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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70 year old doctor who has been practicing for 40 years: "Just remember the people who graduate at the top of their class or the bottom of their class still get the same M.D. At the end of their name...which was I?!" He had me laughing so hard, I couldn't believe he said it to a patient. 😂
While working in pediatrics a new resident came rushing down the hall in distress panicked asking for help. We went rushing to the room to find a 5 year covered in vomit. The resident just stood there with a distressed look on her face simply repeating, "I don't do vomit"
On Christmas, at 2325 (my shift was almost over), while working in acute care psych a patient was escalated. Myself and a few of the techs were trying to assist him in calming down and going to bed. During the process the patient slammed his door on my hand, taking off the tip of my finger. The psych unit was in a hospital, thank goodness, so I went to the ER. In the ER 'Dr. B' had to cut off part of my bone and stitch the wound closed. While doing the procedure he was singing, "All I want for Christmas is my finger tip."
I had a cardiologist once ask me "Do you think I fly off the handle too quick?" I told him "Most of the time you do. Try counting to 20 before you say anything, better yet, you may want to count to 50." Later that night we were needing to put in some kind of line (I can't really remember what it was). Thank God we were using fluoroscopy. The patient has a vena cava filter in. I could see the doctor ready to blow, but he just turned to the side and took some deep breaths. I could see him counting.
These doctor's may not always like what we have to say. But I know for a fact they do listen (in their own way).
Working in a GI Endoscopy lab while a colonoscopy is being done. Patient passes gas and the dr begins to freak out shouting "I taste it in my mouth, I need gum... I taste it in my mouth"! Lol (it was purely the smell and nothing was actually in his mouth) 😂
The cardiologist I work for advised me to type up a cardiac clearance letter stating the following: The patient is cleared at a moderate-high risk for the above procedure. I advise that you limit fluids to 500 cc to prevent volume overload...and "GBU." As I was a new nurse, I thought GBU was a medical term that he frequently used, when in actuality he was just saying out loud..and "God Bless You," because he really didn't think the patient should go through this procedure (as it really wasn't medically necessary). One I typed the letter, I brought it to him to sign. He busted out laughing, realizing that I had actually put GBU in the letter. He signed it & I faxed it, still not realizing. He told me later & it is now a common inside joke in our office.
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70 year old doctor who has been practicing for 40 years: "Just remember the people who graduate at the top of their class or the bottom of their class still get the same M.D. At the end of their name...which was I?!" He had me laughing so hard, I couldn't believe he said it to a patient. 😂