[TexNurse]

Had a lady come in to our ED with c/o abd pain. Brought an empty oreo cookie bag with her. Said her husband ate a couple, and she ate the rest of the bag. Wanted to test the crumbs because they must have made her sick. You mean if you eat the whole bag of oreos you might have abd pain?

[NightMoonRN]

Did you ever ask a patient what their medical conditions were and they answered,"None. I don't have anything wrong with me."?
Then you ask what if any medications they are on and they give you a 2 page list. When trying to make sense of it all, you ask why they think they are taking all these pills and they retort, "BECAUSE MY DOCTOR TELLS ME TO ,OF COURSE"

[jetsetter]

I have a question. Why is the first thing some pts ask is, " how long is the wait?" If it was bad enough to bring you to the ED, isn't it bad enough to wait a few minutes? And how did the public get the idea that ED care is fast? we are open 24/7 - 365. we promise the best possible care we can provide. It says nothing about all of this taking place in one hour!! We spend so much time apologizing for the wait ( an attempt to improve pt satisfaction levels). Does anyone else get impatient with impatient patients?

[l.rae]

Originally posted by TexNurse
Had a lady come in to our ED with c/o abd pain. Brought an empty oreo cookie bag with her. Said her husband ate a couple, and she ate the rest of the bag. Wanted to test the crumbs because they must have made her sick. You mean if you eat the whole bag of oreos you might have abd pain?

you guys are NOT making me look forward to returning to work tonite.....been off 4 wks post-op, this will be my first shift back and spent in triage due to wgt lifting restriction ....l hate triage.....sometimes l feel l am catagorizing by level of stupidity rather that level of emergency ....well, l'm off.....LR

[TexasRN31]

I REALLY hate these questions from ESD pnts, "How long will it be for lab results to come back?" "How long till the xray results come back?" "How long till the doctor sees me?" "Can't I have something for pain before the doctor sees me?". "Can I have those slipper socks, toothbrush?"!!!! "I've been waiting for 2 hours, when do I get something to eat?" Unbelievable. I do my best to answer questions and do what I can for pnts, but when it constantly interferes with the work of an ESD RN it gives me a bad attitude, which gives the pnts a bad attitude, that's the tough part of the ER, I think. Not sure of viable solution..*sigh*

[l.rae]

just ONCE l'd like to look them in the eye and say "l don't know and l don't care."...Maybe when l win the lottery......LR

[fab4fan]

Originally posted by l.rae
just ONCE l'd like to look them in the eye and say "l don't know and l don't care."...Maybe when l win the lottery......LR

Woot! Spoken like true ED nurse!

Or as "Wayne" says, "Yeah, and maybe monkeys will fly out my butt..."

[teeituptom]

Howdy yall
from deep in the heart of texas

Well I.rae your right

I do find myself humming

I dont know
I dont care
just please, please
have on clean underwear



keep it in the short grass yall

[bhaysRNinKS]

How bout the pregnant -20 weeks- frequent flyer who calls the ambulance (doesn't have a car) at 0200 with UTI!!! This happened twice with the same couple - both times they had just had sex and flared up UTI symptoms. After treatment they ask for a ride home!

[veetach]

hahaha... this is all so true.. Did I miss it or have we forgot to mention the patients that have come in by EMS and immediately have to pee??

Or the ones who have had the ever emergent sore throat for 3 weeks and NOW it is an emergency at 0300???