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Post by Rivka P on Dec 15, 2010 14:53:29 GMT -5
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Post by medic09 on Dec 16, 2010 1:12:02 GMT -5
Pretty funny!
The nurse is a bit of a caricature; but yes, it was sometimes quite like that. Hospitals had very rigid, enforced visiting rules and hours. Even for Med-Surg or L & D. Patients often were expected to follow orders. If you look at the history of medical ethics, you'll see that 'patient autonomy' isn't such an old concept or policy. Health care was much more paternal/autocratic, at every level.
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Post by achot on Dec 16, 2010 7:14:32 GMT -5
To a certain degree medicine is still too paternalistic for me, but its definitely going in the right direction. I remember not being allowed to visit my Mom when my brothers were born because the hospital was a sterile place and dirty children like myself would introduce terrible illnesses (their words not mine). My Mom would hang out the window to wave at and scream at us ("Did you make your beds? Clean up ur rooms, I can see them from here"). I guess they decided that better germs than having patients fall out the window trying to see their families!
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BTW I think I remember this from when it first aired...perhaps that was what made me want to be a nurse, I love the authority she has, "Too many flowers will suck up all the oxygen in the room" ;D ;D ) and the hat- I still have mine (exact same one) from nsg school- every Purim another neighbor borrows it!
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Post by Rivka P on Dec 16, 2010 11:28:09 GMT -5
I was just so confused and surprised, as this was not so long ago and I could not even imagine what would happen if I dared speak to a patient family member that way. In the hospital that I worked in that did have visiting hours, they were enforced in a very lax manner. Also, they aren't letting her see or hold her baby! Hospitals are closing their nurseries and encouraging all babies to room in. The nurse is telling her that she must nap now! I don't think any of my patients would go for that. I mean, if I saw that family members were in late at night or for a long period during the day, I might ask the patient if they were tired and suggest that the family let them rest, but to demand it!? That just seems foreign.
And I much prefer it that way. I am a picky patient myself. When I was in labor with my first, I waltzed into the hallway after hours of trying to get a reactive strip and said "I just cannot wear this monitor anymore. Document that the patient refused, but I really cannot take it." and the nurse calmly said, "OK, you can take it off." I was pleasantly surprised.
And in reference to windows, I don't think we have any windows that open anymore, for fear of patients falling/jumping out. My, times have changed. Thank G-d!
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Post by chayan on Dec 16, 2010 17:15:37 GMT -5
Which show is this from?
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Post by medic09 on Dec 17, 2010 10:00:00 GMT -5
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Post by chayan on Dec 17, 2010 10:04:01 GMT -5
oh, it's a 70s show. I thought it was supposed to be a spoof of old time shows (or old time hospitals).
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