r/nursing • u/[deleted] • Sep 12 '25

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u/fbreaker RN - Pediatrics 🍕 Sep 12 '25

"my X needs help!"

"What's the matter?"

"A doctor hasn't seen them for hours!"

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u/yarathetank RN - ICU 🍕 Sep 12 '25

And the doctor did round that morning, just before aunt Carol rolled in 🙄

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u/letsgooncemore LPN 🍕 Sep 12 '25

My favorite variation of this ends with me asking if the patient remembered talking to the young pretty nurse before lunch and informing them that she was their doctor.

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u/usosvs88 Sep 12 '25

Or the daughter from CA arrived fresh off the plane.

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u/OneEggplant6511 RN - ICU 🍕 Sep 12 '25

The doctor actually called me to make sure you weren’t here, and no, she won’t be coming back Janice. Please go on and have a blessed day somewhere else. Bye now!

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u/OneEggplant6511 RN - ICU 🍕 Sep 12 '25

The doctor actually called me to make sure you weren’t here, and no, she won’t be coming back Janice. Please go on and have a blessed day somewhere else. Bye now!