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While working in the emergency room I was taking care of a 90 year old lady who came in by wheelchair from a local rest home. Her complaint was right leg swelling and we found an obvious deformity of the femur but she denied any pain. An x-ray revealed a femur facture and the orthopedist was called. It was quite a long wait and I heard the patient call out "nurse come in here". I went to her and she asked me to get her up into her wheelchair, I explained to her that her leg was broken and she needed to stay in bed. She replied very seriously "only one of them is broken I can still scoot around in my chair now get me up out of this bed!"
Just a question for my curiosity...I've never heard of it. What's a Progressive Care Unit?Amanda :)
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Nurse 1: Sir, I can't really give you an Ambien at 2 in the afternoon.
PT: "Conservative Hussy! I'll report you!"
Also:
Pt1: Do you want one of my cookies, Dear?
CNA1: No, I don't eat too many sweets, sorry.
Pt1: Well fine then, you can lick me, I'm sour!
I didn't know if I should die laughing, or vomit in the trashcan on that last one.
One night at SNF, on a unit that I hadn't worked in a long time...I had several resident's that I was not very familiar with. As passed on in report, due to fall during previous shift, I was doing neuro checks.
Oh, and I forgot to mention this was a secure unit with dementia and Alzheimer patients...
First neuro check went well, as I still had my report sheet in my hand with all of his info/assessments. check # 2, with my papers sitting at the desk and him half way down the hall....
trying to assess orientation, I asked several questions including "what is your name?"
and he said " I don't know. What is it?"
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I asked my seventy something yr. old lady if there was anything else that she needed?
Pt. B: "Oh, honey. My husband died 5 years ago and I haven't had a man since. That's what I NEED!" LOL