If Jerry Springer did a show on Bad Patients

[gwenith]

I thought I would post this to be the 1000 post in this forum.

What if Jerry Springer (WHERE does he find those people and do they really exist?) did a show on bad patients who do you vote for being centre stage and what would you like to say to them.

Mind you I think we nurses would be FAR politer than the ususal audience but then as a lip reader I can assure you the BEEPS are gratuitous.

[SmilingBluEyes]

I don't know about the rest of you but I see Jerry Springer-types as my patients ALL THE FARGIN time in the OB business. The stories they live rival any weirdo on that show,trust me. Their colorful lives make mine look VERY boring and mundane by comparison. But that is ok with me.

And if that is not enough, they are too busy WATCHING Jerry Springer to LISTEN TO us try to teach them how to care for themselves and their babies. Any number of them would be PRIME candidates for Jerry's show, from what I can tell that show is about. UGH.

[Nursie30]

How bout the geriatric lovers?

We have a couple now that go at it and forget to shut the door sometimes.........What a show

[jadednurse]

Once had a female patient who was admitted w/ a pretty torn up rectum that needed surgical intervention. Apparently she had a "foreign object" inserted in her rectum. Come to find out the woman, who was intoxicated (surprise, surprise) admitted to drinking a bottle of vodka and engaging in some pretty rough anal sex w/ the father of her 3 children in celebration of her 30th birthday. 2 questions came to mind: 1) exactly how "endowed" was this father of her children? and, 2) why was she still celebrating her 30th birthday when the chart revealed that she was actually 39? I of course had the pleasure of hanging the "nothing per rectum" sign above her bed! Definitely a Jerry Springer moment!

[canoehead, BSN, RN]

Celebrating her 30th birthday- FOR TEN YEARS!!!!

No wonder her poor little patootie was so worn out.