With the recent rash of posters on medical and nursing care of the
Parkinson's Disease patients in hospitals, this contribution from
my friend Al Sperling, a research pharmacist, is quite appropriate.
Love
Michel
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When you're hospitalized, it pays to be nice to your nurse, even when
you're feeling miserable. A bossy businessman learned the hard way after
ordering his nurses around as if they were his employees.
But the head nurse stood up to him. One morning she entered his room
and announced, "I have to take your temperature."
After complaining for several minutes, he finally settled down, crossed
his arms and opened his mouth.
"No, I'm sorry, the nurse stated, "but for this reading, I can't use an
oral thermometer." This started another round of complaining, but
eventually
he rolled over and bared his bottom.
After feeling the nurse insert the thermometer, he heard her announce,
"I have to get something. Now you stay just like that until I get back!"
She left the door to his room open on her way out, and he cursed under
his breath as he heard people walking past his door laughing. After
almost an hour, the man's doctor came into the room.
"What's going on here?" asked the doctor.
Angrily, the man answers, "What's the matter, Doc? Haven't you ever
seen someone having their temperature taken?"
"Yes," said the doctor. "But never with a carnation."
