I would like to hear what some of the funniest complaints you have heard from patients.
I had a woman this week that complained about EVERYTHING-she was just miserable no matter what we did for her. Finally, after slaving away for her for two nights, this morning I went in around 0430 to check on her, sure she had nothing left to complain about.
I was met with muttering and moaning, and I ask her how she is doing. She tells me she is terrible (which has been the standard response), and wants me to let the sunshine into her room. I inform her that it is 0430 and the sun is not yet up, to which she tells me that if I would just open the blinds to her windows the sun would come in (and yes, she is and has been completely oriented-just demanding and unpleasant). I tell her that the blinds are open but the sun just has not come up yet, but as soon as it starts to get light she will be able to see it. She sighs with exasperation and tells me to just open the blinds so she can see the sun. I walk over to the open window and point out to the darkness, to which she replies:
"Why are you being so terrible to me? Why won't you just let the sun come up?"
At that point I just had to walk out of the room.

I mean, even on my good days I know I am not enough of a Goddess to control the rising of the sun and the moon-but apparently I'm a bad nurse because I won't make the sun rise at 0430!! Seriously, I think that's the funniest patient complaint I've ever had....I wonder how that will look on the patient satisfaction survey
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