Reply #88: I wish to fuck that people would stop holding up shining light examples... [View All]

[TheMadMonk]

...(those with that special arcane knack) while implying that all others should be their equal. Whatever the proffession, outstanding examples are few and far between.

BTW this particular patient never made it into the hands of an OB-Gyn, so I'm not sure exactly what point you are trying to make.


What probably happened is a combination of blind script following and what happens virtually any time someone gives the appearance of questioning someone's professional competence or telling them what to do. Step x says obtain urine sample, so no further processing will take place until urine sample is provided. Then when the boyfriend and well meaning others repeatedly pushed for the admitting nurse to do something, the nurse dug their heels in and refused to be 'told what to do'. Quite possibly they also added a notation such as PIA (pain in arse) to the file which caused the subsequent admitting nurses to be dismissive.