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Week of January 23, 2008
How to Deal with Difficult Staff
Do you smell microwave popcorn while at dialysis? Has a nurse or technician
yelled at you because of your fluid intake? Is waiting in the lobby for 30
minutes or more for your dialysis appointment acceptable? Listen to this weeks
show as social worker, Ramiro Valdez, Ph.D gives advice to Lori and Stephen
about how to deal with these and other situations. Learn that the staff is
sometimes afraid of the patients, just as the patients are afraid of the staff.
