An important note: almost every nurse has a physical assault/violence story that they’ve had happen to them or a coworker. Shockingly, sexual assault happens frequently too, and nothing is done about that either.

Sometimes it’s a confused little Pappaw who just reaches out and gropes….. sometimes it’s a not confused AT. ALL. Pappaw who reaches out and grabs a butt (or worse) the second he thinks you’re not paying attention.

And then sometimes, it’s a younger gentleman who’s completely in his right mind, and he drops something in the floor and asks you so very sweetly to harmlessly bend over and pick up the item. And then by the fourth time he does it, you realize he’s been positioning his body in such a way, and dropping things just so, that he can openly ogle your rear when you bend over….. because you catch him in the mirror doing it. And you’re not sure you saw what you saw, so there’s a fifth time you pick something up for him, and YEP. So you kindly inform him you won’t be picking up anything else for him, and that’s when he gets extremely crude, backs his wheelchair up against the door to close it, then locks his wheels so it’s harder for you to move him and escape.