Yesterday I was dragging. It was Monday, coming back from a week off, hadn't slept well, etc. An hour before the end of the shift. Called a doctor's office about a patient's insulin and possibly switching her over from prefilling Lantus syringes to the pen. Left a voicemail message on the triage nurse line that went something like this...
"Hi, this is ProBeeRN with ____, calling about ____. " Blah, blah blah, explain situation, wanting to switch to pen, promote patient independence, reviewed BS log, etc. Everything going fine. Until I ended it with this:
"So, my number is xxx-xxxx, if you have any questions you can call me back, and if it's ok with the doctor he can call in that script for the solostar to the pharmacy and if it's not ok...well then I guess he doesn't have to do anything then, does he? Everything else is fine with the patient. Ok, thanks, bye.
I then hung up and stared at the phone like it was going to grow tentacles and poke me in the eye. My patient laughed at me.
I was sitting next to a colleague when she got a call from the charge about a new patient. She took the details and, jsut before hanging up, said "Love you!" then turned to me and said "eep!"
Oh God, I can see me doing this. It's just a matter of time.
Late one night I asked my new patient, who presented with sob and hx chf, to please slip off her shoes so that I could check her pupils.
While giving report I told the oncoming nurse that Bed 3's abdominal pain got better after I gave her vicious lidocaine.
We don't use a lot of flow charts in the ER, but I still felt stupid when I asked the unit secretary, "Do we have any slow farts down here?" (Quite sure she was thinking, Yeah, and I'm looking at her....)
Too tired to think of anymore now, other than knocking on the med room and bathroom doors before entering.
This thread needs a warning label.... Do not eat and read! I just about choked on my waffle.
T One of my patients had "wheezles" instead of wheezes! My favorite dr, whose patient was the one with wheezles, said, Oh, yes, brown furry creatures running around in lungs.. I have heard them many times" !! LOL.
I said that the other day! "Pt. has roncles and wheezles" in a team meeting..... Got a big laugh from the team.....
Thank goodness most of us have a sense of humor. Tired, overworked, and just plain "brain farts" at times (oh yes, menopause), but laughter keeps us sane!
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I am pretty sure this is the same medication and SE I have. I had memory issue prior to taking it and they are magnified now, but I would not trade the benefits at this point. That said, it does make me wonder if people think I am stupid, air headed, or just getting early alzheimers' disease. I can forget a conversation in two minutes flat, and I can't do the simplest math if I get tired. Last week I sat for ten minutes trying to subtract 17 from 35 and just couldn't do it at the end of my shift. I felt so stupid. Those particular neurons would not fire. Mispronouncing words by mixing up the first letters is an every day thing with me now. I just have to laugh it off at this point.
I'm on that same med, but for chronic pain not migraines, and i have the same SE's as well
My other ones of note are: I can't remember my house alarm code sometimes (very embarrasing- irritates my husband and the dogs), and I tend to put the coffee pot in the refrigerator instead of back on the burner.
I'm on that same med, but for chronic pain not migraines, and i have the same SE's as well
My other ones of note are: I can't remember my house alarm code sometimes (very embarrassing- irritates my husband and the dogs), and I tend to put the coffee pot in the refrigerator instead of back on the burner.
I take it as well. It works great, but I wish I could say the same for my brain while I'm on it. I don't put the coffee pot in the fridge, but I do forget to empty it before I start another batch of coffee. I can't count how many times I've flooded the countertop with coffee. When I'm trying to talk, the simplest, most common words simply elude me. Thingy, thing-a-ma-jig, and doohickey have become accepted medical terminology in my department. lol
I was working night shift on a pediatric unit in Indianapolis, and this was my third night shift in a row and I don't sleep well in the day time. I was charting at the end of my shift and either i fell asleep while writing or i was having hallucinations. When I read what I had written I had written, "I am getting ready to put my triplets in the bath tub." I had to go around to every chart I had charted in to see if I screwed it up. PS: I do have triplets.
I said that the other day! "Pt. has roncles and wheezles" in a team meeting..... Got a big laugh from the team.....
I thought about wheezles when I was charting last night. Was trying really hard not to giggle and/or type it down by accident. Would have been interesting to see who actually read the computer charting from the shift before.
We don't use a lot of flow charts in the ER, but I still felt stupid when I asked the unit secretary, "Do we have any slow farts down here?" (Quite sure she was thinking, Yeah, and I'm looking at her....)
Got a big laugh from the team.....
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Oh God, I can see me doing this. It's just a matter of time.