17,195
edits
Changes
no edit summary
[[File:Da Vinci Begging for Spare Surgeries.jpg|500px|thumb|leftright]]
To ask for something as charity of a gift. There are several types of '''begging''': (1) '''begging''' for food or money in the case of med students or residents, (2) '''begging''' for spare surgeries in the case of the [[Da Vinci]] surgical robot, or (3) '''begging''' for [[Dilaudid (Hydromorphone)|Dilaudid]] in the case of drug seekers.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/06/intern-rounding-tip-jar-asking-spare-change/ Intern Spotted Rounding with Tip Jar, Asking for Spare Change(Gomerblog)]</ref>, (2) '''begging''' for spare surgeries in the case of the [[Da Vinci]] surgical robot<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/04/homeless-da-vinci-robot-spotted-on-street-begging-for-surgeries/ Homeless da Vinci Robot Seen Begging for Spare Surgeries(Gomerblog)]</ref>, or (3) '''begging''' for [[Dilaudid (Hydromorphone)|Dilaudid]] in the case of drug seekers.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/12/stages-change-model/ Stages of Change Model for Drug Seekers(Gomerblog)]</ref> '''The Begging Trainee'''----The '''begging''' trainee may be very subtle (reluctantly accepting an attending's invitation to take the team out to dinner) or very blunt ("I need your spare change to make rent"). They will beg nurses, phlebotomists, palliative care, even patients and their families. They may hold out their hand and ask for direct placement of any donated goods into their palms, but some may even resort to carrying collection containers or [[General Appearance|pushing shopping carts]]. Some trainees may use their rare, precious moments of not working by catching up on sleep, but others will set up camp outside the [[Nurses Station|nurses station]] ringing a bell, often being mistaken for the [http://gomerblog.com/2016/04/american-brown-cross/ American Red Cross (Gomerblog)]. If '''begging''' doesn't produce the desired results for a trainee, then many will start stripping in order to make ends meet.