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:
I handed my patient a cup for a u/a sample in the ER. He came back 20 minutes later with a full cup of white viscous fluid and said, "I hope that was enough, you guys should really put magazines or something in there!" Needless to say, the cup hit the floor!!
"So when you say no chocolate, does that mean no chocolate milk, no chocolate cake and no chocolate ice cream? And does no citrus mean no lemonade?" A parent calling after being told that their child has GERD.
When I asked my 600+ lb patient how he gained so much weight, he replied "Well I'm diabetic. So every time I give myself insulin, it turns the sugar into fat".
I have plenty things to say, but this one sticks out in my head from 10 years ago. I had a patient who was on a lot of pain meds, and she was allowed to go out and smoke with her also heavily medicated friend unsupervised. Well, later that night shortly before bed, said patient was getting some ice and having trouble making it into her cup, so I go to assist her. I am standing behind her she's in her wheelchair and I noticed a large chunk of what appeared to be burnt hair. I said Ms. Anne, did you burn your hair? She then looks at me and asked "Did you set my hair on fire"? Hard to contain my laughter, but I replied no. Shortly after all smoking trips had to have someone to watch them. The burn holes on their shirts were enough to warrant that!
I had a cute little bandaid pin on my scrubs. My 5 year old patient called out to the desk asking "Can you send me my nurse, she's the one with the bandaid on her boob"!!
Patient: "I'm really nauseated. Can I get some phenergan, benadryl, and demerol?" Me:"Ok.." Patient: "Also, if you have any chips, pudding, red jello, and icecream, I'll take some. And a Dr. Pepper with ice."
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I handed my patient a cup for a u/a sample in the ER. He came back 20 minutes later with a full cup of white viscous fluid and said, "I hope that was enough, you guys should really put magazines or something in there!" Needless to say, the cup hit the floor!!