Today, I walked out of the operating room at the end of an emergency case. I spent ten minutes talking to a woman about her son before we realized I was talking to the wrong family. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I spent ten minutes comforting a patient’s family member, reassuring them everything was under control. When I went to leave, I realized I’d been leaning on the call button the entire time. Three other nurses ran in ready for an emergency while I was mid-sentence about coping strategies. FML
Today, I went to the hospital to visit my aunt and her newborn baby. The receptionist gave me the room number, and I went and my aunt was in the bathroom so I cuddle the baby, only to find that the woman who came out of the bathroom was a complete stranger. I was holding her baby. FML
Today, a cab driver had to sign me out of the emergency room because I didn't know who else to call. FML
Today, I totaled my car whilst rushing to pick up my son from daycare. This happened as I was leaving the hospital, after dropping off a wheelchair to my recently disabled wife, who is taking care of our newborn in the special care unit. FML
Today, I drove to the hospital to see my newborn. I went to the room, picked him out of the crate and held him. Then I heard the toilet flush and saw a woman who I didn't know come out. She screamed. My wife was in the room next door. FML
Today, I had to go to the hospital. While I was there, my mom started hitting on a doctor. Later I saw them making out in the room next to me. FML
Today, I saw my son. I didn't know I had a son. FML
Today, I was waiting in a doctor's office when I was approached by an elderly woman. She told me all about the ripping of her stitches in a very private place, in exhaustive detail. Of course, today was the day my doctor chose to be an hour late. FML
Today, I attended the wrong funeral. I spent twenty minutes trying to hide and walk away without being too conspicuous. FML
Today, I gave birth to my firstborn child. Somehow, my mom and mother-in-law made their way to the delivery room, and walked in mid-push. While they were escorted out, I overheard my mother-in-law asking the nurse how her son, my husband, was holding up. FML
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TashaLenaKitty 0
Hahaha,wow maybe you should pay a little bit more attention OP or Ask the family if it is their kid first! fyl
savemypandabear 0
hahahaha XD its like 'oh shit! i'm sorry there seems to be a mixup. oh well if this isn't your son then...that means yours is the one we lost......oh...uhh......well-this is awkward.'
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Comments (92)
LTHoratioCaine 4
It looks like you... Had something to drink.
Melace83 0
so much for hippa
lindsaysue 4
unless he gave personal identifiers such as the patients full name, birthday, or mr number, no hippa breech..
tumblebum 0
#64, you're the grand prize winner! As a healthcare worker, we are all taught about the privacy act HIPPA. You can lose your license or face jail time. So, #37, there's your lawsuit.
yagurlteeteexoxo 0
That's sad OP... Next time introduce yourself an then ask are you the family of patient so an so... then you start blabbering...
crawford_chick 0
whats antiflood??
coffee_enima 0
68- explain to me how this wasn't obamas fault.
machiko_fml 0
FYL.
PatRme 9
i modded this, originally it said the kid was going to die and there was no hope....sad
cheekywench 0
fail
WannabeJew 0
So another overworked, underpaid, tired doctor makes a mistake when he's spent all his remaining energy on trying to keep someone alive? Poor fellow. Hopefully you can get a few hours sleep and make a nice apology before you move back into your work. I guess I'm just lucky, but I have never had a doctor that was in it purely for money. All my doctors have been wonderful guys, from the surgeon when I was 5 to the doctor that diagnosed my dad with pancreatic cancer. My primary care doc is amazing, even now that I'm uninsured, I'm still given great treatment. So I suppose I have a real bias against seeing doctors as money-grubbing pricks like a lot of people. Better luck next time, OP.