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:
As I walk into a confused 95 yr old male patients room who is currently in bilateral soft wrist restraints: "as soon as I get out of this I'm going to pinch your titties off"
I busted out laughing and then had to kindly tell him I would not be talked to like that only for him to continuously repeat it
Technically my patients girlfriend said this...sounds untrue, but he literally blew his face off with a shot gun, missed his brain, literally no face, I mean teeth were in his eye sockets....sorry just needed yall to know the gravity of the situation. I asked her what happened and led to the events. This very country young lady stated, "well, I's cookin supper, n he was shooting the rifle out the window, I said hunny, quit it! the kids is watching cartoons! Then I heard it again so I said hey, shut up! theys watchin cartoons!, then the third time I heard a thud, and I was like oh hell he done got himself", I literally said, umm ok. The EMS team mentioned it was so far out in the woods that they were terrified.
I took care of a patient who had a leg abscess r/t MVA + ETOH. Words of advice was, "Don't ride a f******g scooter!" I was bawling on the ground. Fun fact, I have my M1 license hahah but the dude was comedy.
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As I walk into a confused 95 yr old male patients room who is currently in bilateral soft wrist restraints: "as soon as I get out of this I'm going to pinch your titties off"
I busted out laughing and then had to kindly tell him I would not be talked to like that only for him to continuously repeat it