Nurses General Nursing
Published Mar 22, 2003
OK , I'll start. Last night I had a post partum patient tell me "I keep passing out in my sleep" could someone please explain this one to me??????? Lets hear some of your strangest pt complaints.
Agnus
2,719 Posts
I still cherish the patient who called the clinic at 4:30 pm on a Friday and stated she had an emergency because she was out of BCPs and was going on vacation for two weeks starting the weekend.
Sorry, toots the doctor will not be in until Monday, and you need an appointment because sweetie you aint getting any pills without a check up. Keep you legs crossed. Otherwise plan a prenatal visit for when you get back.
shudokan-RN
93 Posts
" my baby is having chest pain"
what makes you think that ma'am?
"because he's sleeping with his hands on his chest"
had to leave the room, about wet my pants!!
KRVRN, BSN, RN
1,334 Posts
When checking a baby's residual before giving a tube feeding, the parents became upset and claimed that we were going to make their baby "bulemic" because we were were taking her food out of her stomach the same way a bulemic person would throw up. Couldn't be convinced otherwise.
BadBird, BSN, RN
1,126 Posts
I had a schizo patient in the ER tell me she was having her 15th miscarriage, it was just her period.
sunnygirl272
839 Posts
Originally posted by KRVRN When checking a baby's residual before giving a tube feeding, the parents became upset and claimed that we were going to make their baby "bulemic" because we were were taking her food out of her stomach the same way a bulemic person would throw up. Couldn't be convinced otherwise.
obviously a victim of the Late Great Big Fat Baby Thread,....
tinkagain
18 Posts
I was working in postpartum and a young girl pulled her cord and said it was an emergency! I rushed to her room and she said "The baby burped while she was still on my breast, will my nipple explode?"
I reassured her while trying not to bite all the way through my cheeks to keep from laughing.
deespoohbear
992 Posts
I actually had a pt's family complain about the color of the paint on the walls! Like nursing has a whole lot of control over that!
(Actually, nursing has no control over anything!!)
ShandyLynnRN, BSN, RN
438 Posts
Originally posted by tinkagain I was working in postpartum and a young girl pulled her cord and said it was an emergency! I rushed to her room and she said "The baby burped while she was still on my breast, will my nipple explode?" I reassured her while trying not to bite all the way through my cheeks to keep from laughing.
:roll :roll :roll
researchrabbit
603 Posts
"My tongue turned black when I took the medication!" (it was a placebo!!!)
VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN
22 Articles; 9,987 Posts
I had a 19-year-old preggo with piercings in her nose, eyebrows, nipples and even her "nether region" beg me not to start an IV because she hated needles. WTF???!
hogan4736, BSN, RN
739 Posts
at a retirement community ED in Phoenix...
an RN received a complaint about her scrubs w/ jalapenos on them...
get a life
Anagray, BSN
335 Posts
A senior patient who could obvisouly groom herself, demanded that the nurse comes in and cleans out her finger nails and then feed her the dinner.
very funny stories btw, made me laugh so hard