i was not surprised that she was discharged when i worked the next night. she wanted to go home anyway. she was worried about her babies, the three cats. one of them needs daily meds of anti-seizure meds she said.

i’m talking about N, a remarkable human being i met two nights ago at work. she was one of my patients.

it would have been nice to know how she was doing. i can easily look up her phone number and just say hi. but i stopped myself because i have to be cautious. this is america, and what we filipinos usually think as perfectly normal, might be misinterpreted as odd or suspicious, or even a violation of the incomprehensible (at least to me!) confidentiality/HIPPA law.

so here is the burning question:

if you are a patient, and you are already home after being discharged, would it totally freak you out to receive a phone call from one of your nurses? would you find it weird, unprofessional, crazy, that your nurse just actually wants to know how you are doing? would you be paranoid and think about anything horrible if your nurse tells you that she just called because she wants to wish you well? would you call the hospital patient relations to complain that your privacy was violated by one of the nurses because she pulled out your phone number from your records just to give you a “friendly” call?

if you are a nurse, or anyone in the medical field, and you find out that one of your colleagues called one of her previous patients just to say hi and find out if that patient is doing well, would you find that completely inappropriate?

i’d like to hear it guys. thanks.

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not that the songs that i am listening to are really that interesting, but i am sharing them anyway because i was tagged by crystal, and i am a willing victim:) 

i enjoy listening to all kinds of music, except hard rock (mainly because it hurts my ears), but this list is of the ones that currently stand out:

1. “Jesus Take The Wheel” by Carrie Underwood
       you have no idea how TERRIFIED i was when i started driving just a year ago. this is literal for me, as much as spiritual.

2. “The Air That I Breathe” by Barry Manilow
       …”sometimes all I need is the air that i breathe and to love you”  because it pretty much sums up how i feel about him. most, if not all of the times.

3. “Everybody Hurts” by The Corrs
     “…when you think you’ve had enough of this life, hang on. don’t let yourself go, coz everybody cries, everybody hurts. sometimes, sometimes everything is wrong…if you feel like letting go, hold on…if you’re sure you’ve had too much of this life, hang on. coz everybody hurts sometimes…don’t blow your head if you feel like you’re alone. no, no, no, you’re not alone…”  i totally agree.

4. “Promises” by Basia
      “…go and ask anybody, they will all say the same…love is contagious, we are part of a chain…”  we are either bound by love. or not. i think.

5. “It Is You” by Dana Glover (from the soundtrack of Shrek I)
     “…no more mystery, it is finally clear to me. you’re the home my heart searched for so long. it is you i have loved all along.”  because. very personal reason.

6. “Please Remember” by Le Ann Rimes (from the soundtrack of Coyote Ugly)
     “…goodbye, there’s just no sadder word to say. and it’s sad to walk away with just the memory. who’s to know what might have been…” just because goodbyes are sad.

7. “Carol Ann” by Michael W. Smith
     this is an instrumental piece that takes me to the most emotional part of my being and makes me want to cry. for reasons unknown even to myself.

i tag anybody who wants to play.