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A patient was brought in last night by family members.
Why?
He claimed to be Jesus. You hear about that kind of thing -- people claiming to be major religious figures -- but do you ever expect it to actually see it?
Anyway, Jesus. And guess who got assigned to him? Yes -- the Sturdy Nurse, who often seems to get interesting and/or amusing patients. It had already been a long night that featured a screaming match with a cop, an old man who was attempting to bargain his way out of peeing, and a man committed by his husband -- only to be released and then recommitted by court order.
So by the time Jesus came in, the Sturdy Nurse was not especially in the mood to deal with Him. This was why the following exchange took place.
The Sturdy Nurse and a female nurse entered the room.
Patient: I'm Jesus!
Sturdy Nurse: Excellent. I'm Joseph and this is Mary, and we need to take a look at you.
Sturdy Nurse reports that the patient was cooperative, but insisted on kneeling throughout the interview wherein the nurses attempt to figure out just how crazy you are.
Pretty crazy, as it turned out. Once the initial interview was over, Sturdy Nurse and the female nurse left the room an encountered a crowd of their coworkers who had been standing outside the door listening and trying not to laugh out loud.
"Yes," said Sturdy Nurse, gesturing to the other nurse (neither of whom were of the same race as Jesus), "He's our child. He's adopted."
And then he went on to deal with other disturbed persons.
Why?
He claimed to be Jesus. You hear about that kind of thing -- people claiming to be major religious figures -- but do you ever expect it to actually see it?
Anyway, Jesus. And guess who got assigned to him? Yes -- the Sturdy Nurse, who often seems to get interesting and/or amusing patients. It had already been a long night that featured a screaming match with a cop, an old man who was attempting to bargain his way out of peeing, and a man committed by his husband -- only to be released and then recommitted by court order.
So by the time Jesus came in, the Sturdy Nurse was not especially in the mood to deal with Him. This was why the following exchange took place.
The Sturdy Nurse and a female nurse entered the room.
Patient: I'm Jesus!
Sturdy Nurse: Excellent. I'm Joseph and this is Mary, and we need to take a look at you.
Sturdy Nurse reports that the patient was cooperative, but insisted on kneeling throughout the interview wherein the nurses attempt to figure out just how crazy you are.
Pretty crazy, as it turned out. Once the initial interview was over, Sturdy Nurse and the female nurse left the room an encountered a crowd of their coworkers who had been standing outside the door listening and trying not to laugh out loud.
"Yes," said Sturdy Nurse, gesturing to the other nurse (neither of whom were of the same race as Jesus), "He's our child. He's adopted."
And then he went on to deal with other disturbed persons.
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