Bitchy Senior Coworker decided to leave a number of unsettled workload yesterday. one of which is to discharge a patient in which the order was "allow discharge once discussed with specialist in charge". She told me the MO was going to call the specialist. but then when i asked the MO, i got the gratis asshole-ish reply of "tak dengar betul-betul ke, kan pagi tadi dah kata, you all pun boleh call specialist... hish.".
sure, anyone can call the specialist. but you have to understand, specialists are usually divas who only want to talk to fellow doctors. so it's very rare that they want to talk to us humble nurses.
being the rookie nurse that i am, i asked other senior nurses about my predicament. one of the seniors, with a glint her eyes, told me, "ala, call je lah, ko speaking2 sikit, mesti dia okay je. specialist ko tu kerek sikit je, takde la garang sangat pun. lagipun nak gak dengar ko speaking..." damn. what is it with peoples' fascinations with my english?! oh, whatevs. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
so, taking in a few deep breath, said a few prayers, and dialed the specialist number. called the specialist, discussed about the patient and the decision to discharge him, got the confirmation i needed, all while speaking in perfect english (and i added a bit of american accent just for fun), and hang up.
work done. LIKE A BOSS. *smirk*
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