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

Susan9608 · Jun 9, 2007

Question: whyis the hospital paying for all that?

Good question. :)

We always absorb whatever medicaid doesn't cover, and they've already reached their max on the Medicaid funded food & transportation allowance. You know that saying that the squeaky wheel gets the grease? Well, the father put up such a ruckus, complaining and threatening, that our guest relations and social work department have been picking up the tab for everything this family "needs" while their child is in ICU. (I hate to sound resentful, but this is the same family that called me a racist, so perhaps I'm a bit biased. Yes, that child is once again in my unit, but fortunately, I have not been assigned to care for that family.)

TazziRN, RN · Jun 9, 2007

Ahhhhh, that father........

gt4everpn, BSN, RN · Jun 9, 2007

some people are not gracious at all ! he should be happy that the hospital paid for the medical bills, even when they were at their limit. some people!

MAP1 · Jun 10, 2007

I had a pt once while I was working in ICU - put his call light on to ask if Iwould call 911 because he was very sick - ya gotta love it

sprocket · Jun 10, 2007

An old man, found hiding his pills in his urinal bottle, was asked why he was doing that and not taking them.

"Because the catholics are trying to murder me!" came the reply!

I walked back into his room 20 mins later to find him happily sitting on his bed recieving holy communion from a catholic priest!

sprocket · Jun 10, 2007

A very "ill" Patient goes missing from the ward, turns back up on the ward 90 mins later, despite security searches etc. not finding him. When asked why he had left and where he had been, he gave the following answer

"Well, I had to see a man about a car. I bought it and parked it in the hosptial car park. I'll get free parking, won't I?"

91C_ARMYLPN · Jun 10, 2007

My boyfriend's father, who is 86 yrs old and still has a sound mind, was talking about how sad it is to be old. Arthritis, potential for falls, prostate problems, etc. In the conversation he said, "Yeah, it's terrible when your mind goes and you get that Old-timer's disease".

I had to laugh and tell him it is called Alzheimer's disease instead.

JustMe · Jun 10, 2007

I work in a Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. Unfortunately it was my 41yo husband who came in with the heart attack. His boss's secretary sent a card to him c/o the "Cardiac Arrest Unit." Thank goodness that didn't happen!:uhoh21:

EmmaG, RN · Jun 10, 2007

Good question. :)
We always absorb whatever medicaid doesn't cover, and they've already reached their max on the Medicaid funded food & transportation allowance. You know that saying that the squeaky wheel gets the grease? Well, the father put up such a ruckus, complaining and threatening, that our guest relations and social work department have been picking up the tab for everything this family "needs" while their child is in ICU. (I hate to sound resentful, but this is the same family that called me a racist, so perhaps I'm a bit biased. Yes, that child is once again in my unit, but fortunately, I have not been assigned to care for that family.)

That is utter BS. 'Customer service' is one thing; kissing their ass is something else entirely.

God, this kind of stuff makes me angry. I'd give anything to work in that department for just one day.

gt4everpn, BSN, RN · Jun 10, 2007

my boyfriend's father, who is 86 yrs old and still has a sound mind, was talking about how sad it is to be old. arthritis, potential for falls, prostate problems, etc. in the conversation he said, "yeah, it's terrible when your mind goes and you get that old-timer's disease".
i had to laugh and tell him it is called alzheimer's disease instead.

hehe, when i was little i thought it was old timers disease too, i mean everyone ''old'' used to get it, so i thought it was appropriate!!:trout:

maranara · Jun 10, 2007

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:

I hope this nurse was trying to be funny :monkeydance:

Otherwise, this is REALLY scary!

TazziRN, RN · Jun 10, 2007

I'll tell one on myself. When I realized later what I had said I wanted to hide.

Busy day in the ER, no chance to restock supplies. I was working with a traveler and he had to draw up a med, less than 1 ml of it. I saw him using an insulin syringe and asked him what the aych-ee-double-toothpicks he was doing, you can't use an insulin syringe for anything except insulin.

I was so used to reading only the calibrations on the right side of the syringe that I totally forgot there are calibrations on the left side too, and it is a 1-ml syringe.......