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:
In a discussion with an older female adult, we were discussing second marriages. 'I'll never remarry,' she said. 'At a certain age, all they want is a purse or a nurse!'
Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.
I was preparing a bolus tube feeding for one resident and accidentally knocked over a couple of cans of Jevity. The roommate on the other side of the curtain woke up and asked "Are you the cat?"
Before I could catch myself, this came out: "Yes, Elaine. Meow!"
My patient asked if it is hard working 12 hour shifts. I told her it makes for a long day because it's more like 13.5 hours but it's nice having four days off. She says, "It must be nice to get paid so much and just chill!"
I was preparing a bolus tube feeding for one resident and accidentally knocked over a couple of cans of Jevity. The roommate on the other side of the curtain woke up and asked "Are you the cat?"
Before I could catch myself, this came out: "Yes, Elaine. Meow!"
Elaine: "Oh, OK, I'll just go back to sleep now."
lol!! Those darn cats! I once had a patient who kept slapping his stomach and i asked him what he was doing
he said:"Just making some noise so the cats will come sleep with me"
"Write this down on a piece of paper: '[Patient's name] will try and succeed at curing all autoimmune disorders.' If you save this piece of paper and give it to me in 2025, I'll give you a job my cabinet when I become president." - while I was conducing morning group on the psych unit. I lost the paper.
While giving an elderly pt a bed bath, including very thorough peri-care (he needed it), he said to me, "I know what you're trying to do down there, and I think you're sweet and appreciate you trying, but things haven't worked down there in a while." í ½í¸®
Patient repeated "I went down on 2 guys" over and over again while transferring him. While we certainly were taking it out of context, it was hard to refrain from snickering.
Patient was complaining after a week of using her inhaler that her breathing was not any better. I wanted to review how to use it with her. I asked her to demonstrate and she put the inhaler to the right side of her neck and pumped it and I stopped her before she could do the left side. "What are you doing?" I said. "I thought this was the way it is supposed to be used," patient said. I showed her the correct way and she informed me that she was extremely embarrassed. (No wonder your breathing was not improving)
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In a discussion with an older female adult, we were discussing second marriages. 'I'll never remarry,' she said. 'At a certain age, all they want is a purse or a nurse!'