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Person : “So you’re a nurse…that means you just give sponge baths and clean poop all day…”

Me:

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Where’s the doctor, he’ll know what I mean…

I had a super fun (not) encounter with a parent today in the ED.

Me: Hi, I’m Dr. Pedsandcats! I hear this kiddo is running a fever, can tell me about what’s been going on momma?

Parent (typing on cell phone and has not looked up at me once): yeah she’s had a fever, but I really just need a prescription for Orajel for her because she’s teething and she’s been fussy.

Me: Well, there are actually some big risks with giving orajel to little kids because the main ingredient can actually be very toxic to them and topical medicines have not been shown to be helpful with teething pain. Perhaps she’s a little fussy because of the fevers? Can you tell me more about those?

Parent (still hasn’t looked up at me): no, I have some old orajel at home. I gave it to my older kid and it said it was for kids and it worked. Where is the doctor? He’ll know what I’m talking about… since you clearly don’t.

Me (working very hard on my poker face): Ma’am, I am the doctor. I would be happy to print out the recent news headlines about the FDA recall of orajel for kids. Now can we PLEASE discuss your child’s fever?

Parent (finally stops texting with a big annoyed sigh): she felt warm at home, and we’re out of Tylenol too… can I get at least script for that? Or is that also now dangerous for kids? And can you discharge us real quick? My ride is on my way…

You literally cannot make this shit up.

Post-script:

Dear humans of the world,

Please be respectful to those of us working in emergency care. We are here to help you and your children. Put down your phone, listen to us, and answer the questions we ask you. Please do not act as if I am wasting your time. You came to us for help. We want to help. It’s our job to help. But we aren’t meant to be a convenience center for prescription refills to pop in an out of within 10 minutes. I don’t tell you that you can’t use orajel because I’m trying to inconvenience you. I’m telling you that because I don’t want your cute little one to get hurt from an avoidable medication complication. And for the LOVE OF GOD, IF I INTRODUCE MYSELF AS A DOCTOR, I AM THE DOCTOR… NOT ALL DOCTORS ARE MEN. NOT ALL NURSES ARE WOMEN.

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this is my favorite les mis post of all time condemnantquodnonintelligunt

galaxykingofficial

This was my exact thought process in this scene

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A CLASSIC.

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prokopetz

I can think of no starker demonstration of commercialisation destroying culture than the fact that Rickrolling doesn’t work anymore because YouTube plays an unskippable two-minute ad first.