Evelyn
Jul 26, 2026 · 12 min · 9 segments
I can’t come to the phone right now…
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Jul 26, 2026 · 12 min · 9 segments
I can’t come to the phone right now…
And I always cringed when I heard people say that because it was just so wrong.
It's like, yeah, the patient might not be able to speak to you, but they might be able to hear you, which I found often to be true.
Um, in many cases, even when we thought the patient was not going to make it out of the hospital, that, that they could hear us, they just couldn't respond.
But I always thought that was such a weird fucking attitude to have.
First of all, why are you in healthcare? Like go be a, be a car mechanic or something, you know, don't, don't go into, don't go into healthcare where people are relying on you and then openly tell your peers that you're not really into the touchy feely stuff.
It's like, You know, maybe again, maybe the patient can't speak.
Maybe they can't even hear you.
But there are people that love that patient that they need help.
They need reassurance.
They need comforting.
They need information.
They just need you to be fucking present.
And anyway, a lot of people... came into critical care to get their required year or two of critical care experience to go on to be like nurse anesthetists or to go to anesthesia school.
And I'm like, good, because you'll do a lot less damage if, if the patient is actually, you know, sedated and unconscious and you never have to interact with human beings.
Anyway, I hope if you're thinking about getting into healthcare, for God's sake, if you're not an empathetic person, Go find something else to do because there's just no place for you in health care.
You wouldn't want that kind of person taking care of your loved one.
And we don't want you touching people and their lives if you don't have empathy and if you don't have a big heart.
And I always cringed when I heard people say that because it was just so wrong.
It's like, yeah, the patient might not be able to speak to you, but they might be able to hear you, which I found often to be true.
Um, in many cases, even when we thought the patient was not going to make it out of the hospital, that, that they could hear us, they just couldn't respond.
But I always thought that was such a weird fucking attitude to have.
First of all, why are you in healthcare? Like go be a, be a car mechanic or something, you know, don't, don't go into, don't go into healthcare where people are relying on you and then openly tell your peers that you're not really into the touchy feely stuff.
It's like, You know, maybe again, maybe the patient can't speak.
Maybe they can't even hear you.
But there are people that love that patient that they need help.
They need reassurance.
They need comforting.
They need information.
They just need you to be fucking present.
And anyway, a lot of people... came into critical care to get their required year or two of critical care experience to go on to be like nurse anesthetists or to go to anesthesia school.
And I'm like, good, because you'll do a lot less damage if, if the patient is actually, you know, sedated and unconscious and you never have to interact with human beings.
Anyway, I hope if you're thinking about getting into healthcare, for God's sake, if you're not an empathetic person, Go find something else to do because there's just no place for you in health care.
You wouldn't want that kind of person taking care of your loved one.
And we don't want you touching people and their lives if you don't have empathy and if you don't have a big heart.
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