In my early days on the job, I had a man do that to me about his treatment.  He was a little more direct, though.  "I don't want all this conversation!!" he barked. I was sufficiently "awake" to say "So, what DO you want?" Same thing.  He wanted someone to come in, give him a treatment, and get ...

I understand that one all too well. I'm surprised that hospitals haven't installed an electronic "orientation board" that tells the day and time.  Then again, the patient and family would know it was a 23 minute wait instead of 20! There should be something available that doesn't have to be monitored by staff to allow the patient ...

I think they had to be talking about fasting glucose.  I work with a registered dietician, and one hour after 75 g of sugar, they expect under 140 and at 2 hours under 120.   There seems to be some division in the field on normal values, because there's one doctor out there promoting the idea that no matter what you eat, your ...