National Nurses Week is all about celebrating nurses and what they do! What better way than remembering why they love their jobs? Share the funniest thing a patient ever said to you in the comments below.
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We used to have a patient who would always get the munchies in the middle of the night. He was deaf and blind but could feel the vibrations and know that somebody was close. I was passing his door one night and heard Oh! I could just eat a COW!!
We had a long term vent patient who kept grabbing frantically at my wrist when I was suctioning him. I said "What is it Ted? What do you want? Gave him the clipboard and he very laboriously scribbled out: A Big Buford, which is apparently a Ralley's hamburger!
Specializes in Skilled nursing- IV’s/complicated wounds.
My grandma drove herself to the ER for possible MI(in her Dodge Challenger that she hand washes daily!!) She is a tough cookie & believes doctors are more like car salesmen & “they just want To run all those tests on you to make money off you” so normally I must be present or able to speak to her on the phone to confirm what is medically necessary versus a “scam” I was working a nursing shift and requested a phone update from the ER nurse once they assessed her. She called me frantically stating that the ER doctor told her she needed to be admitted inpatient to have a cardiac cath done; when he said she had to stay overnight my grandma immediately started removing her IV’s when they attempted to talk her out of it she told the doc
“I'm not staying for that- you just don’t know the difference between a heart attack and really bad gas!!” ?
Specializes in Med-Surg., LTC,, OB/GYN, L& D,, Office.
As a nurse you learn to be flexible, both physically and mentally, accepting that there are occasions one might be put out of their comfort zone..
A rather common occurrence is reassignment to an unfamiliar unit due to illness, nurse-patient ratio, or some other consequence which is more inconvenient than troublesome, and at times, pretty comical..
Pulled to a floor that housed a primarily geriatric population, I was to perform special skin care, and dressings. Retired for quite a few years now, suffice it to say, we were in pursuit of physicians to stipulate site of application, frequency and duration for expected course of treatment.
I reviewed the specifics but as was my usual practice upon identifying myself and the patient, who according to report was oriented to name immediate needs and current activity, I allowed that bony prominences could be easily ascertained. Turning her pillow I was able to quickly examine cervical, thoracic spine and scapula and swiftly adjusting position and clothing I arrived at her lightly draped knees and while chatting pleasantly and still not having discovered an area of concern I delicately lifted the drape at that level and surprised me coyly slapping the back of my hand, and with a mischievous grin, accused. "You Devil, you ...!
Thanks to everyone who has submitted an entry for our "Funny Things Patients Say" Nurses Week 2020 contest. The winner has been selected and notified via private message so check your inbox to see if you've won!
B52, BSN, MSN, RN
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Me: Sir, what's bothering you today.
Pt: None of your business.