New to Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop? It’s easy! On Tuesdays, head over to Mama Kat’s Losin’ It, and check out the prompts there. You can write on one, or all of them; just depends on how verbiose you feel that day! On Thursdays, run back over, link up, and don’t forget to check out other bloggers’ entries as well.
This week’s prompts:
1)Write about a time when you were wrongly wronged.
(inspired by myself.)
2.) Geriatric peeping Tom neighbors? Do tell.
(inspired by Angie from Seven Clown Circus via email. And I don’t know what geratric means either. Look it up.)
3.) Mommy play dates? What’s your experience with mom dating?
(inspired by Dana from Mommy Brain)
4.) The first day of…
(inspired by me.)
5.) Share your friendly advice for someone you think needs it (ie your mother-in-law, other drivers, cell phone users, etc.)
(inspired by Jill from Scary Mommy)
I just couldn’t resist this prompt, since I’d already started a bit of friendly advice here. I had no problems with coming up with my top ten list then, and I’m going to add to that list, with ……
10 More Things You Need To Know When Coming to the Emergency Room
10. If you chose to procure an ambulance to ‘give you a ride’ to the hospital, that is NOT a guarantee that you will be traveling home in one. It’s against the law, unless there is a medical necessity. Better start calling your friends and family. Sometimes cabs don’t do runs out in the country.
9. Cell phone courtesy, please. This includes the non-stop texting that I am SO tired of. If we call you to the triage room, put away the cell phone. Same thing goes for when the doctor or nurse comes to examine you, and when your nurse comes to discharge you home.
8. Pregnant women — a public service announcement. Did you know that not all hospitals deliver babies on a routine basis?? If you come to a non-baby-delivering (horrid grammar, I’m sorry!) hospital, we will stabilize you, and if you are more than 20 weeks gestation, you will be going to the hospital your OB requests. If you are having contractions, bleeding, haven’t felt baby move, etc, call your OB, and go to the hospital where you plan to deliver.
7. When I ask the patient a question, I do not expect the family members to answer unless the patient is a) a small child, b) senile, or c) unable to speak due to a stroke. I need to hear your story from YOU, not your spouse/friend.
6. If your child has a fever, please DO NOT bring him to the ER without giving him Tylenol(acetaminophen) or Motrin(Ibuprofen). I don’t have to “see that she has a fever”, in order to be able to treat her. You may be in the waiting room a long time. Play it smart.
5. Same thing applies if your child is injured …. fell and bumped her head, sprained his ankle, you think her wrist is broken, he got tackled in football, etc. If you had aches/pains, you’d take Tylenol/Motrin. It is perfectly fine, in fact, HUMANE, to medicate your child for comfort.
5. If you sign in with a chief complaint of abdominal pain/vomiting/diarrhea, etc, you can rest assured that we will NOT be giving you anything to eat or drink.
4. Please refrain from letting your small children crawl around on the floor, or walk around with no shoes on. Emergency Room = many, many nasty germs here, no matter how clean it looks.
3. If something is injured and swelling, put ice on it.
2. Standing in the doorway, glaring at the nurses’ station, with your arms folded across your chest does not make us come running to your beck and call. No, we have not forgotten about you/your family member.
1. The ER may send you home with prescriptions for your treatment, but we will NEVER ‘give samples’. We don’t dispense medications, as we are not a pharmacy.
Great prompts this week! Go on over, and see what everyone else is writing about!
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