Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

A 15-yr-old girl showed up in the ER in the middle of the night: "I think I'm pregnant." It took a LONG time with the same question asked several different ways to get it out of her why she thought she was pregnant.

"I did it with my boyfriend three times."

The interpreter and I didn't dare look at each other, and we got out of that room in a hurry. Actually made it behind the nurses' station before busting up.

A patients husband told me (during labor) now that her water was broken the swelling in her feet would go down.

A patients husband told me (during labor) now that her water was broken the swelling in her feet would go down.

He was right.....................................

technically................................

i was asked if a ventilator and a respirator were the same thing. This from the family that wanted to sue us because dad was 98 and dying from end stage chf.

Even better, had a sweet little 80 something lady say that she didn't want to take her lovenox. When i pushed the point to find out why (not to force her to take it), she said "I don't want any of that rat poisen". say what? " isn't that what they use to kill rats?" took twenty minutes to explain the difference.

"i take my insulin based on how well i can see"

Ok this was not from a patient but a question from my sister....

"Jen, if I drink too much water will I drown my baby?"

We were both pregnant at the time and I nearly peed my pants from laughing so hard.

"I tried to kill my sister because she was suicidal".....his answer for why he was placed in a mental institution

Had a patient who was a little slow who would call his disease "sugar bum-detes"

Had a 93 yr old patient who wanted me to get her some babydine for the itchy spot on her hand.

Had a new little man in the nursing home who fought like crazy when it was bath time. Come to find out, he had never seen a whirpool tub and really thought we were trying to put him in a washing machine. It was really cute at the time.

This one was from a patient's daughter who was trying to control all of the pt's care.

"Can't you give her some Nitroglycerin to help her diabetes?"

Ummmmm........NO!!!

This is not from a patient but from a fellow nurse, "Its been so long since I've given insulin. 10cc is the same as 10 units right?":eek:

Had a diabetic patient who had a blood sugar of 50 something. Patient's wife was arguing saying we needed to give him more insulin rather than get some sugar in him. She said we were killing him and he had been diabetic for over 20 years and they knew how to handle this. She said they were gonna sue me (a 2nd semester student) and the RN for not giving him insulin when he needed it. Hmmm...

I worked with a nurse that called pharmacy to ask if she could give 2 B6 po vitamins to her patient instead of B12 shot that was ordered because she couldn't find the B12 in the pixis!!!!!!!:uhoh21: