As a nurse, you've certainly heard doctors say some rather confounding things. As part of our 2019 celebration of National Nurses Week, we want you to share some of those things that come from the mouths of doctors which leave you shaking your head. Whether it's funny or infuriating, we want to hear it. You could win $250 courtesy of Jacksonville University just for sharing! Winners will be announced May 13, 2019.
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I work at a nursing home. The doctor was in the building making rounds. He came to my residents room, who has Alzheimer’s, the same day she went to her husbands funeral. She and her husband shared a private room at the nursing room. This is how the conversation went. *Name has been changed*
Doctor: Mrs. Resident, I’m sorry to hear that your husband passed.
Mrs Resident: ( in a sweet voice) “That’s nice of you, but what husband, I never had a husband!”
Specializes in ED, Tele, MedSurg, ADN, Outpatient, LTC, Peds.
Dr Comfort gave Jose a lengthy 20 minute explanation about his cardiac catheterization that was scheduled the next day, in his British accent. Jose nodded his head in agreement.I waited by Jose's bedside to sign as a witness to his consent of the procedure. When Dr Comfort stopped, I interjected with a straight face, "Doc he only speaks Spanish!" The look on Dr Comfort's face was priceless!
I was working as a certified nursing assistant in an LTC facility, and a doctor was coming in for nursing home rounds. We had about 4 Pts to a room. So I am in the room taking care of one of the patients and the doctor comes in to look at a spot on another patient's coccyx. He's a very hands on doctor, he is actually awesome. Old school type of doctor who despises computers and uses paper still.
Continuing on, he actually turned the pt. Himself which I was surprised because I didn't know this doctor at that point but I asked if he needed help and he said no. Since the pt had a spot on his coccyx we had no bottoms on him. I hear the doc say omg he had a bowel movement and he asked me to get him wipes and he starts wiping, which I'm shocked he was doing it himself, and I'm not paying attention to him but I did hear him say "it isn't coming off" and then I heard "oh sh** it's his member!" This pt was a black male who was younger and had development delays and severe disabilities however he would laugh and play if u made jokes and definitely knew what was going on because he busted up laughing and the doc was like, yep ur doctor is an idiot!
Every time I saw him after that he would smile really big and shake his head.
GI doctor to our first-time new patient, "Have you ever had a prostate exam before?" Patient states he has not. Doctor then tells him to go back to work and tell his co-workers that he doesn't understand how both of the doctor's hands were on his shoulders during the exam. Never know what this man will say, but he keeps my days interesting!
I work in corrections. I responded to an emergency where an offender was lying on the floor, unresponsive and covered in ice. I explained the situation to the doctor and why EMS had already been called. The man would cease respirations, his pulse would slow, then cease. We were in position to start CPR. Then he would suddenly start breathing again for a min or 2. The cycle kept repeating until the narcan kicked in. Then he got up and walked to the medical cart. I explained to the doctor that custody had called because CPR was being initiated. I tried to explain to the doctor that the man had most likely overdosed and of course he wouldn't say what he had taken or how much. We had no way of knowing how long he was unresponsive like that. So it would probably be a good idea if we went ahead and sent him to the hospital to be checked out. The doctor stated, "Well I don't see what's the emergency. Just because you use Narcan doesn't mean it's an emergency. I mean if you give anyone Narcan it probably gives them a boost. I mean, give me Narcan and I'll jump up too." He then went to talk to the paramedic. He asked the paramedic what had happened and why were they on the scene already. He told them to leave and said. "I think somebody jumped the gun here." In a crowd full of nurses trying to explain to the doctor that this man needed to go to the hospital, the doctor finally said, "Alright, bring them back. We'll do an EKG and see what it says, which I'm sure it'll be fine." The EKG looked awful. He went to call his on-call Medical Director and spoke with him, came back and announced we should go ahead and send him. Afterward, he came to me alone and tried to explain his logic. Then he said, "I had no sooner gotten on the phone and told Dr. D that the man was found unresponsive and covered in ice and he cut me off and said 'Send him'." Good call, doc.
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I work at a nursing home. The doctor was in the building making rounds. He came to my residents room, who has Alzheimer’s, the same day she went to her husbands funeral. She and her husband shared a private room at the nursing room. This is how the conversation went. *Name has been changed*
Doctor: Mrs. Resident, I’m sorry to hear that your husband passed.
Mrs Resident: ( in a sweet voice) “That’s nice of you, but what husband, I never had a husband!”