mcdonald's is not us

RNin92 · Mar 20, 2004

Its party Time

So you think we could get a group rate?!!?

I mean...how many people post here anyway??!!

I wonder what they pay nurses in the islands???

heeheeheeheeheehee

newgrad2004 · Mar 20, 2004

Once we had a pt who came in via EMS who we could see from outside being loaded from a cheap hotel across the street. We were slow so we think cool, someone is coming in, something to do. Guy comes in, "traveling from WA to Texas, No health care coverage, moving no address." how fortunate. He states he has run out of his meds (albuterol etc.) and had only a half tank or 02, had to turn it way down to get through the night and woke up SOB. Comes in demanding breakfast, is pissed there were no eggs delivered, since they ran out, and it was past breakfast yet before lunch. Orders a second tray, and tosses they jelly package at his primary nurse telling her to put the jelly on his cakes. She gets angry because his arms are working and tells him she thinks he can manage himself. The guy is on his call light every 5 minutes, wanting meds and to leave. Im with his nurse inserting and IV and giving an injection so we miss his light because we were busy. I go in after and here the man has out all his inhalers he said he didnt have and tells me. "first off the light doesnt work, second I had an attack and had to use my inhalers to make me feel better." I'm standing there dumb founded looking at this man who said he didnt have any inhalers while he is on 02 and feeling well enough to toss jelly at a nurse. I tell him sorry the light works but we were with another patient, and I will tell your nurse about your episode. Then the man asks where his lunch is. (meals-r-us) 2 breakfasts and lunch with meds, and another tank of 02. Guess his hotel didnt offer the continental breakfast. When I told the nurse she was pissed because he said he had no meds, ran out of everything. This is why health care is expensive were paying for people like this, 3 meals in 3-4 hours and new meds for a "traveler" who didnt stock up before he left, wonder why.

teeituptom, BSN, RN · Mar 21, 2004

Once we had a pt who came in via EMS who we could see from outside being loaded from a cheap hotel across the street. We were slow so we think cool, someone is coming in, something to do. Guy comes in, "traveling from WA to Texas, No health care coverage, moving no address." how fortunate. He states he has run out of his meds (albuterol etc.) and had only a half tank or 02, had to turn it way down to get through the night and woke up SOB. Comes in demanding breakfast, is pissed there were no eggs delivered, since they ran out, and it was past breakfast yet before lunch. Orders a second tray, and tosses they jelly package at his primary nurse telling her to put the jelly on his cakes. She gets angry because his arms are working and tells him she thinks he can manage himself. The guy is on his call light every 5 minutes, wanting meds and to leave. Im with his nurse inserting and IV and giving an injection so we miss his light because we were busy. I go in after and here the man has out all his inhalers he said he didnt have and tells me. "first off the light doesnt work, second I had an attack and had to use my inhalers to make me feel better." I'm standing there dumb founded looking at this man who said he didnt have any inhalers while he is on 02 and feeling well enough to toss jelly at a nurse. I tell him sorry the light works but we were with another patient, and I will tell your nurse about your episode. Then the man asks where his lunch is. (meals-r-us) 2 breakfasts and lunch with meds, and another tank of 02. Guess his hotel didnt offer the continental breakfast. When I told the nurse she was pissed because he said he had no meds, ran out of everything. This is why health care is expensive were paying for people like this, 3 meals in 3-4 hours and new meds for a "traveler" who didnt stock up before he left, wonder why.

Was that Ronald Reagan again getting lost as usual