Strangest thing you've heard a co-worker or patient say?

uscstu4lfe · Jul 11, 2008, 10:18 PM

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a patient said "i'm going to die tonight." And he actually died that night! That's strange to me...

northshore08 · Jul 12, 2008, 03:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Ruby Vee

From an elderly man who somehow removed is oxygen sat probe from his finger and put it on another appendange entirely: "Help! Help! That snake's got my dick and you're going to have to cut it off!"

OMG Ruby--I'm laughing so hard i cant see to type....

Sssupernurse · Jul 15, 2008, 03:44 PM

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i had a lady that was in for hypercalcemia... she was very confused, of course.

she was looking out the window and she was like "oh... look at all those crosses outside" and i was like "um... those are powerlines" LOL

aloevera · Jul 15, 2008, 03:58 PM

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In report yesterday am, the night nurse told me the pt. had "cranial/anal inversion".......I looked up at him with a questioning look.....then it hit me.......
(head up his axx)...(pt. had beaten his wife)

ShariDCST · Jul 16, 2008, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by aloevera

In report yesterday am, the night nurse told me the pt. had "cranial/anal inversion".......I looked up at him with a questioning look.....then it hit me.......
(head up his axx)...(pt. had beaten his wife)

But HE was the one in the hospital? Did she open up a big ol' can of "whoopaxx" on him in response? NOT that I condone either one - but self defense has something to recommend it......

aloevera · Jul 16, 2008, 10:33 AM

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ShariDCST----he was in our Detox Unit----police brought him in....
Yes, I would have hoped she got in a punch, too......

grace90 · Jul 16, 2008, 04:08 PM

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Earlier this year, I thought I found a lump so while getting it checked out by my primary, she told me "You're too young to get cancer".

HUH??!!??!!??

:

I'm 33!!

I've worked enough shifts on the oncology unit, and lost friends/coworkers to cancer at young ages to know that statement was full of #$%.

I must have given her a crazy look because she immediately got quiet.

aloevera · Jul 16, 2008, 04:20 PM

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grace90-----in comparison, I went to have a stress test done at a cardiologist that my primary recommended....upon entering he said "what are you doing here? You are too young to be here"!!!
I am over 50 !!!!!! Duh....................??????
(all did go well, tho)

grace90 · Jul 16, 2008, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by aloevera

grace90-----in comparison, I went to have a stress test done at a cardiologist that my primary recommended....upon entering he said "what are you doing here? You are too young to be here"!!!
I am over 50 !!!!!! Duh....................??????
(all did go well, tho)

To quote Beavis and Butthead, "What a dork!" This last week I was assigned to two early-40-somethings with AMI's. Sounds like the cardiologist has a serious case of cranial-anal inversion! (Actually, take that back, one was even younger)

almostthere08 · Jul 19, 2008, 08:07 PM

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I had a patient in dts who was yelling out gems all nite. The best came, however, when we were sitting around quietly charting and he yelled, "Somebody!!!! Get me a knife!! I need a knife......I'll explain later!!!!" riiiiigghhhhht a knife, great idea. He also told security, "These Registered Nurses broke a pencil off in my d--k!" Best of all was when I went in his room to find him covered in brown stuff (and I don't mean chocolate) He said, "I tried to get that guy to help me wipe my a$$ but he wouldn't so I did it myself", as he held up his now brown mitten. Priceless....

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