The ER has become a restaurant.....

[harry Krishna]

I think of all my training and schooling that I have attended, of all the skills that I've acquired, I am now realizing that I use my waitering skills more than anything else....

So from now on the ER is my restaurant...

Triage nurse is now the Maitre d'

The Er nurse will now be the patient's (customers now) waiter/waitress

The Doctor/PA is the Chef

RT is the wine stewart

the CNA is the water/bread person

Housekeeping is the bussing staff

Patient comes in and is seen by the triage nurse "Welcome to ......(fill in the blank)..... ER what can I do for you tonite?

PATIENT: " I had a 900Pm reservation for three, myself, and two visitors"

TRIAGE: No problem, Ma'am, just right this way, I have your usual table (stretcher) for you. Linda will be your nurse, she'll be with you momentarily..

PATIENT: Thank you, may I have a warm blanket, pillow, bigger chairs for my visiotrs along with new magazines,,,,these we read last time we were here.

TRIAGE: As you wish Ma'am.

PATIENT: Oh and another thing, I want to be seen by Dr. Henry, I see Dr Kevin is here, I don;t like the way he prepares his cephalgia special... not enough narco spice.

TRAIGE: As you wish..

VISITOR: Oh and a phone plez, I need to notify everyone I know that we are here.

TRIAGE: Right there on the wall

VISITOR: (UPSET).. hand it to me, dial an outside line and put your code in, it doesn't give me long distance unless you put your code in duhhh!

NURSE LINDA: Hi I am Linda I will be your RN (waitress) for the evening. What can I get you tonight?

PATIENT: I'll start off with 4 mg Morphine IV, followed by 25mg Phenergan for my nausea, then for the main course I will need Dilaudid 2mg..um.. make that 4mg IV. I'm feeling extra hungry, so please give me 10mg Valium IV. Then for dessert I will take a Percocet,Take Home pack.

NURSE LINDA: No problem, have it your way.

VISITOR: Can you get me a cup of water. Make sure you get it from the bubbler and not the spicket. And ice too.

VISITOR (on phone): And I'll have a lunch bag and a juice.

NURSE LINDA: Coming right up.

PATIENT: And get Sue to put my IV she is the best......

[Surfnurse]

Don't forget the FOOTIES!!!!

[MAGIK GIRL]

"your steak is to well done? oh, this is an outrage! i will have the chef's head for this! please, as a token let us pay for your dinner. this kind of thing is not tolerated in our er restaurant/hotel. be assured miss press and mr. ganey that the chef will be fired and no one will ever have thier steak over cooked again! please tell all of your friends!"

and for your listening pleasure, the famed opera singer so and so will seranade you as you lie and wait for your..... ah..... test:devil: :devil:

[RNin92]

Originally posted by MAGIK GIRL

"your steak is to well done? oh, this is an outrage! i will have the chef's head for this! please, as a token let us pay for your dinner. this kind of thing is not tolerated in our er restaurant/hotel. be assured miss press and mr. ganey that the chef will be fired and no one will ever have thier steak over cooked again! please tell all of your friends!"

and for your listening pleasure, the famed opera singer so and so will seranade you as you lie and wait for your..... ah..... test:devil: :devil:

Ahhhhh...the famed Press and Ganey couple...if only they would cross over MY threshold!!

[fab4fan]

"Bringing out the Dead" with Nicholas Cage.

You know, I read this and immediately thought of that part in Monty Python, "Bring out your dead!" LOL!

[Reborn]

Originally posted by harry Krishna

I think of all my training and schooling that I have attended, of all the skills that I've acquired, I am now realizing that I use my waitering skills more than anything else....

:chuckle

NURSE LINDA: Hi I am Linda I will be your RN (waitress) for the evening. What can I get you tonight?

:

:chuckle

Too funny, and so, so true!!!

It's been many years since the ER for me, but it's good to know I'm not the only one who ever got "Oh, you're the nurse that WAITED on me last Sat night"

[MAGIK GIRL]

Originally posted by fab4fan

You know, I read this and immediately thought of that part in Monty Python, "Bring out your dead!" LOL!

i love monty!

and don't forget the scene in "bringing out the dead" where the heroin overdose was "healed" infront of all of his croney's. that was priceless!:roll

[MAGIK GIRL]

Originally posted by RNin92

Ahhhhh...the famed Press and Ganey couple...if only they would cross over MY threshold!!

ah. they will, grasshopper. they will!

remember as the big "c"say, "everybody get sick!"

[RNin92]

Originally posted by MAGIK GIRL

ah. they will, grasshopper. they will!

remember as the big "c"say, "everybody get sick!"

I only ask that it be on my shift!

:chuckle :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle

[RNin92]

Originally posted by Reborn

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:chuckle

Too funny, and so, so true!!!

It's been many years since the ER for me, but it's good to know I'm not the only one who ever got "Oh, you're the nurse that WAITED on me last Sat night"

Oh yea...

Today I had the little old lady who said:

"...are you my waitress? No wait, what do they call themselves now Fred?" (her equally aged husband)...

"Servers...they're called SERVERS!"

Somebody have a gun...anybody?!!?

Just shoot me now!!

:imbar :imbar :imbar

[laurakc]

I have also been asked if I would be the "server" by a little old lady from Sweden. I smiled and said "of course" She was 103 years old with a broken hip. A&O x3. Cute as a button. She asked my name, told her. Then, she said, you have the same name as my nurse..like she had no clue I was even the same person. So, then , instead of using the call light, she calls out : nurse, maid, server, assistant, etc as appropriate, like I was all of these people...Had her all night and she never had a clue that I was the same person. Even called "doctor" when she wanted medications and was astonished to find out that a "lowly nurse" could actually give her medications....

Just kept laughing though instead of becoming annoyed. She even told me to say goodby the next morning to the maid, server, etc. I know she did not see well, but I still sounded the same???? I just kept trying to convince her it was all me.

Apparently, sometime during her stay, she seems to have realized this because about 2 weeks later, we recieved pizza from her and her family...the note said,

I know that you will be able to eat all of this beacause you are so many people at once. Thank you for all the help and patience you have. If I had known I was calling you, I would have used the call light, but I did not want to bother you because you were so busy.

We laughed all night..As we finished up the 4 pizzas that were delivered.

[NYCRN16]

Came across this post again, had to copy it and send it to my coworkers! :chuckle

[rntravlon]

New to this forum. This brightned my day. Still laughing! Walked into a room last night with ice water and got " Oh look, room service ". Almost asked for my tip! Not uncommon here for a patient to say, I'm hungry haven't had any thing to eat all day. Is hospital food really that good? Then get mad because we won't feed them. Think it haas anything to do with c/o nausea vomiting?