armywifeemt
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Maybe its been done before... but for those of us who work in privates, I know we all have our cheesy little things we say to make patients laugh, smile, or at least let them know we understand their fears and concerns.
I mentioned in another thread... I routinely tell patients who are afraid we will drop them that I would never drop them because it is too much paperwork... it has about a 99% success rate at getting a laugh or a smile, in my experience, though delivery is very important because you of course don't want them to feel like that is really the only reason you won't. I also tell them that, "we only drop patients on days that end with the letter Q"
My boyfriend got me started on telling patients, "these cots are built for speed, not comfort"
I wanna hear some of the lines some of the rest of you use to put your patients a little more at ease with the situation.
I mentioned in another thread... I routinely tell patients who are afraid we will drop them that I would never drop them because it is too much paperwork... it has about a 99% success rate at getting a laugh or a smile, in my experience, though delivery is very important because you of course don't want them to feel like that is really the only reason you won't. I also tell them that, "we only drop patients on days that end with the letter Q"
My boyfriend got me started on telling patients, "these cots are built for speed, not comfort"
I wanna hear some of the lines some of the rest of you use to put your patients a little more at ease with the situation.