Ever caught a visitor playing with an IV pump??

[TweetiePieRN]

The other night I caught a teenage visitor pressing the "silence" button on the IV pump because (in his words: "It was annoying!"). I explained to him that the when the alarm goes off I need to come in the room to figure out why it was beeping in the first place. The visitor argued with me about it and said that he has done it before and the other nurses didn't say anything!! I told him that he is not allowed to touch the pump and to call me if it ever beeps. There's more to come later....

What would YOU do??

[zacarias, ASN, RN]

I had a patient who wanted to shower so the tech told me I needed to unhook the IV so she could take off the gown to shower. I was in another room so I said "OK I'll be there in a minute."

I go in a minute later and find my patient holding her IV bag upside down on the bed. She had UNspiked the bag and was holding the tubing trying to get it out. She was a&ox3!!!

She of course complained to the manager about us waking her up at night! What a FUN patient I tell you...