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zyzylyI'm not usually the ranting type, at least on LJ (which is why I hardly ever use the "ranting hippo" icon). Or at least I don't think I am, but I feel the need....
Here's the deal. Arlina has her doctor and chemo appointment today. I usually go over for the doctor part, which I did, but the doctor was 1 1/2 hours late getting to her. I waited, but I missed my chance for lunch. These things happen.
After she saw the doctor, I took her paperwork down to the chemo people. They had no record of her appointment today. They started to toss the blame our way, but I wasn't buying any of it. It's the responsibility of the doctor's office to do that stuff. The end result was that they would do the chemo, but I had to hand-carry the orders to the pharmacy. That's why I was late for my meeting.
When I got to the meeting room, there were a bunch of people camped out in the room--family members of a "VIP" patient, and they were not to be disturbed. So I had to find an alternate room pronto.
This kind of stuff really irritates me. It's generally not the patients themselves who are irritating. It's the people attached to them, whose inflated sense of self-importance makes them think it is ok for them to insist on preferential treatment. In my view, every patient is deserving of the best care possible, and there is no such thing as preferential treatment.
When the meeting was over, my boss wanted to talk to me about my performance evaluation. End result--big huge raise, which made everything all better!
The End
Here's the deal. Arlina has her doctor and chemo appointment today. I usually go over for the doctor part, which I did, but the doctor was 1 1/2 hours late getting to her. I waited, but I missed my chance for lunch. These things happen.
After she saw the doctor, I took her paperwork down to the chemo people. They had no record of her appointment today. They started to toss the blame our way, but I wasn't buying any of it. It's the responsibility of the doctor's office to do that stuff. The end result was that they would do the chemo, but I had to hand-carry the orders to the pharmacy. That's why I was late for my meeting.
When I got to the meeting room, there were a bunch of people camped out in the room--family members of a "VIP" patient, and they were not to be disturbed. So I had to find an alternate room pronto.
This kind of stuff really irritates me. It's generally not the patients themselves who are irritating. It's the people attached to them, whose inflated sense of self-importance makes them think it is ok for them to insist on preferential treatment. In my view, every patient is deserving of the best care possible, and there is no such thing as preferential treatment.
When the meeting was over, my boss wanted to talk to me about my performance evaluation. End result--big huge raise, which made everything all better!
The End
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Date: 2004-01-20 03:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-20 03:56 pm (UTC)Congratulations.
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Date: 2004-01-20 04:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-20 04:38 pm (UTC)2. VIP's sometimes suck, sometimes are cool. However, their families almost always suck, because they try to win brownie points for themselves with the "big shot" by running the staff all around.
3. YAY! Go you with the big raise! Congratulations!
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Date: 2004-01-20 05:39 pm (UTC)I always tell Nursing students to be aware of families. They can make you, or break you.
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Date: 2004-01-20 05:53 pm (UTC)VIP..... Very Inflated Pipsqueak!!!!
i agree. every person is important, no matter who they are or where they are from.
we have a student who is a minister in our state parliament. he is a really nice down to earth person. he's copped a lot of flack the past couple of years because he held a difficult portfolio (roads and transport which is a total mess, but hey, what isn't these days? lol)
if you didn't know who he was you would never guess. i feel so sorry for him sometimes. he comes in to the school as a student (just like anyone else) and other students abuse him for state government policy. he is always so gracious when that happens, always diffuses it with a joke....
i guess, those connected to fame or vip worry that if that person is no longer around, they will lose their vip by association. ew, phsychophants are almost always boorish and self inflated!
i'm so glad your yucky day had a great ending! xxx
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Date: 2004-01-20 07:57 pm (UTC)I'm right there with ya: everyone is a VIP patient. The quickest way to annoy me is to start name dropping and making a bunch of unreasonable demands "because I work here" or "because I'm related to so and so", etc.
Take Care,
Cat
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Date: 2004-01-20 09:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-20 09:14 pm (UTC)end results!~paul
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Date: 2004-01-20 09:39 pm (UTC)Anyway, kudos!
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Date: 2004-01-21 06:46 am (UTC)