I work in an ER and like all ER's we get more than I share of drug seekers....are ya'll as sick as I am of them....well we got this patient in the other day with a "thumb sprain". She said she, "fell over her dog". We gave her the standard rx for lortab 5 and sent her on her way. The pharmacist called and said her insurance flagged her and said she has had numerous narc's filled over the past 30 days, including 30 Lortab in the past 48 hours. So the doctor tells him to cancel the lortab rx. Well the patient calls back and the doc says give it the the charge nurse, I dont' want to talk to her. So I get on the phone with her and she asks why the doc cancels her rx. I explained what the pharm had told us. She begins a story in a sad little pitiful voice....and it ends with, are you ready for this....THE DOG ATE MY LORTAB!!!!!!!!!!It took all the self control I could muster up not to crack up on the phone. I really wanted to ask her if she wasn't smart enough to come up with a better story than that. She then said they had to the dogs stomach pumped (I really wanted to say, you know poison control discourages than, didn't your vet call them). Anyway, she didnt' get her lortab and we flagged her a seeker.
the pharmacist called back to see if we got the same story he did, he told us he asked her if she couldn't come up with a better story than that. Pharms can do that, cause the pharmacist shortage is worse than the nursing shortage...they can get away with more:-)
I just love working in the ER, cause I know I can always get a good laugh our two before the night is over and no matter how bad my life gets its never as bad as the patients in the ER:-)
Yup. Sounds like it to me, too. Calling police and women's services sounds like the right respose to me (since doing the b*****d in yourself isn't an option).:angryfire
My dog ate some of my birth control pills once. Fortunately, she was scheduled to be spayed the next day so I didn't even worry about it. She was fine. I was too, as I had another pack of pills at the ready.
She also chewed up one of the only existing pictures of my DMIL that we have (she died when DH was little). I cried and cried over that one. And we pasted that dang picture back together.
AND she chewed up our application to a childbirth class while I was pregnant. I had to call the instructor for another one with that excuse....
Specializes in ER, Occupational Health, Cardiology.
the first time any pt tried the poor me and my Lortab story on me it was a guy wearing old Army fatigues that said that he was a Vietnam vet and when he was opening his Lortab the cap flew off and all of the pills went down the drain in the sink. He was one who, fortunately, hadn't gotten around to taking his abx yet, so he didn't lose any of those pills. He did NOT get a replacement Rx!
Most people have to pay to get into comedy clubs, buy a minimum amount of drinks, and always run the risk that the comedian won't be that funny. Not for us, It's always funny, and we always get paid. How cool is that!
Once in the middle of the night came in with the usual diagnosis of choice - back pain. The doc wrote him a rx for pain meds - while he was in the room with the patient the patients REAL doctor called (small town) and told me he had just given him tylenol #3 about 2 days before. So I called the doc out of the room and let him talk to the doc - of course the spineless creep couldn't go back and tell the patient himself - I had to go back in and give him a ANSIAD script - he took one look at it threw it in the sick - I thought he was going to hit me and of course spineless had retreated to the call room far, far away and I was alone (remember small town!). So the guy storm out of the ER calling me some names I had never heard before (but was destined to hear again working in the ER) and slammed out the door. He slammed the glass window shut so hard I thought it would break! He told me he the Nsg Adm and his mom were best friends and he'd get my "bottom" fired. Needless to say I didn't get fired and his name was put on our "frequent flyer" list!:trout::trout:
Specializes in med-surg, psych, ER, school nurse-CRNP.
That's an old one ,too. They always have a family member who is bosom buddies with the head honcho. I don't care what their beef is, their aunt's sister's husband's friend knows the DON's mama's brother's cousin four times removed, and they are going to report you.
Once in the middle of the night came in with the usual diagnosis of choice - back pain. The doc wrote him a rx for pain meds - while he was in the room with the patient the patients REAL doctor called (small town) and told me he had just given him tylenol #3 about 2 days before. So I called the doc out of the room and let him talk to the doc - of course the spineless creep couldn't go back and tell the patient himself - I had to go back in and give him a ANSIAD script - he took one look at it threw it in the sick - I thought he was going to hit me and of course spineless had retreated to the call room far, far away and I was alone (remember small town!). So the guy storm out of the ER calling me some names I had never heard before (but was destined to hear again working in the ER) and slammed out the door. He slammed the glass window shut so hard I thought it would break! He told me he the Nsg Adm and his mom were best friends and he'd get my "bottom" fired. Needless to say I didn't get fired and his name was put on our "frequent flyer" list!:trout::trout:
In this case, I think the spineless doc is a bigger creep than the pt.
That is the main reason I stay in the ER, you never know what is going to come out someone's mouth! I had someone call back to replace their lortab Rx because they had the window down in the car, to get a little fresh air, you know....and the Rx for the lortab flew right out the window! Of course the PCN Rx was still safely in the car...Thank Goodness it was safe!
Einstein is credited with saying, "The difference in genius and stupidity, is genius has limits!"
I think he must have worked in an ER.
I had a new one this morning.....this woman was alternately unresponsive and combative. Her boyfriend said he chews Soma and then puts it in her mouth while she sleeps so he can have sex with her! How do you respond to that one??????
I think my mouth would have hit the floor before I started laughing while thanking him for his honesty. Then security for sexual abuse. OMG
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Yup. Sounds like it to me, too. Calling police and women's services sounds like the right respose to me (since doing the b*****d in yourself isn't an option).:angryfire