With some of the things patients say, Nurses sometimes wonder if they are on a hidden camera TV show! Weird, wacky or even touching, those phrases stick with us. Think of your favorite thing a patient has said, submit it in the comments below and you'll be entered to win a $250 amazon.com gift card!
Winner will be announced May 16, 2017
UPDATE June 5, 2017
The winner of the $250 amazon.com gift card for favorite thing a patient has said from allnurses.com is user jndmj30 for:
Helping my 90 year old resident get ready for bed and she looks down, lifts up her breasts and says, "I used to have such nice breasts, now I just have the bags they came in..."
Specializes in Pediatrics, Pediatric Float, PICU, NICU.
I had a 15 year old post op boy recite the ENTIRE Old Spice commercial ("look at me, now look at your man, now back at me") to the doctor who asked how he was feeling as soon as we rolled him into his room from PACU. On top of it, he recited it in some weird accent and stated at the end "what is this accent? I do not know why I am talking with this accent!"
How I figured out a patient had difficulty hearing... I asked her a question and she replied, "I'm sorry, what did you say? I couldn't hear you, the sun was in my eyes".
Had an elderly gentleman who had a history of dementia. One of his symptoms on this admission was diarrhea and his bottom was getting very red. One of the times I was assisting him in the bathroom, I grabbed the protective ointment and started to apply. The man jumps up and says "Whoa now! What are we, in France?" 😂
I will never, ever, forget this story or this patient. I tell it to coworker's occasionally just to keep the memory alive & work a bit on the informal side!
An elderly gentleman who I changed his foley routinely every month met my husband and son one day. As I introduced them, my patient said to my husband, " Your wife takes great care of my member."
Yes, it was embarrassing, thank God my husband is an understanding man. It was difficult trying to explain this to my 10 year old son.
Psych patient with disheveled hair sprawled out in different directions, and a wide eyed kind of stare, "I haven't slept in seven years". She would say it every day, like a mantra. Of course she's observed sleeping every night.
A female patient on a memory unit was ransacking the (locked) med cart, stacking med cups, and typing on the keyboard. When I entered the unit she looked up and said, "Oh, there you are, dear. Come over here, honey, you're looking constipated again."
Lindseyp
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"You have nice contours and I'd like to admire them." Said a resident to me when he was grabbing at my sweater.