***Disclaimer*** This is a complete and total VENT most likely spurned on by fertility hormones and or possible new pregnancy :)
I won't specifically pick on the call bell sitter I have at this moment, but man men age 30-40 seem to be the weeniest of patients! ("weenie" in my family means silly and sort of weak) I understand you had a lap appy and feel a little sore, but do I really have to pour your grape juice for you (under direction to do so) while you enjoy your Q2 Morphine and tap away on your laptop??
Grumble.
Ok I feel better.
P.S. By the way, to those of you warming up your keyboards to remind me that pain is subjective and individual, yeah I get it, I know it, I have it tattooed on my butt!
And this is a little off the subject, but what's up with middle aged men showing off their junk?? When I need to listen to your bowel sounds, you really don't need to pull your gown up to your neck and throw your covers to the floor! I"m really not impressed!!!
We had one about a month ago where I was warned in report that the patient was showing "Joe and the boys" to everybody from the cleaning staff to environmental services any chance he got. I told the CNA that neither one of us were going into the pt's room alone, so in we went together. I'm doing my assessment, go to listen to his lungs, and up goes the gown to his ears and he gives a suggestive hip wiggle. Without batting an eye, I said, "Honey, your lungs aren't down there, and you need to pull up your sheet, you MUST be cold." The CNA about died laughing, and he didn't do that anymore.
My whine might occur with a migraine or cluster headache. I usually lay lifeless with the migraine without making a noise unless it is the sound I make while hugging the throne (toilet, commode, what have you). I pace with the cluster, have one weeping eye, and make no unnecessary noise. I am tempted to bang my head against a wall to try and alleviate the suffering with the cluster. I am reduced to baby status with these:grn:
I guess we all have our weaknesses. But, a hangnail (or insert any number of such "traumatic" injuries that are equally debilitating) ....please give me a break. rofl
Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
I've always wondered the same thing. In fact, when my co-workers complain about these types of people I usually say, "In a few hours, we're all going home and they're not going to be there, but some unlucky person has to live with this!"
My husband saves it for me. He is a "tough guy" I mean the typical macho guy always looking for the next fight, been in more fights then I can count (he is not a big guy either, but very strong). I mean he lived for fighting. Thankfully he has calmed down a lot in the past 10 years but I have seen him get in about 7 fights with big guys and have seen him wake up find after getting punched in the head numerous times by taking on like 4 guys. Seen him get big gashes and act fine.
When it's something instant like that he is fine.
But pull out a needle and he is crying like a baby. Let him catch a cold and he might as well be on his death bed. He almost can canceled having his wisdom teeth pulled, (that he was going to be completely under for) because he didn't want the IV.
it just amazes me. 250 lb UFC fighter and my husband is ready to go to blows, pull out the syringe and he is running at top speeds.
I also can't stand the male patient aged 25-45 who, due to a *fever* of 99.3 is so incapacitated that he can't answer simple questions like where is your pain, what medications do you take, or do you have any allergies to medicine ... his wife/mother/significant other has to do it for him.
I also can't stand the male patient aged 25-45 who, due to a *fever* of 99.3 is so incapacitated that he can't answer simple questions like where is your pain, what medications do you take, or do you have any allergies to medicine ... his wife/mother/significant other has to do it for him.
i can assure you, not this wife.
hubby had a "man cold" and asked me to get him a cool towel to put on his brow/forehead.:stone
meanwhile, i had been sick myself, running a temp of 102+, AND caring for 3 sick kids w/chicken pox.
i got the towel and smothered it over his nose/mouth, and with eyes bulging and hushed tones, i 'calmly' told him to eat 'poop' and die.
i then walked away.
that was approx 15 yrs ago, and he has never bothered me since.
to this day, he is incredulous that i am nice to my patients.:rotfl:
Didn't female nurses coin the phrase "whiny gynnies" about females? Female trauma patients are no better than is being described.
Tit for tat I know and people are just venting and I know why men get a bad rap, but please women aren't all that stoic either. I think our soceity as a whole is whimpy and loved to be waited on.
Tit for tat I know and people are just venting and I know why men get a bad rap, but please women aren't all that stoic either. I think our soceity as a whole is whimpy and loved to be waited on.
Putting on my flame proof suit.
No flames here ... I agree wholeheartedly.
And Leslie ... great story. My hubby has not whined since I applied pressure to the arterial bleeding in his hand wound with my one hand while driving him to my ER with my other hand. He says he's slightly afraid of me now.
Tit for tat I know and people are just venting and I know why men get a bad rap, but please women aren't all that stoic either. I think our soceity as a whole is whimpy and loved to be waited on.
sorry tweets, going to disagree.
sure, some women are babies but overall, i think we're a lot tougher and less needy.
living with monthly periods (often, incredibly debilitating) x 40 yrs, then the 'joys' (:uhoh21:) of labor & delivery for each child born...
well, me thinks we own the experience of what pain is.
now, we are talking about minor illnesses and/or some of life's anticipated nuances.
in no way whatsoever, does this thread relate to those with serious illness.
when it comes to such, there aren't any gender variations, and we truly remain equal.
sure, some women are babies but overall, i think we're a lot tougher and less needy.
living with monthly periods (often, incredibly debilitating) x 40 yrs, then the 'joys' (:uhoh21:) of labor & delivery for each child born...
well, me thinks we own the experience of what pain is.
now, we are talking about minor illnesses and/or some of life's anticipated nuances.
in no way whatsoever, does this thread relate to those with serious illness.
when it comes to such, there aren't any gender variations, and we truly remain equal.
leslie
I am with you, leslie.
I have said for YEARS that the worst patients to take care of in terms of tolerance for pain is men ages 25-45, give or take. That's on the overall, of course. There are exceptions to every rule.
Amen to the debilitating menstrual cramps. I've had exes that have said to me, "they're just cramps." I've suffered from severe endometriosis and IC for over 10 years. They wouldn't have lasted a day with pain like I deal with day in and day out, I guarantee it. Guarantee it. I can't relate to the childbirth aspect, but it's got to be up there.
Sorry, Tweety. Seeing how my ex would whine and whine over simple colds (not to mention watching how patients behave) has sealed this theory for me!
And this is a little off the subject, but what's up with middle aged men showing off their junk?? When I need to listen to your bowel sounds, you really don't need to pull your gown up to your neck and throw your covers to the floor! I"m really not impressed!!!
HA, and don't those guys always seem to expect some kind of acknowledgement from you, like "how impressive." There's this little pause like they are awaiting your appraisal, then the little sullen look that follows .
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
i had an ex who was stung by a bee as he walked me out to my car as i was leaving for a night shift. he screamed and cried and whined, writhing in "agony". after establishing that he wasn't allergic to bee stings, i went to work. whereupon he sulked for days because i didn't stay home from work to take care of him.
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nerdtonurse?, BSN, RN
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We had one about a month ago where I was warned in report that the patient was showing "Joe and the boys" to everybody from the cleaning staff to environmental services any chance he got. I told the CNA that neither one of us were going into the pt's room alone, so in we went together. I'm doing my assessment, go to listen to his lungs, and up goes the gown to his ears and he gives a suggestive hip wiggle. Without batting an eye, I said, "Honey, your lungs aren't down there, and you need to pull up your sheet, you MUST be cold." The CNA about died laughing, and he didn't do that anymore.