i have no idea where the er is getting these people from but i wish theyd send them back...lol
they are sick..yes...but for goodness sakes!
i cant raise the head of my bed (i can however use the phone and change channels on my tv)
oh no im having chest pains...my chest really hurts (now while you go call the doc, im gonna call my friend and wish her happy birthday and then ill finish dinner while you warm up the ekg)
i REALLY REALLY REALLY have to go to the bathroom...right now..oh i have to go. i have to go NOW.
but first let me watch a little of the grammy's and chat with you a while. you just stay here until im ready to stand up then pivot to my bedside commode (i can do this, i can walk and EVERYTHING, i just need you to stand here)
could you heat my tray
could you heat my coffee
could you heat my coffee again...i didnt drink it yet
do you have any cream?
oh i hurt i hurt i hurt ...do you want your morphine? no thanks.
i dont like this food...get me something i like.
straighten up my bed (ill stand here and watch you)
i cant get in bed by myself (i can walk to the bathroom tho)
pull me up in bed (no theres nothing wrong with my legs, i just like you to do it)
We had a primip a few weeks ago come in in latent labor Cervix 2-3 cm ctx Q 4-5 min put her on EFM cool washrags offered hotpacks got order for requested med. and gave it ect. about 20 min after she got there FOB comes to desk asking to have her shipped to another hosp because "Your not doing anything for her!" called doc and explained situation to him and he said recheck her cervix and if they are still not happy let them leave AMA - wonder how shocked they were when they got to other hosp. and found out they were'nt gonna do anything different
Or how about the pt that just left with preterm ctx after several vag exams then calls from home less than two hours after she gets there panicked because she's having spotting
me: ma'am is there bleeding like a menstrual period?
her: no just a spot when i wiped
Me: well its prob just from having so many exams
her; but they said i should go to er if im bleeding
me:(than why is she calling me) well ma'am if you feel like its an emergency then you should do what you feel best but its normal to spot after exams. Are you having any more ctx?
her: well im cramping
ME: how often are you having these cramps?
her: im not surre
me; is your baby moving?
her :well he's moving a little
Me: are you leaking any fld from your lady parts?
her: no
me: well ma'am i think you should put on a pad lie down and write down every time you feel a cramp and everytime your baby moves and call me back in an hour, of course you're more thatn welcome to come to the hosp. and we will check you if you think thats neccesary
so where were all you guys when i had a seventeen hour end stage labour followed be a c-section under general anes. at five pm and asked for a pan at one-thirty the next mornig???? nooo, kate has to haul ass all the way down the hallway trailing 3 i.v.'s on square wheels and bleeding like a stuck pig. in the hospital i worked in!!!!!!
but i can understand where your coming from, i work in aged care. " nurse, where am i"
" nurse, where am i"
" nurse where am i"
" nurse, when is the next train out of here?" i don't know but if it comes in can i come too?!!!!!
ROFL. I dont have a pt story at all. I am not a medical professional at all. I am just very interested and fascinated by medicine. Remember I was considering going into either EMS or Anesthesiaology but opted out.
I was just concerned that there were few and far between stories of good pt. Where I work, we used to rent U-Haul equipment. That was not fun.
You would always get a person wanting to rent a trailer or even worse an auto-transport with a thunderstorm out and expect you to hook it up for them to the their car and more often than not the car the intend to pull the item with is not properly equipped for towing.
Then there are those who get pissed when you cannot predict the future for them (I am sure you all get this in nursing too).
Can not forget those who want to use the equipment and not pay for it.
The list just goes on and on. I hope that I have not made anyone mad with it.
Nick, if you ever venture into nursing, don't forget the most important piece of equip......the MAGIC EIGHT BALL.....this might also help you in your present job with predicting the future....As far as stupid, rude and ugly...hey you nailed it good!!LOL...Yesterday..(full moon)...l actually took care of a pt who claimed she was hit by a parked car!! yes she was sober, wasn't sure where it hit her...couldn't explain exactly where her pain was...yes, on a backboard,cid, the whole nine yards...went to XR and told them she couldn't breath and made them pull the code button....eventually moved from the monitored bed to medical bed..she proceeded to puke over the bedrail onto the floor with an emisis basin at her side...OMG..l need to find someone to bi+ch slap......Nick l am not mad at you....but l am still trying to figure out how fast that parked car was going when it hit Princess:rotfl:
Knowing my luck, if I ever used one of them balls, I woudl get sued for some reason. I prefer to out wit some of the stupid and rude folks. But I do tell the nice people when I get them that they are nicem and I really appreciate them being nice. That tends to make them want to be nice more often. I have started to notice that nice-ness spread to other people who are in the facility at the same time. Who knows, may be we all can change the world.
:devil: :chuckle
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OHHH, man that sound evil.
Nick