"Doctor, quick question-- I was having a debate with some of the other nurses. When we give [certain drug we give many patients every day], does it make the blood pressure go up or go down?"
"Down. You really didn't notice that?"
"Oh, no. I never really paid attention."
"Oh. Well, it's down."
"And you call that lowering the blood pressure, not raising it, right?"
"Yep."
"Okay."
"Did you win the debate?"
"No."
"Okay."
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
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Maybe in a hospital it's different, but in day to day life "lowering your blood pressure" is always good and "raising your blood pressure" means stressful. So I wouldn't get those two mixed up easily.
ReplyDeleteHoly cow. I'm a nurse, and I wouldn't give a medication if I didn't know what it did. Nor would any of my coworkers. Geez.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I really wish I knew what hospital you were working at, because that's embarassing. I'm a nurse, and I would never give a med without knowing what it is supposed to do and what it could possibly end up doing (side effects, etc.). Scary.
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