@451:
I was medicating a 6-year old patient and I was to give him erceflora. He screamed and produced such big, fat tears that I was considering pinching his cheeks til he cries some more. Of course it’s all in my mind. I could not do that, could I? (Though I wish) 
Anyway, sometimes, my sharp mouth gets the best of me and the words just rolled off like an oil to a surface. So here’s how the convo went.
Me: (entered the room) Time for meds! (I announced perkily—a little perkier than I would have normally done)
Patient: (crying and making ugly face) waaaaahhhhhh..NOOOOOOO!!!! I don’t want to!!!!!!!!!!
Me: (patience at the last stretch) Why? You want to stay in the hospital forever? You don’t want to go out and play?
Patient: (still crying) waaaahhhhh. I don’t want that medicine! It’s not delicious!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: (that does it!—my mouth moved on its accord) Of course! It isn’t delicious! It isn’t cake, is it?
Okay, so it was laced with sarcasm. The poor kid didn’t even get it. LOL. I think it was kind of funny. GAAAAHHHHH.
I realized that being a nurse is incomparable. As we care for our patients,
