Subj : Re: Nobody's ... script editor To : alt.tv.er From : DawnK Date : Sat Oct 01 2005 00:35:49 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er "Gabby" wrote in message news:11jriud6pcvot0f@corp.supernews.com... > > "DawnK" wrote in message > news:A2d%e.507$uD2.86@fe05.lga... >> Morris was totally insufferable. If I brought a lab sample to the lab, >> unlabeled, in someone's frappe, I think they would laugh at me. > > That one made me flash back to my nursing school days. My patient is > almost hysterical because she has symptoms of postpartum phlebitis, it's > only my second day on a ward. The doctor draws blood, hands me the vial > and, because my instructor is not around, I go ask the nurse at the desk > what to do. Her reply: "Send it to the Lab, they're waiting for it." So > a messenger takes it to the lab -- of course they refuse to do anything > with it since it's not labelled. Patient is upset ++++, doctor is pissed > +++, I'm in the washroom at the nursing station when I hear the doctor > yelling "Where is that stuuuupid nurse?" I walk out of the washroom and > proceed to endure a tongue lashing that I'll never forget. The poor nurse > I'd approached, seeing my face, did say "I just told her to send it to the > lab, I saw it wasn't labelled and didn't say anything." But really, I > should have known better. > > Gabby > Oh no! Dawn .