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You guys always crack me up, so I came up with this question to hear more funny weird stories.

What were some funny, stupid, or weird reasons patients push the call light for?

Are you supposed to go to the room right away or how does it work? I will be an RN next year and interested in knowing more about the actual daily life w/ pt.

Here are some of the best...

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Had a patient call, because they dropped their chapstick.

Now on a fancy new unit with call bells that say"water"," nurse ", "assistant" and "pain".

I can only imagine the fun we're gonna have with That!

Where's the button for "I'm-just-bored-and-lonely-and-I'm-going-to-call-you-in-here-all-night-for-no-good-reason"?

Or how about a button for, "Patient's-family-requests-soda-and-snacks-and-stuff-they-don't-want-to-get-off-their-butts-and-get-themselves"?

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Specializes in OB, critical care, hospice, farm/industr.
I had a patient that rang the bell and told me that his IV was leaking... This was 3am so I went rushing in only to find this 35 yr old male lying naked and fully erect behind the curtain...omg.... so being the professional nurse we are trained to be...I looked at his hand,, told him the IV looked fine with me and proceeded to leave the room..

I would have really wanted to yell, "Oh my gosh, a snake!" and proceed to whack the bejebus out of it.

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Specializes in medical with other stuff chucked in!.
A patient once asked someone to spread his butt cheeks so he could fart. The nurses reply...."I will NOT!"

PMSL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Specializes in medical with other stuff chucked in!.
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3) change of shift, I barely get my room assignment and I hear screaming coming from on of my rooms- go in to hear pt screaming "she's gonna blow, she's gonna blow" while hanging her naked butt out of the bed facing the door so when I run into the room I run into a storm of awful, awful poo. Shoes were never the same. :nurse:

hahahahaha :lol2: :yeah:

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Specializes in Oncology, Medical.

I once had a patient call so I could move her purse from the left side of the bed to the right. She was in for a fractured foot.

I also had a patient call just to ask me if he could re-use his little mouth swab/toothette things because he didn't think it was very hygienic to do so but he didn't want to waste any so he'd use them again, anyway.

When I used to work as a PSW in a nursing home, I had one resident (not confused) call just to ask what time it was...even though she had a big, bright digital clock next to her.

A co-worker of mine told me one of her patients called to ask her to order him a pizza. He was a weird one, though - not confused, but just weird.

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Specializes in medical with other stuff chucked in!.

one of my patients rang her bell today just to ask me if too much salt was bad for her, lol

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Specializes in PICU, Sedation/Radiology, PACU.

I've had more than one patient ring their call bell "to see if it works."

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Specializes in Cardiac Care.

Them: I have to have a bm.

Me: Ok ( Go and grab the bedpan )

Them: Not now.

Me: Excuse me? I thought you said you had to have a bm?

Them: I do. But in a couple of hours.

Me: Excuse me?

Them: I just wanted to tell you that I will have to have a bm in about two hours.

Me: Ok. Thanks for the warning. ( shrugged, returned the bedpan to the bathroom & left the room)

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student nurse, qualify in september (scary)

1. 999 (MAU) call as we are holding pt hosage and taking all his blood.....had a lovely converasation with the police :)

2. another 999 (MAU) to tell the police that we are all cruel, as we are hurting the lady across the eay, who is screaming 'your killing me' (ahhhh dementia pts, gotta love them)

3. can you make my wife a cup of tea....ahhhh i would if your wife hadnt stood over me while i did obs, corrected me on it then proceeded to ask if i a was a proper nurse, student not good enough had to get mentor to re-do obs...arrrrr

4. reach me that glass of water, your hands aint broken you can reach it yourself

5. put mt member in the bottle, i aint going no were near that, and i you can walk to teh toilet,

loads more pfft,

Z x x

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Specializes in Intermediate care.

Pt. put a call light on for me to itch is foot.....Really guy?? REALLY???

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Specializes in geriatrics, IV, Nurse management.

lol :D On an ortho placement I had a patient call to fluff his pillow. At the end he asked "Are there any pillows like the Hilton here? This just won't do". He was serious.

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Specializes in Orthopedics.

When I was working as a tech I had a fresh post op patient who called at 3am to ask

Patient: Do I have a catheter?

Me: Yes

Patient: Oooooohhh

Another patient called to ask for a foot massage (err...no thanks). I told him we didn't give foot massages and he, confused replied "Then what is your job?"

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