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

Not_A_Hat_Person, RN · Jul 12, 2009

I think 10 cc=1,000 units.

Angie1011 · Jul 12, 2009

One of my personal favourites...

"No, leave the window shut please nurse, I'm allergic to air."

Riiiight. Okay.

bananabubbletea · Sep 5, 2009

hey GT I just saw a thread that stated you went to Hillcrest HS, I went there too, graduated in 2002, so I just wanted to say hi

ShannonRN2010, BSN, RN · Sep 5, 2009

From a pregnant CNA "I don't eat popcorn cause it will choke the baby" huh? babies actually physically eat in the uterus? they have a take out option?

From an old man at work who was yelling:

ME: "Be quiet or you'll wake the baby"

Him (yelling): "YOU WANNA MAKE A BABY?!?"

LMAO...

sharpeimom · Sep 5, 2009

about 4 weeks after i graduated, i worked ortho and had a motorcycle accident patient who was only 17. it was dark out, darkened in the halls and close to report time and i was sitting at the nurses' station, finishing up my charting, and was deep in thought. suddenly, there came an ear piercing screech and we all went running at breakneck speed. it was my patient (of course) and she was holding up the top sheet and looking down, with this absolutely horrified look on her face and said, "i've got all these

little bugs crawlin' around in my public hairs!" i absolutely did not laugh or even smile right there but i had to cough and excuse myself before i disgraced myself. :bugeyes:

sharpeimom:paw::paw:

shbryer · Sep 5, 2009

A little baby was in the hospital with a virus. An IV was going and her 3 year old sister was looking at it. She ask "What is that, her water?" Being that she was 3, I said, Yes it was her water. Then she ask "Why?" I said well it is special water to make her feel better. She said "Oh! It's Sprite!"

Sirapples · Sep 5, 2009

I was working agency at a rehab. One of my patients was a 37 year old lady who was fresh from icu because of diabetic ketoacidocis. She told me she didnt need to take insulin today. I was very surprised and asked her why? she said, I use it to loose wieght. She did accept insulin but she said she wouldnt use it when she was home.

I was shocked. I did diabetic teaching with her for the next 3 days and didnt suger coat it. I flat out told her she will die if this happens. Her roomate had a foot amputation related to diabetes and I asked the patient (who was alert and oriented) if I could show her roomate her wound dressing and disease. That patient said ok.

So when I did the dressing change I told the crazy diabetic lady if she would like to see what happens with untreated diabetes. I showed her the amputated foot. After that she had no problem taking her insulin.

talaxandra · Sep 5, 2009

We had a elderly man on the unit one night and his family was at bedside overnight. The one daughter would constantly come to the nurses station right across from the room and ask the craziest questions. She would stare at the monitor and say "OH MY his b/p is only 109/70 and they want it at 140. YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING!"

I once had a family rush hysterically into the corridor yelling "Heeeeeeeeelp! She's crashing!"

Half a dozen nurses rush into the room to see.. a LOL sitting up in bed looking absolutely fine.

Hysterical daughter: "Her blood pressure's falling! Do something!"

Hmm. No BP cuff attached, no portable sphygmo in the room, wall sphygmo looking unused.

Me, calmly to the family: "what makes you think there's a problem?"

Hysterical daughter, gesturing and in tones of I-cannot-believe-the-stupidity-of-these-nurses: "when she got here it was 140/84, now it's 64/84 and falling!"

Me: "Mm-hmm. That's not her blood pressure, that's her IV pump."

tishirajan · Sep 5, 2009

I had a little lady in LTC who insisted on her daily "prude" juice rather than prune juice. It was really funny because she was a real stickler about EVERYTHING, especially her "prude" juice because it kept her "insides regulated". Kinda like taking care of Granny Clampet. :roll

southernbeegirl, BSN, RN · Sep 5, 2009

i was laughing about this thread with my husband and he told me one a male, Cherokee Indian, patient of his said yesterday.....

pt was diagnosed with "pink eye". he asked my husband "do you know how to give people pink eye?"

my husband says "no"

pt says.....

"you fart on their pillow. works every time!"

gt4everpn, BSN, RN · Feb 7, 2012

the other day one of my patients thought the admit board was a television, asked me to change the channel, I was like nope that is not a tv lol

Mikey31079 · Feb 7, 2012

you just reminded me of my days as a sitter at osu medical center! they had those baxter colleague iv pumps with the big screen. the patient i was sitting with started pushing buttons on it, saying, "i can't get any sound on this tv and the picture isn't good either."