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| No. 20 | 
Jun 15, 2005, 10:52 PM
 Originally Posted by NurseforPreggers "They are going to have to take the baby"
I don't know why but that statement makes my jaw clench up everytime I hear it.
I had a patient the other day ask me how I was going to insert a foley since "the head is down there, wont that hurt the baby?" For the love god, people .... come on .. 2 HOLES! SERIOUSLY!
and my favorite of all time ...
"Does that machine beep everytime I dilate?" .. this one left me speechless
Please share your "omg, no she didn't say/ask that" quotes
Like today, "Nurse, what time is my father going for surgery? If its in a couple hours can I go and get him a snack?" His father is a diabetic who had a BKA! This thirty-something son called me to the room several times to ask when, how long and why couldn't his father eat, after all he IS a diabetic! The father was just as angry because I could not tell him when he would be sent to the OR
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Jun 15, 2005, 10:56 PM
"are you going to go on for your MD?"
| | No. 22 |
Jun 15, 2005, 11:24 PM
Originally Posted by lady_jezebel "are you going to go on for your MD?"
This was from my grandmother. I just graduated on June 10th with my ADN. I talked to my grandmother over the phone and she says, "It took you that long just to get your ADN, why didn't you get your BSN? You can do so much more with a bachelor's degree." She really hurt my feelings!
My dad is always asking me if I'm going back to school to get my MD and I always say no way! I would never want to be an MD!
Jessica
| | No. 23 |
Jun 15, 2005, 11:39 PM
Originally Posted by z's playa Awwww....don't be a buzz kill. 
Its good to get things off your chest and this is supposed to be the place to do it. I'm sure everyone's aware of your point already. 
Z I understand exactly what you're saying and most of the time I'm the first to say let people get things off their chest in peace, so I'm trying to decide what it is that has rubbed me the wrong way about this post... It's funny tho, I felt the same way when I was in the OR observing nursing staff disparaging their unconscious patient... I guess I'm just able to put myself in the shoes of the patients she is describing and can imagine just how humiliated I would feel for placing trust in this nurse by exposing my ignorance and then finding out that instead of compassionate interest in helping me to learn more about my situation she's feeling superior and ridiculing my lack of understanding. Again, I agree my feelings are probably over the top here and I'm really not sure why I'm taking it the way I am... I'll have to think on this some more. In the meantime, carry on...
I'll help, I've got one you all will LOVE. When I was 18 I worked in a path lab. The first time I saw a uterus from a TAH I thought the woman would no longer be able to have sex... thank the Lord I never actually exposed my ignorance and asked for clarification on that one, they would have had a field day in the break room I'm sure. Instead I went to the library and looked through a couple of books and learned more about female anatomy on my own.
So I guess it's all a lie, there really are stupid questions aren't there?
Good to know...
| | No. 24 |
Jun 16, 2005, 01:15 AM
Originally Posted by mariedoreen I understand exactly what you're saying and most of the time I'm the first to say let people get things off their chest in peace, so I'm trying to decide what it is that has rubbed me the wrong way about this post... It's funny tho, I felt the same way when I was in the OR observing nursing staff disparaging their unconscious patient... I guess I'm just able to put myself in the shoes of the patients she is describing and can imagine just how humiliated I would feel for placing trust in this nurse by exposing my ignorance and then finding out that instead of compassionate interest in helping me to learn more about my situation she's feeling superior and ridiculing my lack of understanding. Again, I agree my feelings are probably over the top here and I'm really not sure why I'm taking it the way I am... I'll have to think on this some more. In the meantime, carry on...
I'll help, I've got one you all will LOVE. When I was 18 I worked in a path lab. The first time I saw a uterus from a TAH I thought the woman would no longer be able to have sex... thank the Lord I never actually exposed my ignorance and asked for clarification on that one, they would have had a field day in the break room I'm sure. Instead I went to the library and looked through a couple of books and learned more about female anatomy on my own.
So I guess it's all a lie, there really are stupid questions aren't there?
Good to know...
I appreciate your post. The important thing to realize is that I nor most other nurses I know would never degrade a patient for lack of knowledge. I would certainly never try to make my patients feel that any questions are unacceptable or stupid to ask. But sometimes I am amazed at what full grown woman do not know about their bodies. Believe it or not I am actually an extremely caring, patient nurse that often gets run over by staff and patients because of these attributes, so sometimes I feel its my turn to vent.
| | No. 25 |
Jun 16, 2005, 01:18 AM
We Get This Alot On Night Shift.
"honey Did You Get Any Sleep Lastnight."
| | No. 26 |
Jun 16, 2005, 04:27 AM
i don't really expect for patients to understand procedures or general routines that we follow everyday because there are some things you really wouldn't know unless you are a trained health professional. But i do get irritated by people who come to the ED and expect a magic pill to fix their complaint without labs being drawn or being examined. i just had a very dramatic patient the other day who refused just about everything and it is so annoying because they become offended when you ask " why did you come to the emergency department then" i just love it when i am in triage and patients ask "will i be here all day, because i'll just leave!" i want to say "don't let the door hit ya' on the way out" but instead i say " i can't make you stay against your will, the choice is ultimately yours". ironically the people who give the most problems are usually not that sick to begin with.
| | No. 27 |
Jun 16, 2005, 04:49 AM
Originally Posted by NurseforPreggers "They are going to have to take the baby"
I don't know why but that statement makes my jaw clench up everytime I hear it.
I had a patient the other day ask me how I was going to insert a foley since "the head is down there, wont that hurt the baby?" For the love god, people .... come on .. 2 HOLES! SERIOUSLY!
and my favorite of all time ...
"Does that machine beep everytime I dilate?" .. this one left me speechless
Please share your "omg, no she didn't say/ask that" quotes
Actually, "take the baby" was sort of a commonly used phrase among OB docs and some of the "older" (30s, 40s!) L&D nurses when I was a 19 year old corpsman working L&D in the early '70s. They used it almost all the time they had to tell a mom they would have to perform a C-section due to CPD, failure to progress etc. I guess they just thought it was easier for the patient to comprehend and say instead of "Caesarean"--people didn't have the internet to read up on what to expect during labor and delivery, and even the books available back then sort of just very briefly mentioned the possibility of a Caesarean, ( I rarely recall sseeing it abbreviated as C-section, even when I had my first baby in '78) then moved quickly on--they just sort of glossed over it--they didn't want to scare you.
I guess the phrase has stuck in the minds of non-medical and non-nursing people who had C-sections back then, and they now use it around their grown children who are having them.
Boy, do I feel old. | | No. 28 |
Jun 16, 2005, 06:36 AM
Originally Posted by amblessing I love it when you go into a patient's room to start an IV or some other procedure, and the patient's family asks, "do you know what you are doing?" I am so tempted to say, "well sort of, you see they were short staffed tonight, so they just yanked me off of the street corner - hey I clean-up pretty nicely don't I? I love the scrubs!". Or, my personal fave "No, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night!". Geeezzz 
Good one | | No. 29 |
Jun 16, 2005, 07:33 AM
Two that I get a lot are..."Aren't you pretty young to be doing this? Is there someone older who could take care of mom?" Well...the housekeeper is old enough to be my mother...would you like her to come in and titrate her drip? Also, I get a lot of, "Wow, you're short..." Followed by either, "You're pretty good at this even though you are short," or "Isn't there someone taller here?" Again, I could have the CNA come in and titrate your drip or start your IV! |
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