I was an exchange student in Spain when I was 18. I learned to speak Spanish pretty well, but it's been almost 14 years. I do still speak Spanish a few times a week, either at work as a nurse or as a student in clinic.... but I sometimes make mistakes. And like everything I do, these mistakes are made with love and the best intentions. Luckily my patients just laugh at me and thank me for trying :)
To a patient at the beginning of my shift: "Hi! I'm Caitlin! I'll be your disease today!"
To a patient as I was teaching her a breast self-exam: "If you feel a pork rind in your breast, call us right away."
To a patient after a c-section, who was getting ready to go home: "Don't shit more than 10 pounds at a time."
To a patient that had just gotten an epidural: "Do you feel dead yet?"
To a patient that needed a phone book: "There should be one in your ball."
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