the good patient...the reason we do what we do!

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HI am new here! have read many of these threads and most are funny as hell or educational! As Er nurses we have seen it all, the mutiple forms of human stupidity and its results! But every once in a while you get a pt that was just so sweet that you will never forget them...we all remember the bad ones! This was mine

Parents brought in their six year old son, seems he was playing w/ big brother. They had gotten a hold of moms embroidery sissciors and kiddo was running with them...yeh he fell on em and embedded them into the left side of his chest..buried em to the hilt! kid pulled them out big bro tol;d mom and off they go to see us, parents were upset...duh.. but very reasonable and nice but spoke limited english..kids did and were traslating!

ok so kid is now on moniter, I started his IV and this cute little guy sat so very still and said to himself over and over..I am a big boy and I can do this..he didnt move one little bit as i poked him. Ist xray neg for pnumo but he still has a 6 hour obs stay and repeat xray to go before he can go home. Now after 15 min most kids..mine included..would have been climbing the walls! Not this little guy he sat on his bed did not play with the monitor, call light, nothing was just as sweet and quiet as could be said please and thank you...parents were just as nice! By the end of those 6 hours I had raided every stash of toys, books ect we had, even had the peds floor tube me stuff! Even in the best of conditions I have never seen a better behaved kid or family! Not once did they co about anything! kid by some miracle missed his lung and anything else vital and went home. For the many pieces of human garbage we see pts like that make your day/month/year!

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Specializes in ER, NICU, NSY and some other stuff.

Yep I hear what you are saying. It is a pleasure to have those patients. Unfortunately it seems that these are few and far between.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Wonderful. I do have to say that the majority of my patients in the ER are good, a few are wonderful and a few are just about making me pull my grey hair out! However, that is what makes the ER so very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

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THATS AN AWESOME STORY!! WHAT A SWEET LITTLE BOY.. IT A NICE CHANGE FROM THE DEMENTIA PATIENT WHO IS SCREAMING AT YOU (EVEN THOUGH ITS NOTTHEIR FAULT) OR THE IV D.A. WHO COMES IN JUST FOR ANOTHER FIX... I DON TKNOW BUT AFTER ALL OF THAT YOUR STORY JUST REMINDS ME OF WHY I WANT TO DO THIS. THANKS :thankya:

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Specializes in Peds - playing with the kids.

they are few and far between, but that is why i love peds!

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I COULDNT DO IT!!! I WOULD HOLD IT ALL TO CLOSE TO MY HEART (I AM A MOTHER) I GIVE YOU ALOT OF CREDIT :) *** HEY WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD ON PEOPLE PASSING THE NCLEX WITH 265 QUEST. I AM THAT PERSON.. I GET MY RESULTS TODAY:o

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