Most outrageous thing your hospital has expected you to do.

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

I'm sure you all have some doozies!

Once upon a time, as a new grad, I worked in an ICU in TN. Very small, 6 beds. Theis hospital had this certain patient who would call the ER to tell them he was coming in. When he came to the ER, he was ALWAYS admitted. So, one night, right after I started, the NM comes in and says, "Jeffy's on his way to the ER. Here's a list. Run to town and get this stuff for him." The list included a certain kind of yogurt, KFC extra-crispy chicken, Mickey-D's fries, a Blizzard from DQ, and a few other things.

I asked for the keys to the hospital van, and she said that not only was I expected to go in MY car, but that I was supposed to PAY for this stuff!

"Just get the receipts. We'll deal with THAT later. Hurry up. If it isn't here when he gets here, he'll call Mr. Sands (The hospital CEO)."

I looked her dead in the face and started cackling. I couldn't help it. It was so ridiculous.

Add that into the fact that this ICU had open visitation, we could not curb visitors. And the one time I was pulled from the unit to the floor to "help" for a few hours, I was given the NM's patient load, whereupon, she promptly sat down, put her feet up, and said "OK, who brought the UNO cards tonight? I'm ready to play!":banghead: I was not long at that hospital.

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Specializes in Neuro ICU and Med Surg.

I don't think I can top that. If that happened to me I would have quit on the spot.

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Specializes in Cardiac Care.

That's horrible! Pay for the dude's food and use your own gas? God, I hate VIP's.

I'm fuzzy about some of the details, but I remember once (some years ago)we had a victim of domestic violence in our ED. Her husband had really worked her over, and it was just the saddest thing. During treatment, the husband showed up with a pistol, waving it around the waiting room. The police had been called, and I told the guy this. He ended up running outside, across the campus and either slipped or tripped on some ice. He went down at the same time the gun went off. The nurses and docs looked at me and said, "Well, you should go see if he's OK". WTH??? I was a non-licensed person, the only "big-guy" and I was going to do no such thing as to go outside and "check on him". That dude still had a gun. I stared down the ED MD, the head nurse and two other RN's who all thought I should be outside with an armed and deranged man. Fortunately, the police showed up momentarily and determined the dude wasn't hurt.

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Specializes in Medical Surgical.

A patient reported me when I was a new nurse for not acceding to her demand to grind up a steak and put it in her husband's IV. She even ran out on the parking lot (right outside the room) and reported me to the surgeon for this. I was called on the carpet for not being able to reason with her and calm her down. This was loony.

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Specializes in Rehab, Med Surg, Home Care.
I'm sure you all have some doozies!

Once upon a time, as a new grad, I worked in an ICU in TN. Very small, 6 beds. Theis hospital had this certain patient who would call the ER to tell them he was coming in. When he came to the ER, he was ALWAYS admitted. So, one night, right after I started, the NM comes in and says, "Jeffy's on his way to the ER. Here's a list. Run to town and get this stuff for him." The list included a certain kind of yogurt, KFC extra-crispy chicken, Mickey-D's fries, a Blizzard from DQ, and a few other things.

I asked for the keys to the hospital van, and she said that not only was I expected to go in MY car, but that I was supposed to PAY for this stuff!

"Just get the receipts. We'll deal with THAT later. Hurry up. If it isn't here when he gets here, he'll call Mr. Sands (The hospital CEO)."

I looked her dead in the face and started cackling. I couldn't help it. It was so ridiculous.

Add that into the fact that this ICU had open visitation, we could not curb visitors. And the one time I was pulled from the unit to the floor to "help" for a few hours, I was given the NM's patient load, whereupon, she promptly sat down, put her feet up, and said "OK, who brought the UNO cards tonight? I'm ready to play!":banghead: I was not long at that hospital.

Let's hear some of yours!

Humpph. IMO, if Frequent Flyer Jeffy was able to alert the ER he was on the way in, maybe he should have had whoever was driving him take YOUR orders and go through the drive-through on the way in! :chuckle

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Well this happened before I came to my current job. Some of the higher ups thought that they needed to make sure that the residents that wanted to have sex, could have sex. The problem is that those residents couldn't do the job themselves. So they were going to start a program where staff would "assist" these people. My charge nurse made a big stink and told those higher ups that they could not expect staff to do that. She futher told them, that if they wanted this program so bad, they should be the first ones to "assist". Well they did - on one couple. For some reason, that program died after that.

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Specializes in med-surg, psych, ER, school nurse-CRNP.
I don't think I can top that. If that happened to me I would have quit on the spot.

Nah, laughing in her face was better. Got my point across without being "confrontational". If I had quit, my luck, she'd have reported me for abandonment!

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Specializes in ICU,PCU,ER, TELE,SNIFF, STEP DOWN PCT.
Well this happened before I came to my current job. Some of the higher ups thought that they needed to make sure that the residents that wanted to have sex, could have sex. The problem is that those residents couldn't do the job themselves. So they were going to start a program where staff would "assist" these people. My charge nurse made a big stink and told those higher ups that they could not expect staff to do that. She futher told them, that if they wanted this program so bad, they should be the first ones to "assist". Well they did - on one couple. For some reason, that program died after that.

EEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

nuff said:uhoh3:

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Specializes in Cardiac Care.

Let me echo that "eeewwww".

Ick.

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Specializes in orthopaedics.

i love reading these. i can't wait for more. keep em coming.:D

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EEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

nuff said:uhoh3:

EEEEWWWW and sexual harrassment!:twocents:

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Specializes in Telemetry/Med Surg.

Wow...I can't believe these....oh wait...yes I can.

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