Flasher Stories

Gemmak recently posted a story about her unfortunate experience with a flasher. That reminded me of some of my flasher stories.

If I walk into a female patient's room and she is sprawled naked on top of the bed, then I know that she is confused. Perhaps it is a reaction to the narcotics or maybe she was confused to begin with. But, I know that there is a problem because alert and oriented women almost never flash.

If I walk into a man's room and he is sprawled naked on top of the bed, it doesn't mean anything. He might be confused or just a pig. It can go either way.

We once had a prominent doctor as a patient in our unit. Having always been a perfect gentleman, we were disgusted when he began using his call light every few minutes because every time someone went in there, he was lying on top of the covers with his legs spread open. We figured that he was a pervert and just wanted to make sure that everyone saw him naked.

Later when he began talking nonsense, we realized that we had misjudged him and he was having a drug reaction. Although we behaved professionally, we did have evil thoughts. I try not to be so quick to judge anymore.

One last story involved a young, married man who needed to be taken for a walk. As soon as I got him stood up, he took his gown off and dropped it on the floor. I asked him what he was doing and he said that he didn't want to wear the gown on his walk. I told him that he couldn't go naked and he got angry. He said that we all knew what he looked like and there was no reason to cover up. I explained that we would be walking through public corridors and it wasn't okay to be naked. Annoyed, he let me put a gown on him. Other than being a disgusting pig, there was nothing wrong with him. I wish, sometimes that we were allowed to say what we really think to the patients.

There aren't any pictures in this post for obvious reasons. :)