Karma

Makeup girl finally got what she deserved had a frustrating patient who tried to rip out his IV every 5 minutes, so she had to continuously stay in the room. After about 5 hours into clinical, I passed by her room and she whispered loudly, "Hey! Can I, like, go to the bathroom? Can you sit with him?" I felt kind of bad for her so I sat with her patient while she went to the bathroom and took a quick break. I talked with her patient, who was kind of creepy and you could just tell he was not right in the head or something. I asked him why he kept trying to pull out his IV, and he said, "I just want to go home." I tried to be understanding because usually if someone is that persistant at trying to get their IV out to go home, usually there is a reason. I asked him if he had any kids at home, and he said, "Yes." I tried explaining to him that the IV was giving him food he needed so that he could get better and go home ASAP. He quit picking at it after that. I asked Makeup girl if she knew why he kept trying to pull out his IV. Shrugged and said, "No. I don't know. I didn't talk to him." Um, what? You spent 5 hours in your patient's room and you didn't talk to them. It made me a bit irritated. Just because you don't want to be a sitter for your patient, doesn't mean that they should have to suffer because of your attitude. You should always give the best care to your patients and treat them like you want to be there and listen, no matter how annoying or creepy they are.

She did tell me a funny story though.

Patient: Looking up and down Makeup girl. I have to admit, other than the excess of caked on  makeup, she is a pretty girl. Actually she is a pageant queen, and I'm not kidding. He chuckles and says, "You gotta cold look about you."
Makeup girl: "Is that so? Why?"
Patient: "I unno. You just look kind of...evil. Like yer gunna keel someone."

Yeah, he really talked that like.