[MSRN80]

I knpw what you all mean with the sympathy, I am a happy camper or a pt is great to me when they have a normal sinus rhythm, or even just a sinus rhythm. As long as they have that and breathing everything else can be fixed, or I can handle rather.It takes something really serious now to get sympathy, when you deal with the worse everyday the family cold or flu is a "why are you so whinny" situation.

[txspadequeen921]

I have a chart on every one of my kids..complete with nursing notes and wound care charts.. Of course since I have 6 kids now things have kind of slipped but there was a time my kids got daily assessments. Once I had to go to court over a abuse situation concerning my daughter. I brought her "chart " to court and layed it down told him her was her "chart" and he could review it ..lol He said "did the doctors office give this to you".... uhhh no this is her Home medical record...lol I know he was thinking ..what the hell!!!!

Originally Posted by Alois Wolf

I wonder how many nurses out there keep their own records/documentation on their families health, history and treatments haha.

[Alois Wolf]

Originally Posted by txspadequeen921

I have a chart on every one of my kids..complete with nursing notes and wound care charts.. Of course since I have 6 kids now things have kind of slipped but there was a time my kids got daily assessments. Once I had to go to court over a abuse situation concerning my daughter. I brought her "chart " to court and layed it down told him her was her "chart" and he could review it ..lol He said "did the doctors office give this to you".... uhhh no this is her Home medical record...lol I know he was thinking ..what the hell!!!!

omg you have to private message me with how you did it lol thats awesome. (I'm very OCD when it comes to things like this, this would give me something to obsess about lol)

[Justhere]

After having my first c/s my mom made the mistake of asking how my scar was doing. Well I raised up my gown and showed her. She closed her eyes and said "I didn't ask to see it." I said "Why everyone else that comes in her looks at it, and they aren't family." Needless to say since that one she says "I don't want to see it, but is you scar doing ok." after each of my previous surgeries.

My 2 sil, mil and I are nurses and we would talk about things we saw or done, and my husband would turn pale and look like he was just about to pass out when he would yell "would ya'll shut up talking about that." He's better now that he is on our Volunteer fire department and they are also first responders. So he's been to a many vehicle accidents so now I get to ask he "what did you see?!"

[Duckyaryj]

Im a 4th gen nurse, my husband is an EMT, my father was an EMT, my only cousin on my father's side is a nurse, along with both great aunts on my father's side. So Family dinners can get extremely grotesque at times. My husband and I compare notes on our days and sometimes compare how we would handle situations in our respective fields of practice.

[rph3664]

When I was in pharmacy school, I was telling my communications major roommate about the very interesting lecture we had that day, about sexually transmitted diseases.

"They showed us pictures of this anus with sores all over it....." She nearly while I ate my dinner, and then I said, "Hey, at least I didn't have to take that picture!"



I'll never forget the picture of the man whose nasal septum had been eaten away by syphilis, and they stuck a dental scaler thingie through the hole.

This roommate had a friend who was a x-ray tech at an ER in a nearby hospital, and was always calling her up and telling stories about things people had stuck up themselves. Even in those pre-HIPAA days, I told her that this was not a good idea.

[casi]

Nice foot massages tend to end their niceness when the comment "You have really strong pedal pulses" is made.

[littlepeach]

If My Kids Get "boo Boo's" My Initial Response Is, If There's Not A Bone Protruding Or Bleeding From Your Eyes, Then Get Yourself A Band-aid. I Know I'm Proud To Be Mother Of The Year!!!!!

[smanion]

Originally Posted by santhony44

You don't get a lot of sympathy for minor illnesses and injuries. A nurse's perception of "minor" is probably not the same as yours. In other words, bones sticking out or lots of blood might be necessary before you get much attention.

You may not be able to watch medical dramas with a nurse.She or he may really annoy you by yelling at the TV. "Oh, come ON! I've never seen a doctor do that!" "Somebody put the siderails up, for crying out loud!"

You really wil not want to discuss your nurse's work over dinner!

I totally agree with this ! Especially the TV part!

[BlueRidgeHomeRN]

My husband says he'd just ONCE like to hold hands without my taking his pulse, .....or.....tell me his back hurts without me asking him to rate the pain, decribe what makes it better/worse, and throwing ice packs on him while shoveling Advil down his throat.