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You guys always crack me up, so I came up with this question to hear more funny weird stories.
What were some funny, stupid, or weird reasons patients push the call light for?
Are you supposed to go to the room right away or how does it work? I will be an RN next year and interested in knowing more about the actual daily life w/ pt.
Here are some of the best...
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I worked with a patient that didn't ring the call bell when she needed something, but would just yell. One day she starts screaming "nurse! nurse!". I take off running because by the sound of her voice, there had to be some emergency. I get in the room and ask what she needs and she just looks at me and says, "I was just wondering why you're so short." I told her she'd have to talk to my parents about that. Then I handed her the call light and walked all 5'1" of me out of the room.
I just laughed out loud! the dog is looking at me like I'm some sort of weirdo!
Had one today. Patient pushed call bell and when I went to her (after a respectable 30 secs- 1 minute as the floor was crazy busy!) she started yelling at me for around 5 minutes about how we should answer the call bells faster, someone might be pushing them because they were dying etc etc.
finally, she paused for breath, I said 'I am sorry for the delay, Mrs X, but I am here now and what can I do for you?". She wanted her blanket pulled up a little! (she was an A+O 32 y/o admitted for DVT- I'm SURE she could have pulled her own blanket around her shoulders if she was cold!)
patient: help me, help me, will somebody help me!
me: what do you need?
patient i need you!
me: why's that
patient: because you're my sweetheart... and i love you **big smile on her face**
patient: nurse, get me out of this bed RIGHT NOW
me: why do you need to get out?
patient: because there is a giant bowling ball falling from my ceiling and it's headed straight for my face
A dementia resident who NEVER pushes their call light pushed it one day... I RAN because I thought she had fell or something happened, and when I saw her, she was sitting by the nurse's station with a smile on her face. When I asked her why she pressed her call light, she said "I just wanted to see if it worked."
My favorite residents where the ones who would ask to lay down only to have to get up again in 15 minutes for meal time. I had a resident who used to pee in the garbage can with the door wide open for everyone to see. I also hated it when activities or another none nursing staff would tell me so and so needs a box of Kleenex, or they would like a snack. I guess there arms are broken or something lol.
ms_sgr, BSN, NP
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OMG!! that is too funny