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:
After explaining the difference between a ct scan and a mri to a "gentleman"....so the ct scanner is like a lady parts and I am the pens and I slide in and out of it.
Upon entering a male residents room to get his finger stick I said "I'm gonna give you a little poke" to which he replied " I'll give you a little poke too"
I've told this one before, but I still laugh thinking about it:
I had a pt's daughter (the daughter was a frequent flyer) ask me for oxygen. Saying she needed it when she slept. I explained to her that we cannot give non-pt's O2. She then proceeds to c/o SOA, to which I get a wheelchair and tell her I would be happy to take her to the ER (clearly faking it). Then... and I wish I was lying.... she fake died. FAKE DIED. Did a couple gaspy/choking sounds, slumped over on the couch, closed her eyes and stuck her tongue out. I just walked out and got the house supervisor, as I laughed the whole way.
I had a sweet old man, one day, who was Very constipated. I had to perform a digital disimpaction. Not My first. It was successful and after that he introduced me, to everybody, as "My Angel!" "She saved My life!" He was so sweet and appreciative. My all-time favorite patient!
An elderly confused patient arrived in the ER. She is wearing eye glasses that are as thick as Coke bottles, so her eyes are already slightly magnified. She weighs about 90 pounds soaking wet, and she is also hard of hearing. She said something funny. I laughed and leaned closed, speaking loudly to her, "Mrs. Smith, you are a hoot!!" Her bug eyes got even larger as she looked at me strangely. "What do mean I'm a NEWT?"
A different elderly confused patient arrived in the ER. I am standing at the nurse's station waiting for something for another patient I am listening to another nurse settling this patient in and starting her assessment. Nurse speaks to patient "Hi Mrs. Jones, I am Sally, I'll be your nurse today" No response. Nurse repeats same but a little louder. Still no response. Nurse tries again, even louder. Then the patient shouts back in a perfect conversational tone (not angry) "HELLLLOOOOOO. NICE TO MEET YOU!!!!!" Maybe you had to be there, but I was doubled over laughing SO hard I almost peed.
My favorite patients of all time once said to me "my legs have been swollen for months and I haven't been able to tie my shoes in weeks, but once my johnson started to swell up I knew something was wrong"
I just walked out and got the house supervisor, as I laughed the whole way.
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After explaining the difference between a ct scan and a mri to a "gentleman"....so the ct scanner is like a lady parts and I am the pens and I slide in and out of it.