Comments on: Nurses hit by car in hospital parking lot: by (Alleged) Drug Seeker! http://gruntdoc.com/2005/05/nurses-hit-by-car-in-hospital-parking-lot-by-alleged-drug-seeker.html Ramblings of an Emergency Physician in Texas Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:40:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dr. G http://gruntdoc.com/2005/05/nurses-hit-by-car-in-hospital-parking-lot-by-alleged-drug-seeker.html/comment-page-1#comment-2045 Dr. G Sat, 02 Jul 2005 19:30:55 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2005/05/nurses-hit-by-car-in-hospital-parking-lot-by-alleged-drug-seeker.html#comment-2045 I rarely do this but I want to bitch about this. There is so much bad press about doctors and how they don't care, the whole treat them and street them mentality. But I swear to god, no one thinks that one of the unfortunate things that I have to spend I'd say up to 20% of my medical decision making time on is whether or not the symptoms are real- or worse that my patient that I'm supposed to be developing a theraputic alliance/bond/relationship, whatever you want to call it, is BSing me to score some narcotics or sleep medication or viagra (a movable item here). Yeah it's bad that people are gunning for staff in the parking lots and at their homes, and that you feel freightened of your patients, but what's worse is that sometimes you mess up- you let the young man with tatoos everywhere walk out of the ER with a subclinical subarachnoid hemorhage. Or the girl who comes to the ER in a bikini top asking for benzos really does need all those psych meds that she's pushing for. 80% is hisotry taking- they tell you that. Well, 5% of my patients I can't believe what come out of their mouths. At that point they're essentially equivalent to a patient that cames in speaking a foreign language. I rarely do this but I want to bitch about this. There is so much bad press about doctors and how they don’t care, the whole treat them and street them mentality. But I swear to god, no one thinks that one of the unfortunate things that I have to spend I’d say up to 20% of my medical decision making time on is whether or not the symptoms are real- or worse that my patient that I’m supposed to be developing a theraputic alliance/bond/relationship, whatever you want to call it, is BSing me to score some narcotics or sleep medication or viagra (a movable item here).

Yeah it’s bad that people are gunning for staff in the parking lots and at their homes, and that you feel freightened of your patients, but what’s worse is that sometimes you mess up- you let the young man with tatoos everywhere walk out of the ER with a subclinical subarachnoid hemorhage. Or the girl who comes to the ER in a bikini top asking for benzos really does need all those psych meds that she’s pushing for.

80% is hisotry taking- they tell you that. Well, 5% of my patients I can’t believe what come out of their mouths. At that point they’re essentially equivalent to a patient that cames in speaking a foreign language.

]]> By: Dr. Bob http://gruntdoc.com/2005/05/nurses-hit-by-car-in-hospital-parking-lot-by-alleged-drug-seeker.html/comment-page-1#comment-2044 Dr. Bob Sat, 07 May 2005 01:55:11 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2005/05/nurses-hit-by-car-in-hospital-parking-lot-by-alleged-drug-seeker.html#comment-2044 I know how you feel. I've had angry refused narc seekers threaten to come to my house & beat me. A little hair raising in a small town where everyone knows where you live. I live in a larger city now & talked to the phone company to make sure they didn't list my address in the phone book. I know how you feel. I’ve had angry refused narc seekers threaten to come to my house & beat me. A little hair raising in a small town where everyone knows where you live. I live in a larger city now & talked to the phone company to make sure they didn’t list my address in the phone book.

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