[RNsoon!]

Originally Posted by CNAinPA

One time I had a patient who rang the bell all night long. When we all ran in there he would scram out," Help me!" " Help Me!" I'm dead! I'm dead!" " You have to help me!"

I had another patient who insteted that I was her husband and she would ring, "b/c she just wanted to see him." I am 100% FEMALE!!

Another one of my patients often rang the bell. When I would go into her room she would ask me if I was God. I told her no the 1st 100 times. She would reply, "Ok then, I'm just trying to call God." " Leave me alone so I can do that in peace!."

2 other resons why my patients rang the bell...

1) Monsters under the bed.
2) Lighting bolts in the room.

This post made me pee in my pants!!! LMAO

[k_cole21]

Let me set the scene:

5 nurses, 9 labor pts, 3 antepartums, 6 deliveries in 4 hours, 1 nurse becomes a pt in ER for severe h/a & n/v, and you answer the call light for one of the lovely antepartums (the nurse answers the light, not the unit clerk or scrub tech):

"Can you toast my bagel?"

Priceless! Lol

[brendamyheart]

I was working the evening shift. I was looking down the hall. I saw a call light come on and went to answer it. (No resident was assigned to that room). When I saw no one in the room. I shut off the call light and ran out of there!! It came me the chills!!

[grace90]

little old man on the rehab unit recovering from a stroke, rang the bell a couple nights ago and wanted to know who won the 2nd World Series game between the Tigers and the Cardinals

[TDub]

Originally Posted by grace90

little old man on the rehab unit recovering from a stroke, rang the bell a couple nights ago and wanted to know who won the 2nd World Series game between the Tigers and the Cardinals

That's a legit reason!

[Nilnada0]

I'm a CNA at a at a long term care facility. One day, one of our ladies hit a call light for her roommate. Turns out her roommate (AOx3) developed an infection of some sort and was hallucinating. She was seeing little red ants marching all the way from the front door to her bed. She claimed "They looked up at me with the most sincere faces". One of the funniest phrases I think I've heard yet. She was sent to the hospital that day and came back on antibiotics and ended up okay after a day or two.

[cc71]

A while back, I administered something called a "Muse" (if I recall correctly). This was a penile suppository. The pt. had neuropathy and kept developing infections in and around the penis because he had difficulty with the foreskin (retracting and cleaning). This suppository allowed for an erection for the pt. to care for himself. A few minutes after administering, he pushed the call light. When I entered he said, you didn't give me my d### medicine. I told him that I did and he said "yeah, but you didn't finish". I said "yes, it has been inserted" and I left the room. He called again so I went back in and he said that I was supposed to JA### H## O##. I joked and said "no I don't think that was on the instructions!" He called again so... third time is a charm. He said that the medicine would not work unless he ejaculated, I stated "Well, 1.) it says nothing about that on the drug monograph, 2.)the MD placed no 'ejaculatory procedures' on the chart and 3.) you seem to be using the call light button just fine, so maybe you should finish administering the medication yourself!!!"

[Nurse`Chief~Chickie]

We have a FF/seeker who is ASTOUNDINGLY needy. She has a laundry list of issues, can't keep her stories straight and seeks no outside help that her doc provides her. Aggravating should paint the picture. Anyhoo. she always wants more socks(because her ins pays for the 1st pair and we pay for the rest, heehee. her words not mine.) I could go on for days. The most recent would be after unsuccessfully berating us into giving her some narcs(not ordered yet, surprised me.) she rang and rang made a trillion trips to the desk and so on. I was filling in at the desk and an outside line rang.
The caller asked if Dr MMMM was on call.
Maam, I can only say that we have a Dr available in the ED.
Well, can you tell me where to reach him.
No Maam.
Well, I need to talk to him. I'm one of his pts. ( this part is not uncommon. )
I' m a pt of his down the way, eerr, well down the hall, actually, this is Ms Crazy McFruitloop in rm 110. I need to let him know some things.
I said please hold.
My chg nurse told her this was NOT acceptable, and to use her call light as we do answer it promptly.
90 seconds later, here she comes! out to smoke but wanted to add she didn't know she had done anything wrong! She just thought it would be the best way to get the DR!! And oddly, after all these years( yes, YEARS) I didn't recognise her voice!


My honey had a pt for years who would call on his cell phone from his rm to the RT office to ask him for a breathing tx!

[OpusNurse]

Had a pt in LTC that didn't bother messing with the call button. He went straight to 911.

Found this out when 911 called the nursing desk because they recieved a report of "an explosion" from our facility but fire alarms (which are linked directly to emergency services) weren't going off.

Checked out the residents room where 911 call originated. Sure enough, there had been an explosion.....

of feces all over the room.

Do you think the fire department will come clean that up???

[HyperRNRachel]

I had a man who kept telling me about his newly divorced son who was coming to see him later that day. Well the cardiologist was in the room doing a pre-op assessment when I get a message that the patient needs to see me. I go in, and in the middle of the cardiologist's assessment the man stops the doctor and introduces me to his son! Thank goodness this doctor saw the humor in this but he still gives me a hard time about it!