Saturday, February 26, 2022

Healthcare classmates (7 of 7): New Jersey immigrant.

So, in my one healthcare class, one of my classmates is this (shorter) (younger) (round) (affable) (white) guy with a very (Italian) name, who's an immigrant from New Jersey and who, like a number of other classmates, has one or two large tattoos on his forearm. Sometimes before class, too, he watches anime, and he has a teenage daughter and a girlfriend. Like a week into class when me and him and a couple of other people were standing around talking about Covid hardships during a break, he mentioned that his teenage daughter was bipolar, and that she had to be institutionalized recently, but it was hard to find a facility because of staff shortages and the increased demand from the pandemic. And, he started tearing up when he said that. Like a week after that, too, when patient restraints were being discussed in class, he mentioned that at the one place that his teenage daughter was at, "Someone broke out some glass from the window and they didn't realize it in time, and then, well...", which he trailed off in saying, and which he said to help the teacher in making a point about why restraints aren't often used, but why it's important to use them correctly whenever they're needed.

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