I love when you come back and visit
“If you’ve been a patient in a unit for a long time, come back and visit. We’ll remember you, and we’d love to see you healthy.” – Intensive-care nurse, California
Doctors aren’t always the experts
“Doctors aren’t trained to know everything about medication. They learn from the nursing staff. Their success will only be as good as their relationship with the staff who guide them.” – Ed King, intensive care and emergency department nurse
No, we won’t help you break the law
“I cannot tell you the number of otherwise intact people I’ve had in my care in the past eight years who’ve done something really, really dumb that interferes with their care. If you have to ask me when you can go back to snorting coke or taking large amounts of meth, you have a problem. I don’t care what you do after you’re discharged – just please don’t ask my advice about how to do it.” – Head-nurse.blogspot.com