Nurses Humor Article

If You Give a Patient a Cookie

I am under the impression that it's impossible not to take pleasure in at least a little bit of dark humor as a nurse. It just comes with the territory. Much thanks to the original children's book this story is a satire of. Also to my coworker who noted that answering call lights is often like this book. Give a patient something little, and they just want more! Gotta love 'em.

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eatmysoxRN

eatmysoxRN, ASN, RN

728 Posts

Specializes in Med/Surg,Cardiac. Has 1 years experience.

I'm glad we don't stock cookies on my unit! Hahaha.

motay68

motay68

55 Posts

That was great :cheeky:

LandD_RN_chica

LandD_RN_chica

174 Posts

Very relatable. Especially now with my dad just having surgery and then being in icu with everything possible happening (including rectal tube) and now on telemetry. Praying that we are on the road to recovery now. It's been a long road with lots of bumps so far. Praying for no more bumps!

Dream Catcher

Dream Catcher

24 Posts

Specializes in Rehab; Women's and Children's. Has 3 years experience.

This is a great story. I am glad to run into Mully once again and see that he is doing well. :up:

sdrn2010

sdrn2010

1 Post

Moral of the story: steer clear of that hospital!

nursecathi

nursecathi

50 Posts

Specializes in critical care, LTC. Has 20+ years experience.

Did he have a problem with gluten or perhaps an allergy to the peanut butter or chocolate in the cookie? Will the lawyer say you should have checked the chart before giving said cookie? Is it possible he aspirated the milk? Did you do a swallow screen first? I'm sure it was all the nurses fault. The hospitals insurance will cover their malpractice while kissing your butt bye bye!

vbarger28

vbarger28

68 Posts

Specializes in Peds acute, critical care, Urgent Care. Has 5 years experience.

if you give a patient a cookie....

they will ask for a hit of Dilaudid to wash it down. O did I type that?!?! I meant morph- MILK MILK> I honestly meant MILK. :)

ljspen

ljspen

2 Posts

Specializes in Hospice. Has 6 years experience.

Is this book in print??? Because I'd seriously buy like 10 copies...

Adri2004

Adri2004

1 Post

Is this available in a hard copy to purchase??? I thought it was so creative... and true! I wanted to give a copy to my instructors before our pinning ceremony. Or do I have permission to print it? I would give full credit to the authors of course. Thank you for sharing!

Paulthenurse

Paulthenurse

13 Posts

I think we've all had one of those shifts.... yep... here comes a tear with the chuckle.

Chaya

Chaya, ASN, RN

932 Posts

Specializes in Rehab, Med Surg, Home Care. Has 15 years experience.

See, now I thought it was going to go something like "you'll have to do a fingerstick, and his glucose will be high, and you'll have to get the lab to verify it, and you'll need to call the MD for extra insulin coverage, etc, etc...

Silly me ;)

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