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No. 10
from TraciRN
Old Jul 31, 2009, 04:16 AM

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About the mom who brings in her 5 year old with cp of fever who didn't check temp. at home and didn't give an antipyretic ie... tylenol. "I just brought him here".

My ER director will say "well, we aint tried nothing and were all out of ideas"
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No. 11
from Dragonnurse1
Old Jul 31, 2009, 04:32 AM

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My best ER lines - hum I will have to dig out my old journals. I tend to remember people for one of two reasons 1: really really really dumb names and 2 even dumber reasons for coming to the ER.
Example of #1 Shithead J****. Work on it,
Example of #2 New construction worker wondered if nail gun would actually nail his fingers together. Yep it did.
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No. 12
from Ruby Vee
Old Jul 31, 2009, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Dragonnurse1 View Post
My best ER lines - hum I will have to dig out my old journals. I tend to remember people for one of two reasons 1: really really really dumb names and 2 even dumber reasons for coming to the ER.
Example of #1 Shithead J****. Work on it,
Example of #2 New construction worker wondered if nail gun would actually nail his fingers together. Yep it did.
OUCH!

Not that I doubted any of my buddies on Allnurses.com, but some of those ER stories are pretty unbelievable. Some of those patients are unbelievably stupid. But now, after just one day of jury duty, I can say that I definitely believe!
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No. 13
from bluebirdlv
Old Aug 03, 2009, 01:16 AM

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Years ago my sister had a severe allergic reaction that caused her ENTIRE face to swell up beyond recognition. In the ER, right in front of all of us the nurse -being dead serious- asked my mother "does her face always look like this?"
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No. 14
from squeakykitty
Old Aug 03, 2009, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Ruby Vee View Post
OUCH!

Not that I doubted any of my buddies on Allnurses.com, but some of those ER stories are pretty unbelievable. Some of those patients are unbelievably stupid. But now, after just one day of jury duty, I can say that I definitely believe!
O.K. I just have to ask----what kind of case do you have jury duty on, if you can say?
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No. 15
from Ruby Vee
Old Aug 03, 2009, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by squeakykitty View Post
O.K. I just have to ask----what kind of case do you have jury duty on, if you can say?
I'll tell that story when jury duty is over.
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No. 16
from squeakykitty
Old Aug 04, 2009, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Ruby Vee View Post
I'll tell that story when jury duty is over.
I can't wait. I'll bet it's going to be good.
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No. 17
from mmutk
Old Aug 05, 2009, 02:27 AM

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I have a tendency to tell patients to "throw another quarter in the wishing well cause that ain't happening today"

Used frequently for refill requests, cab rides home, go out to smoke requests, ect
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No. 18
from talaxandra
Old Aug 05, 2009, 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by TraciRN View Post
My ER director will say "well, we aint tried nothing and were all out of ideas"
I love that, and it's so adaptable to a whole range of stupid
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No. 19
from KristinEDRN
Old Sep 29, 2009, 10:27 PM

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  • If you could fix stupid we would all be out of a job.
  • What brought you in here? "My daughter's throat has been hurting since this morning".... i have no idea how one day of a sore throat is an emergency.
  • To a patient waking after ETOH who slept thro his catheter and IV... "I'm not drunk.. I knew exactly where I was last night and I was not found on a sidewalk"
  • "Don't mix my pain medication with the saline.. I don't feel it when they do that"
  • I am allergic to all pain medication, except the one that starts with a D.
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