Updated: Feb 22, 2020 Published Apr 29, 2016
allnurses
105 Articles; 417 Posts
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Cwoods
60 Posts
I hope I don't find "that spouse/that family member" has returned.....and is armed with questions from the internet.....again....
Toastedpeanut
36 Posts
... a huge, diarrheic mess in the bed (underneath them).
middleagednurse
554 Posts
That their IV has "fallen out"
shell1983
35 Posts
...their roommate on the floor.
kiszi, RN
1 Article; 604 Posts
...that my famous last words were "You won't fall out of bed."
SmilingBluEyes
20,964 Posts
That they were upset cause their mashed potatoes were cold.
Thought, BSN, RN
63 Posts
an explosive code brown.
Molly.RN
10 Posts
that the patient is just fine, the family member just needs some more coffee.
cjcsoon2bnp, MSN, RN, NP
7 Articles; 1,156 Posts
When a patient pushes their call button, I hope I don't find... a naked, agitated patient standing in the room with a bloody foley catheter and/or IV catheter laying on the floor. (True story on more than one occasion)
!Chris
jadelpn, LPN, EMT-B
9 Articles; 4,800 Posts
anything that begins with the word "code"
wendy_UK2USA_RN
3 Posts
I hope I don't find a naked patient peeing in.... their water pitcher...their trash can...or over the side of the bed....again!