LO's that KNOW IT ALL

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anonymurse

979 Posts

so until he gets some cajones this situation will not change.

What's a K-jones, a craving for bananas? Ook-ook....ook-ook... ;)

AngelfireRN, MSN, RN, APRN

2 Articles; 1,291 Posts

Specializes in med-surg, psych, ER, school nurse-CRNP.

I think it's cojones, pronounced co-hone-ays, Spanish for a certain part of the male anatomy that usually come in pairs. LOL If the question was sarcastic, I guess I'm just a goofball.

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squeakykitty

934 Posts

We have a surgeon like that where I work. We had a difficult loved one that insisted her husband wasn't ready to come home. Although by our standards he was fine. She just couldn't stand to see him post-surgically. One time I told her he was doing pretty well. She brushed me off, saying, "I don't think you understand, he is a very very very sick man."

This guy was not really that bad off at all, was finished with PT/OT, vital signs were great, was doing everything independently, and was more or less completely ready to be discharged except for his wife. The guy would be up walking, smiling, eating, etc. The minute his wife would walk in her attitude was like, "OMG what do you think you are up doing walking around?!?!? You can't do that!!" So he'd just lay in the hospital bed like a lump. She'd hit the call light/coming up to the desk saying he was in extreme pain, etc. She was also very accusatory to the staff, saying stuff like, "If I wasn't here he'd NEVER get medicated! If I wasn't here no one would help him eat his sandwich!" Mind you, this guy was completely A+O and had no reason to have someone feed him. She was complaining about everything and at one point was threatening to call the chairman of the hospital's office. I offered to let her talk to the unit manager, but she said, "No, I want to talk to the HEAD GUY. Whoever it is that signs your paychecks." (yea lady, the executive of this triple million digit corporation will be here shortly to hear your complaint). The only people she ever ended up talking to were the risk management/hospital lawyers because I think they smelled a law suit coming. I documented the crap out of the situation at the time. I call it the McDonaldization of our society. many people think that they can immediately have access to complain to a manager and they will automatically get their way. But at the hospital it's not like we screwed up their hamburger or forgot their fries or something - it can be pretty serious business to even acknowledge a complaint. I don't think they realize that complaints can easily translate into lawsuits.

Anyways, the surgeon just went along with the wife and let the guy stay an extra 4 days with her being a major pain in the neck the entire time. She'd sleep in his room, convinced the guy was dying and "it might happen tonight and I want to be here!" Mostly I think the surgeon just completely avoided the situation - didn't even visit on his rounds or anything most days. Of course the wife was like, "Why didn't Dr. X come and see us??? I have lots of questions!!!" But she didn't want to hear the answers that nursing had to her questions, and she'd completely disagree with anything the doctor said. The wife was insisting the guy get put in a nursing home (he did NOT need to be in an ECF). Thank god the discharge planner finally put her foot down and put a stop to that crap or else he'd probably still be a pt.

All I can say is WOW the lady has some serious issues.

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