If you could speak your mind...

[GSDlvrRN]

There are situations that arise at work when I respond professionally, but there is often things running through my head that I want to say but I don't. I'm only thinking it! I want to start this thread to express some things that I wanted to say at work, whether it be to a patient, doctor, visitor, or other person. Some of the things are funny and some are passionate! Please share :)

I am a new nurse on the unit, not familiar with the residents, and not familiar with their family members. The family members are also not familiar with me! A visitor that I have never seen in my life came up to me while I was passing medications to a patient and said: "How much did Mom eat today?"

What I wanted to say: "We don't have any patient here named Mom."

[GSDlvrRN, MSN]

Bump!

[hppygr8ful, ASN, RN, EMT-I]

On 7/17/2016 at 9:57 PM, GSDlvrRN said:

I had a patient say she was having a diabetic attack. I brought in the glucometer and explained that I needed to take her blood sugar. She wouldn't give me her finger and I explained that I needed to do a finger stick to check her blood sugar because she felt like she was having a diabetic attack. She said she doesn't have blood sugar problems, she said I need to check her diabetes. Oh you have diabetes but not blood sugar problems? Makes perfect sense.

Maybe she was being attacked by a diabetic?

[Persephone Paige, ADN]

Patient with spectrum disorder screaming to the top of his lungs, all day and all night. He can't help it, but other sick patients have ZERO tolerance. I get it, but still, "what should we do, kill him?" Was on the tip of my tongue, all day, when someone complained. Other patients were screaming, 'shut up!' Ugh... what a day. I felt so bad for him.

[GSDlvrRN, MSN]

A few days ago i had a patient with what the resident called cardiac wheezes. Patient was admitted for CHF exacerbation, she had been diuresed thoroughly for 7 days. BNP was greatly reduced.

The wheezes continued, were audible from 10 feet away. I ask the resident for duonebs and chest xray because the wheezes have not improved with lasix for 7 days. Resident says no, she thinks they're "cardiac wheezes". I note patient has history of asthma and rescue inhalers are part of home meds.

Resident rounds with the attending later. He mentions the wheezing and asks her what she thinks the patient needs. Orders duonebs and chest xray. I wanted to ask her where she got that idea from!!

[Here.I.Stand, BSN, RN]

“Play the man!” To the man-child who got himself shot in a gang war... because nearly every one of them is a man-child. You wanted to be the big tough guy — ACT LIKE IT.