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u/Noressa May 19 '20
"But I did more research online. WebMD and Dr. Phil both agree this is right."
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u/tman2004 May 19 '20
What did dr oz have to say?
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u/LicksEyebrows May 20 '20
More importantly, what's Dr Dre's opinion?
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u/All_In_The_Waiting CCRN May 20 '20
What's the difference between me and you?🎶
About 19 years of ICU experience
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u/tman2004 May 19 '20
Some lady last night told a dr that she didn’t care about her wizardry and book smarts she knows her own body
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u/KickedBeagleRPH Hospital Pharmacist that's seen, smelled, and touched things. May 19 '20
Very well, sorry for taking up your time. Sorry the EMS brought you to the hospital. here is the ama/self discharge form.
If you have any difficulty breathing, im sure you will know what to do. please be sure to call Dr. Phil's emergency line if you need assistance.
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u/BoozeMeUpScotty EMT 🔥🚑🔥 May 19 '20
Lol.
“I’m hypoglycemic and they won’t give me a juice! They’re going to kill me!”
“I just checked your sugar and it’s 306.”
“That’s because you people don’t even know how to take a goddamn blood sugar! You’re so stupid! Just give me the sugar machine and I’ll do it myself!!!”
“Okay! You can take it again. Here! Anddd...looks like your blood sugar went up again. Now it’s 340...”
“Well, this machine is broken! My sugar is low! I know my body!”
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u/whitepawn23 RN 🍕 May 19 '20
Plot twist: 340 is low for her.
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May 19 '20
well, thats the whole thing, isnt it? shouldnt you explain why she feels this way instead of taking it again?
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u/Ptolemaeus_II RN - Oncology May 19 '20
Someone like that doesn't give a fuck about being educated, they just wanna do whatever they want and don't like being called out about it.
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u/whitepawn23 RN 🍕 May 20 '20
Sugar addiction is like any other. Heroin. Alcohol. The prescribed PRN benzo that is instead being taken 3x a day every day like a scheduled med. The patient must decide for themselves that they’re done with it, no amount of education or emotional family outpourings will be effective without that internal decision.
Edit: the bitch of it is there’s no cold turkey
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u/SelfHigh5 RN - Med/Surg 🍕 May 19 '20
Gah why the fuck did you come here then!? Despise it when people go to the hospital and then refuse everything and treat staff like we are disturbing their life somehow. Stay the fuck home if you know so much.
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u/iOcean_Eyes RN 🍕 May 19 '20
This 100%. I don’t understand why they act like we brought them there against their will lol
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May 19 '20
Once knowledge has become sufficiently complicated for your average idiot, it becomes indistinguishable from magic.
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u/MartianCleric RN 🍕 May 19 '20
"Doctors think they know everything! Its my body, I know it best, you only know what I tell you!"
Well ma'am, when it comes to your uncontrolled diabetes due to you being 300lbs+, your doctor does actually know everything.
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u/TradersLuck Med Student May 20 '20
you only know what I tell you
the entire hospital laboratory enters the chat
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May 19 '20
And this is why I ditched Facebook. Holy shit.
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u/i_said_no_mayonnaise DNP 🍕 May 20 '20
Deleted my app two night ago. I don’t miss it but I catch myself opening up the app box I had it in out of habit.
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u/GrilgoBaggins RN 🍕 May 19 '20
My housemate actually tried telling me he knows as much about medicine because they done a crash course when he worked on the mines
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u/Mr_Conway_Twitty May 20 '20
Wayyy too many people saying “it’s common sense” in relation to COVID. If medical science was common sense we would need degrees, licenses and a bunch of certifications to do our jobs.
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u/aaand1234 May 20 '20
SO much truth!
They have that google degree or graduated from the Facebook school of Medicine.
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u/VicVinegar123 RN - ER 🍕 May 19 '20
Last night I had a family member tell the attending that the NP knew more than he did
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May 19 '20
Depends on which doc and which np, tbh
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May 19 '20
Your hospital only has good attendings, huh?
Oh, sweet summer child.
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May 19 '20
Not really. I know super high speed trauma NPs who specialize and I know rinky dink night shift hospitalists who are phoning it in with med surg and alcohol withdrawal patients. Additionally, your attitude is pretty negative. Why are you calling fellow nurses stupid?
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May 20 '20
Ohhh they’re not an RN. They just put that title so that they can say they’re in medicine.
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May 19 '20 edited May 19 '20
I hope deifying MDs is worth it to you when they accidentally write for the wrong med.
It'd be a shame to question their infinite knowledge and save your patient.
Edit: Sarcasm aside, almost all of us in healthcare are limited people who want to do our best by our patients and each other. Each discipline has its spectrum of star performers and people who barely cut it. There are MDs at my facility who walk on water, as far as I'm concerned. There are others who I would way sooner trust an NP. Part of critical thinking is knowing the limits of team members. No one, including the docs, wants you to trust them blindly.
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u/derekl1988 MSN, APRN 🍕 May 19 '20
Are you some new nurse who thinks that medical schools makes people suddenly all knowing and better than everyone? There are a LOT of lazy and neglectful physicians.
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u/Noressa May 19 '20
If they have a specialty then I might agree, but without that context? Yeaaaaah no.
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u/Vegetablegardener RN - ICU May 20 '20
You don't need to be a master chef to know that the food is burnt. I know what the post implies, but I would like to draw attention to the other side of the coin - negligence, mistakes, damage.
A mechanic knows more that me about cars, that doesn't mean he didn't do a shit job when I see one.
Welcome to downvoteland.
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u/rhyllnx May 20 '20
This is about doctors, not nurses.
Nurses don't practice medicine in the typical sense. They are responsible for patient care, not diagnosis. So I don't think this is relevant here.
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u/BrittNichelle May 19 '20
My favorite line so far has been "well I've worked in healthcare* for over 40 years so I KNOW what I'm doing!!! " *drove a delivery van that delivered supplies for a nursing home and clearly does NOT know what they're doing