Here is a less formal article on the mismanagement of discharge instructions in the USA medical systems. [link]
Spike: I'm not a monster. Xander: Yes! You are a monster. Vampires are monsters! They make monster movies about them! Spike: Well, yeah. Got me there.
'Dirty Girls'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Typo Boy - Sep 15, 2015 1:25:33 pm PDT #21586 of 30002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Calli - Sep 15, 2015 2:06:29 pm PDT #21587 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm glad the second nurse was wiling to work with you until things were working properly, Typo Boy. And I'm not surprised a lot of people don't understand the self care instructions they get, although the 80% number is pretty eye opening. I wonder how much they'd cut down on re-admissions if communicating things better was prioritized.
Laura - Sep 15, 2015 3:49:46 pm PDT #21588 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
Grateful that you got a good nurse to do the training. May your recovery be rapid.
erikaj - Sep 15, 2015 4:06:39 pm PDT #21589 of 30002
Always Anti-fascist!
That does seem harsh. Because it's not like it won't affect your health if you screw up, so being all "Good Luck with that!" doesn't seem like good practice.(and not only because, if you get sick from doing it wrong, the doctor would totally shake his finger at you.) You know what I would like? Never having to discuss the disability Name Thing ever again. (our movement hasn't caught on because even more than Buffistas, we have three things we ever talk about and, unlike Buffistas, they are all boring.)
Steph L. - Sep 15, 2015 5:16:27 pm PDT #21590 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Never having to discuss the disability Name Thing ever again.
Do you mean like person-first language?
Hil R. - Sep 16, 2015 1:04:22 am PDT #21591 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Well, this is a new one for me -- a student forgot to do her homework because someone fired a gun near her house and she had to call the police.
Calli - Sep 16, 2015 2:51:31 am PDT #21592 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Did she bring a copy of the police report?
EpicTangent - Sep 16, 2015 9:22:59 am PDT #21593 of 30002
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Zenkitty - Sep 16, 2015 10:10:08 am PDT #21594 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
If I were still going to the office, I'd buy that and wear it under a smart suit jacket.
They miss me at the office.
Steph L. - Sep 16, 2015 10:16:11 am PDT #21595 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
One thing I unreservedly miss about my old office is that we gleefully celebrated Talk Like a Pirate Day every year. We didn't dress up in a big way, but had a bag full of accessories like pirate bandanas and eyepatches and plastic hand-hooks, etc.
I'm pretty sure I was the original instigator of all that, but everyone jumped in with zeal.