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g0dtier · 8 months

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man ive been realizing lately that a lot of people think that (non-psych unit) healthcare personnel can just like. force you to do shit. its an interesting dichotomy of the older (65+) generation thinking that they can force healthcare personnel to do anything if its for the sake of their health and the younger generations thinking healthcare personnel can force them to do anything if its for the sake of their health

every now and then i talk abt patients without dementia/a psych disorder who refuse to eat/drink and every time people reply with something among the lines of "damn, so how do you go about hooking them up to a iv drip?"

uuuuuuhhh we dont? they die, dude.

#people (who are not currently experiencing a psychotic break) are allowed to harm themselves #we can talk to them but if they dont wanna they dont wanna #sometimes we even get patients who will just stop taking care of themselves in order to sort of blackmail us?#“youre 30 mins late so im not taking my medication and YOU will get punished” no i wont harold. suit yourself tho #to elaborate on the first paragraph: the older generation will literally expect you to be waiting outside their door if necessary #because they are the patient and thus gods most specialest baby girl #and im not kidding when i scold someone for paging me for a non-emergency 75% of the time i get the answer “its an emergency TO ME”.#and then i get there and its like “my bed wasnt made to my tastes. i want my pillows on top not under the duvet”#while the younger generation often understands responsibility when it comes to treatment (eg being home during med rounds)#but they also think we are legally obliged to keep them alive against their own will

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