Ever have a "V8" moment?

[AngelfireRN, MSN, RN, APRN]

Where you just wanted to do that V8 commercial forehead pop to a patient or family member? I had one the other evening that was a lulu.

I'm in grad school, going towards a NP certificate, and am currently making rounds in an ED. Had a young man come in the other night with his wife, apparently in a fair amount of pain. His middle finger was quite swollen and I arrived to assess him after X-rays. Poor baby, the wife had slammed the car trunk lid on his finger ( you know that HAD to hurt). He was in agony, she felt terrible. Long story short, no fx, thank mercy.

Here's the V8 moment: As I am giving him instruction on keeping the arm elevated and trying to comfort the wife, this guy, who before had apparently had trouble even speaking because of the pain, has a miraculous semi-recovery. He opens his eyes, looks at me and goes,

"You're awful nice."

"Well, thanks. I hope you feel better. Remember, keep your hand elevated"

I picked his hand up to put it on his shoulder, simple way to keep it elevated, or so we learned. He will not let go.

"You're so pretty, I love your eyes. And you have nice hair, too"

By this time the wife is looking less and less sympathetic and more and more murderous, not to mention she was holding a cup of scalding-hot coffee.

"Sir, I appreciate the compliment, but I do believe your wife's about ready to douse you, and I'd rather not get in the middle, OK?"

He looked at her like he had forgotten she was ever even in the room.

Sigh. Men, :chuckle, you gotta love 'em.

SO, anyone else have one?

[Liddle Noodnik]

He looked at her like he had forgotten she was ever even in the room.

Sigh. Men, :chuckle, you gotta love 'em.

SO, anyone else have one?

Musta had some good meds?

[AngelfireRN, MSN, RN, APRN]

Nope, we had not given him anything at that point! That was what made me wonder if he had self medicated before his arrival!

[Dolce, RN]

Yes, I had one whose devoted wife had just stepped out of the room. He started coming on to me with the, "You look just like an angel with the sun coming through the window behind your head...." blah, blah, blah. I was sitting poised with an IV above his hand getting ready to go for stick and was really thinking that was a dumb moment to starting hitting on a nurse.

[sirI, MSN, APRN, NP]

Maybe something similar why she slammed his finger in the trunk. LOL!!

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

Maybe something similar why she slammed his finger in the trunk. LOL!!

That is what I was thinking.

steph

[Liddle Noodnik]

Yes, I had one whose devoted wife had just stepped out of the room. He started coming on to me with the, "You look just like an angel with the sun coming through the window behind your head...." blah, blah, blah. I was sitting poised with an IV above his hand getting ready to go for stick and was really thinking that was a dumb moment to starting hitting on a nurse.

ha ha YEAH!

Maybe something similar why she slammed his finger in the trunk. LOL!!

No doubt

[santhony44, MSN, RN, NP]

Next time maybe she'll try for all five instead of just settling for one!!

[P_RN, ADN, RN]

Mr. Patient Sir needs to back down before wifey decides on another trunk lid slam.

[FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I]

It's a miracle that she only slammed the trunk lid on his finger. Probably if she wasn't in so much pain she just might have done a lot more damage. MEN or Mennon????? Burp!!!

[catnip]

I had one of those moments the other night, a resident come up to me and asked if he could have a tylenol, when i asked him why he said he had a tooth ache. I asked him to show me which tooth and when he opened his mouth i saw that his tooth was broken in half. I asked him when that happened and he said "yesterday". I just looked at him and wondered why he hadn't let the 3 previous shifts know.

[suzi-Q]

Next time the wife might have a bizarre car washing accident....