We've all heard weird, wild and even ludicrous things slip out of a doctor's mouth! Provide your quote for this National Nurses Week contest and you'll be entered to win a $250 amazon.com gift card!
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UPDATE May 19, 2017:
The winner of the 2017 National Nurses Week Doctors Say The Darnedest Things giveaway is user Racer15 who said:
I had a pt brought by EMS for altered mental status. ER doc is talking to the pt asking her what meds she takes. Starts listing them off and then says "and something to help with my memory, umm, it's called, umm..". Doc looks at her and says "well it's obviously not working", turns around and walks out
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While waiting for a doctor to enter orders in Short Stay surgery, one of the surgeons was completely frustrated at the computer. So he picks the key board up, and yells, " This **** keyboard has too many keys!" We all just kinda looked around, he finished his stuff like he never said it. 😳🤓
While doing a pelvic exam on a friend who was in her 40's and had 4 children the doctor said, "you obviously didn't have any lady partsl births". Seriously? Lol
In an outpatient clinic a patient's potassium level was low so the doctor writes an order: "Please give patient 2 bananas" as if we carry them in the pyxis
I got an order for a stat banana once. Same reason.
I was given an order in the ER to give a small dose of Ketamine to a chronic (and frequent flyer) abdominal pain patient. Confused, I asked, "You want me to give Ketamine for his abdominal pain?" Doc's response was, "Hell yeah! It won't do anything for the pain, but it'll make him feel good and he'll walk out of here not remembering why he even came in!"
Female psych pt, DX bi polar, manic episode. Real busy body. Causing problems. Moonlighting Dr called. Came onto the unit and immediately accosted. Walked into the nurse's station and asked if her hair had been dyed. She was a genuine blonde. Took a blank sheet of paper and wrote "Flip" on both sides and gave it to her and said "Read this"
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While waiting for a doctor to enter orders in Short Stay surgery, one of the surgeons was completely frustrated at the computer. So he picks the key board up, and yells, " This **** keyboard has too many keys!" We all just kinda looked around, he finished his stuff like he never said it. 😳🤓