I work in a fairly small hospital Birth Center. Our patients are usually compliant with docs orders etc.. But twice in the last week, I had patients that were absolutely refusing treatment. The first was preterm labor (34+ weeks) throwing up, contracting and couldn't keep her PO terbutaline down. Got orders for a liter of IV fluids, zofran and SQ terb. She refused, up one side and down the other - wanted to leave, yada yada yada. Her boyfriend convinced her after about an hour to take the meds and IV, but she told me I had to have someone come and hold her arm down because she "gave a doctor a black eye the last time I had an IV".
Last night I get a 17y/o married but separated with a boyfriend, G2P0 (37 week demise a year ago), cocaine + with lady partsl bleeding at 18 6/7 weeks. She had left ER AMA about 12 hours earlier and came back for treatment when she could get someone to come in with her. She spent the whole time with the room phone in one ear and her cell phone in the other, screaming and yelling, cussing up a storm and left AMA about 4 hours after she got there.
What is with people?!?!?!?
Our other patients, should be 'normal' have been rude, snippy, refusing to allow us to do regular post-partum tummy checks, etc...
Sorry, just ranting!!! :confused: