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I had Mr. One more thing a few weeks ago. I had 5 other patients as well, and he was on the end of the hall. About the 5 time I went to the room and heard "oh, and can you..." I handed him a pen and a peice of paper. Told him to write down his requests as he thought of them, and I would be back in one hour to pick up his list. So, we did that hourly. And it worked!
JennRN65
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I had a patient last night that we affectionately named "Mr. One More Thing." No matter what you did with him, his last words were always, "One more thing."
Mr. One more thing called me into his room for what felt like the thousandth time and asked me for Tylenol. I inquired about his pain and he told me he needed the tylenol for the PAIN IN HIS NECK......
I quietly chuckled, got him his tylenol and told him to let me know if his pain in the neck didn't get better....
It was definetly a funny moment - especially at 2am......