[bagladyrn]

Originally Posted by L&D-RN

I walked in to hear a pt on the phone explaining that she was getting antibiotics b/c she had strep like in your throat except hers was in her vagina..

Actually this is how I explain GBS to some of my patients and their S.O's, particularly to emphasize that it is NOT an STD.

[LandDRN]

Oooh...this is a fun one! I had someone come in for "traptions", another ask " How come this is taking so long? Every baby on A Baby Sory is born in a couple of minutes." Had some one check in for "fetal distress" b/c she had gotten into a verbal fight and the baby could probably hear curse words at this point in pregnancy.

[thefrayh2sal]

This past weekend I had a G2 in active labor ask my NST for some Tylenol. My NST said she'd tell her nurse, then asked if she had a HA. The patient replied "no, I need it for these contractions". My NST tells me this at the desk as I was getting her epidural papers ready. I went into the patient, inquired again why she wanted the Tylenol to which she replied for the contractions. I just smiled and told her it wasn't going to work "how about an epidural?". Ofcourse I work nites and this became the running theme for the weekend...

How about the phone calls in the middle of the night... "I'm 6 months pregnant and my husband and I just had sex. When I got up I think my water broke, something ran down my leg. What should I do?" Upon assurance after some further triaging, "What do you think it was?" Hmmm, any takers????