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:
An elderly female who was having a difficult time getting off the bedside commode, even with assistance. She passed gas loudly and exclaimed, "Good grief, I can't even get up when I am jet-propelled!"
Specializes in ED, Tele, MedSurg, ADN, Outpatient, LTC, Peds.
Triage patient who is a Nursing student , with a possible strep throat trying to impress me with her terminology as I look down her throat with a penlight, "You must be looking down at my vulva!"
"How long does it take these suppositories to work after you eat them? I've eaten 4 and nothing's happened."
Oh my God that's a riot! Reminds me of a thing I saw in nursing school that supposedly actually happened: a patient was being taught about insulin and syringes, and someone demonstrated injecting the orange w/the insulin. The person supposedly ended up in the ER because instead of giving themselves insulin appropriately, they were injecting it into an orange and then eating the orange!!!
PeachyNurse87
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Patient: " Help, help, I'm goin' into labor "
( 87 y/o)
Do you known what you're having, a boy or girl?
Patient: " I'm having a litter of puppies! Five black and white puppies! "