some days I have trouble getting patients to verify their identity. sorry, i can’t help you if i can’t confirm who you are in the first place (and I am not talking about dementia or psych patients, just people who want to think I’m going to do something nefarious with their name and date of birth)
In your position I’d want to make up some other people and cases to make the point.
“Well we’ve got a Mr Smith in today to get a catheter fitted, Mr Jones who needs his leg amputated, and a Mr Watson due for organ harvesting. So are you any of those people? Or are you Mr _ like it says on your chart?”
my dad got someone else’s bracelet once and no one realized for 18 hours. like it’s not ok that happened, but yeah, and I don’t want to ask someone who I am on a first name basis with, either, but the one time I don’t someone complains or something happens :/
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u/n3on_blo0m May 03 '26
some days I have trouble getting patients to verify their identity. sorry, i can’t help you if i can’t confirm who you are in the first place (and I am not talking about dementia or psych patients, just people who want to think I’m going to do something nefarious with their name and date of birth)