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Old 05-20-2006, 02:01 AM   #1
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"Sponge bathing", sounds like someone wants to be bathed; but, doesn't want to pay for it. No wonder there's a shortage of nurses!
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Old 05-20-2006, 09:25 AM   #2
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Bri on the terminal wing might give a whole new meaning to "happy ending"
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Old 05-20-2006, 09:28 AM   #3
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For example, hospital patients, they don't care that it's Friday. They might not even know that it's Friday. They might be aware of a shift change, the weekend staff coming in, but maybe not. (not litearlly, of course. you just can't have it)
I took a trip to the ER last Friday (turned out ok) and they kept me overnight for observation. The staff were wearing leis. I correctly assumed that it was Hawaiian shirt Friday.

I will say that except for the difficulty in getting tests scheduled, once you are in a hospital room the outside world seems to be a little disconnected when it comes to days of the week. They even went so far as to write the day on a whiteboard on the wall at the foot of the hospital beds.

Without a newspaper, the only way to tell the day was to turn on the TV.

BTW, when one of my in-laws was sick, I had to give them a sponge bath (with a washcloth). It's not a lot of fun from the back of the sponge.
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Old 05-20-2006, 09:44 AM   #4
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Did you go to Riddle? I was in their ER on Saturday.
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Old 05-20-2006, 11:56 AM   #5
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Did you go to Riddle? I was in their ER on Saturday.
I was born there. Not recently...
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Old 05-20-2006, 12:28 PM   #6
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Did you go to Riddle? I was in their ER on Saturday.
No, I was in Chester Couny.
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Old 05-20-2006, 01:18 PM   #7
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I took a trip to the ER last Friday (turned out ok) and they kept me overnight for observation. The staff were wearing leis. I correctly assumed that it was Hawaiian shirt Friday.
I find it interesting, and perhaps a little scary that that tradition outlasted the Morning Zoo. Nikki Hoi.

(Our Outreach Department does that too. They have some very elaborate Hawaiian Shirts.)
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