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1. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

   happyfeet replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   just last week, in the middle of a tornado warning, we had someone come in to the er, by ambulance because, they had to poop, but couldnt get it out! it's right there they said, i just can't get it out. this poor patient paid near $1,000.00 to get "...

2. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

   happyfeet replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

   THANK YOU!!! I have been a CNA for 8 years 4 in LTC, 4 in a hospital. Where I work now, CNA's can d/c foley's, saline locks, take vitals, accuchecks, give enemas, supps, even do ECG's. Although we are not allowed to answer the phone, because "tha...

3. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

   happyfeet replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

   I totally disagree. Most of the patients that I know & care for find it to be very impressive when an RN does actually take part in the "dirty parts" of patient care. I know several family members & patients that have complained when an RN ...

4. What happened to Nurses Week?

   happyfeet posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am so mad I could spit!!! At the hospital where I work, this week which is "Nurse's Week", is called "National Hospital Week" & we no longer acknowledge nurses week, because it upset the other departments, they said that the nurses were being ...

5. Drug seeking or real pain? How do you tell?

   happyfeet replied to JudyPRN's topic in Pain

   I agree that it should be that if a pt. says they have pain that then they have pain. But, where I work we use the 0-10 pain scale, & we have several patients that when asked to rate there pain they will say "it's a 10" but the next minute the...

6. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

   happyfeet replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   I have worked in LTC & in a hospital, & while yes some nursing home nurses are complete idiots, most of them have to be damn good to be able to pass a thousand meds to a hundred people in an 7 hour shift, by themselves cause everyone else the...

7. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

   happyfeet replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   One night, about 2am, a 80 something man came in, feeling dizzy w/ a BP of 60's/40's, after 20min. of telling us he didnt know what happened, he confessed, he thought if he took 4 of the little bllue pills "viagra" it would "work better" than if he j...

8. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

   happyfeet replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   I actually had someone bring their dog to the ER once, cause it was bleeding & they didnt know what to do. It was the cutest patient ever!!