Fantastic advice!! Working with leaning into your natural limits and instincts can do wonders for you in your day-to-day life. One of the stranger things about training brand new nurses is explaining how to min max small talk.
It feels very weird to coach people on how to chat. So, like, as a patient who has dealt with some supremely shitty nurses -- as in, 'I literally have PTSD from the way I was treated after spinal surgery' -- and some real true and absolute gems, this stuff is incredibly good, and I would like to beam it all into the head of every medical professional, ever.
I'm a chronic pain patient on a standard opioid regimen for over a decade to manage intractable pain, and in situations where I've had acute pain on top of chronic pain, I have been treated like real fucking shit by some really judgemental medical professionals. I'm not gonna lie, the last 2 slides made me borderline cry. The one thing that I don't think I saw on here which really makes me feel seen -- and thus makes me much more patient and calm, honestly -- is acknowledging when you're seeing a patient do their best to try to be calm and cool and good with a very difficult situation.
When I had a really, really bad pain flare that I could not manage at home about six months ago and ended up in the ER, when the nurse pushed pain meds that actually helped and I just sort of Did you have your brave face on? Thank you, but be less brave and tell me more. And like, one time I snapped at a nurse because I was starting to have a panic attack about pain and realizing I hadn't eaten for hours, and when he got me food and meds, I apologized, and he said, "It's okay, you're having a much worse day than I am.
New pkmn short about toxtricity!! Seriously, this is such a great way to go about organizing your home. Anyway, this is fucking great. See this in the app Show more.
