In nursing school, one of the things they taught us was to use the proper term for body parts. It's "breast", not "tit" or "boob" and so on.
I worked in a large county hospital in south Texas where many of our patients did not speak English or whose English was limited. In addition to that, most of our patients came from poor backgrounds and were very uneducated. I do not say this in a derogatory way.
Early on in my career, I had a young (19 yo ?) male patient, for whom the dr had ordered a urinary catheter be inserted. I do not remember the reason. I gathered up the needed supplies, went into the room and asked the patient if he had ever had one. No. What is it? I said, "It's a tube we insert into your p*n*s to drain your urine." He replied, "What's a p*n*s??" Seriously. I thought about it for a moment, cringed internally, and said, "It's your d*ck."
Healthcare can not be the only profession where things like this happen. Tell yours, please.
I worked in a large county hospital in south Texas where many of our patients did not speak English or whose English was limited. In addition to that, most of our patients came from poor backgrounds and were very uneducated. I do not say this in a derogatory way.
Early on in my career, I had a young (19 yo ?) male patient, for whom the dr had ordered a urinary catheter be inserted. I do not remember the reason. I gathered up the needed supplies, went into the room and asked the patient if he had ever had one. No. What is it? I said, "It's a tube we insert into your p*n*s to drain your urine." He replied, "What's a p*n*s??" Seriously. I thought about it for a moment, cringed internally, and said, "It's your d*ck."
Healthcare can not be the only profession where things like this happen. Tell yours, please.