I folded my arms across my chest and said, "i did not know that" and he didn't even catch my mild sarcasm..i heard the nurse snort and then i walked off.......keeping your self esteem intact at that place is a daily struggle....

Compliments. Warm smiles. a rub on the shoulder telling her she did a good job, or looks nice (hopefully not in a creepy way - but caring) Encouraging letters, cards, cutt out funny comics to lift her spirits .. Just be the sweet considerate you that you are

Pat did you tell him how his hair looks lately?
Angie

can i hijack my own thread? he spends tons of money on his clothes and i've posted here about his pants.....HE HAS WEDGIES and he pulls his pants up over his stomach and they become FLOODS.....WE ALL GOT SO TICKLED ONE DAY THAT SOME OF US WERE CRYING.......he only hears himself. he loves hearing himself talk.......i asked him a very detailed medical question one day and he said, "Pat, I did not know that you are intellectual".....I thought about saying, "yeah, that's kinda hard to imagine with my slutty looks and all".......his hair is very, very short and couldn't be an issue. there's not enough of it...........he insulted an employee on Wednesday and she picked up her purse and LEFT........

Pat, does this lady "live" there? Isn't there someone who could braid her hair or something... I mean as a daily thing.

Ask your boss when it was fair to judge a book by it's cover. Has he taken a look at the Pope lately? I can barely stand to look at his latest pictures, I'm not Catholic so I didn't know about him much until in the last couple of days. What a wonderful man!! You can't help but love him!

What an ***. That's so rude! You know what I'd tell that ungrateful git, that him saying that kind of stuff is bound to get him in trouble if someone went to the right people. He has no place to comment on others appearances, I'd give him a taste of his own medicene.

That's so sad... The poor lady... it's not her fault and he's being such a brute. TT_TT

So you can insult a patient but not comfort them? O_O Grrrrr. If I was within arms length of him I'd make his pants ride up even further.

How bout repeatedly leaving cheese wedges on his chair?

i am laughing so hard that i almost slid out of my chair! i can see an army of mental patients descending upon the dialysis clinic with weapons of mass destruction.....oh yes, where DID those go?

anyway, a technician is going to braid her hair this weekend. she's black and it will stay braided for a long time.
the doc doesn't catch jokes, mild sarcasm, raised eyebrows, etc...mort, when i leave there.......he's going to catch hell from the state inspection board.....i'm making a list and checking it twice..and believe you me, i'm outta there the minute i get another job or get in school. i worked in an emergency room before i worked for him and i know what's clean and what's not and what's legal and what's not.......the patient and a technician both have lawsuits, if they so desire. he shoved a tech the other day.....he's from Nigeria and consistently treats all the women like dirt. but this tough broad is serious about turning him in...i do have a list. pat

Then maybe he needs to back to Nigeria where that is permissible! What a jerk!!

I love that instead of having her hair taken care of, he gets her a hat. Lovely. A real humanitarian.

So instead of baths, how about perfume??

Maybe I shoulda gone to med school...don't seem so hard after all!

emmers

You go girl!!! You turn that (bad word) in!!!

I'm so happy you are!!! ^___^ That brightens my day. :3

mort, you don't know the half of it.....you weren't here when a patient died due to the incompetence of the nurse and the fact that the oxygen tank was empty!!we've lost three patients and two could have been prevented. one had a blood clot in his brain. he told me that he was really sick when i checked him in. i reported it and he was hooked up, without any attention from the nurse. about 45 minutes later, he had a seizure....at times i think that i should just walk out BUT i know that there are patients there that depend upon me for various aids...emotionally and physical..the nurse is about three rungs above the doctor as far as being compassionate..so, i know that i supply compassion and humor to the clinic. but, when the right opportunity comes along, i'm gone...with my list!

Definitely! I know mum is always coming home peeved off because of what people have been doing at her clinic. They don't deal with any patients that are in positions of life and death though, thank G-d. Some of them are such gits.

It makes ya so sad to see and hear, I can't imagion how much worse it would be to have to be there. O_O;;; I know when you get to leave, you'll be doing such good to expose the bad there, that will help the patients the most. And wherever you go, you'll find new ones to help too. *hug* Don't let it get you too far down, kay? TT_TT

i can always wear my scrubs wrong-side out when i'm blue...that will cheer everyone up.

Yah, it'd cheer them up I bet. ^__^ But how to cheer up you?

i'm actually pretty cheery...because of all the posting back and forth with everyone here. i laughed so hard at the image of everyone of you descending upon the clinic and "attacking" my boss! i'm sure that he's extremely biased about folks like us.....another instance of not letting anyone at your work place know your DX........yesterday was great and Mort, you were a big part of it. i laughed so much..watched basketball and stayed off my sore knee.........have a great day...think of me...i'm going to try to wear the proper shoes....

*____* Awww... *hug* You're the bestest ever. You make me feel so welcome at the board. If I was within arms length I'd come with you to work and threaten to bite him everytime he said something rude. :3 Like your guard doggie!!!

>_> Hit him with the bad shoes that hurt you!!! Muhahaha. <_< *hug* ^__^

You have a good day too. I'll be hoping your day is good. ^^

Hmmm has anyone thought of a mirror?

it's dark.....i can't turn bright lights on when i first get up.......i can't stand it in my eyes...therefore, i am getting dressed in the dark most mornings........it's actually been so much fun for the patients that i may do it again.

Do really neato ones! Like high heels or something fun. ^__^

i saw a woman at an Al Green concert that had on highheels and there was a light flashing inside the heel..............wooooooooooooohoooooooooooooooo

Your boss sounds like he needs to be reported. Killing patients -- that's rather worse than being a jerk. I can be jerk at times -- but I do not kill people! I'm glad you found someone to braid this poor woman's hair for her.

LOL Like my grandson's shoes!

he would get "even" if he found out that i reported him now.....and i have to have the job...everything has been documented and there will be reports going to several agencies when i leave there.

documented against him or you???