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nrw350 · Jun 24, 2002

OHHH, man that sound evil.

Nick

Peeps Mcarthur · Jun 24, 2002

Make her squirm.........:chuckle Maybe even a little hula dance:roll

I love it when that happens..........You'll find it happening less and less when you call them on it in front of everybody.

Sweeeeet!

prnlpn · Jun 25, 2002

This is great. Have been lmao!

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

her; okay i'll just call you back in an hour

Never heard from her again

Aussienurse2 · Jun 25, 2002

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?!!!!!

nrw350 · Jun 25, 2002

Again, I am sorry for this post.

Nick

Peeps Mcarthur · Jun 25, 2002

C'mon Nick.........You have a stupid/rude/ugly pt story...........................That's it Nick.............you can talk here.

Let it out Nick. This is the place to vent it.

You know you want to:devil: :devil: :devil: :chuckle

nrw350 · Jun 25, 2002

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.

Nick

OBNURSEHEATHER · Jun 25, 2002

Originally posted by nrw350
With all these posts, it sounds like that nearly all of your patients are stupid, rude, and ugly to you. What are some examples of good patients?

When you work with the public so closely and on a regular basis, this is how some of them look to you.

I will gently (because I like you) remind you of 2 things:

1. you are not working in the capacity we do and with the people we do therefore you can't fully understand.

2. this is the subject matter of this thread. If you want warm cushy patient stories, there is a thread for that too!

Heather

nrw350 · Jun 25, 2002

Forgot to mention that I was being funny with that last post. But I am serious. Because I am still going to college and only working part time.

Nick

nrw350 · Jun 25, 2002

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.

Thanks.

Nick

l.rae · Jun 25, 2002

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:

nrw350 · Jun 25, 2002

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.

Nick