Stupidest comlaint of the night award...

[JDougRN]

Goes to the 49 yo male who came in by AMBULANCE- C/C? He was cleaning his ear, and got some q-tip FLUFF stuck in his ear.At 0430 am......REALLY??? Of course a Medicade cab to go home in as well....our tax $ at work!

[sharpeimom]

seems to me that.......well, maybe we ought not to go there. never mind!

we don't have to go there cuz he came here...:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

[yankee nurse09]

sometimes i wonder if im on candid camera .....seriously! ....triage is the worst you get to hear it all...its TOO much sometimes they tell me their complaint and i just sit there and stare at them for a couple of minutes waiting for a laugh then I start looking around for the hidden camera. funny thing is ...its the people with "those" complaints that expect the most ....been waiting for 5 minutes why havent i gone back yet????why are they going back before me??? we'll just go somewhere else then blah blah blahaakjnfdjbdbfusdbnaudgbau. I aint never comin back here IM IN PAIN and yall dont even care ...i cant even get any pain medicine.

[No Stars In My Eyes]

But what I really want to know is: What's the nursing diagnosis on this one?

I am waiting to hear this one myself. Can you do a careplan without a nursing diagnosis? C'mon! All I can come up with is 'auricular impingement'.

[sharpeimom]

as i'm reading this article the headline that appears in nursing news is "fighting infection with duct tape and q tips" lololol

wouldn't that be a great quote for on a t-shirt, sweatshirt, or a mug?!

[~Mi Vida Loca~RN, ASN, RN]

Two questions on this one,

1. How did the patient board an international flight with a vibrating behind, didn't anyone at airport screening notice or hear any thing out of the ordinary?

2. Did the patient come in for removal, or just a battery change?

Inquiring minds want to know

Steve

Seriously, I can't fly with my perfume or lotion and have to take off my flip flops and have the kids frisked, but vibrator up the orifice, no problem. :uhoh3:

[hiddencatRN, BSN, RN]

I had a parent bring in a patient because the patient had two mosquito bites that itched and got redder when she scratched them. I couldn't believe this was really it so I think I stared at the parent a moment waiting for him to go on to say something else and when he didn't I said "and ... that's it?" and the parent was all "uh, yeah, that's it" like I'd asked a dumb question.

[AngelfireRN, MSN, RN, APRN]

Forget who to credit with the original quote, but......"There ain't no cure for stupid!"

"You can't fix stupid." Credit Ron White. And truer words were never spoken!

[JBudd, MSN]

Knowledge deficit related to inability to cope as evidenced by inane interpretation of events

[F.E.R.N., BSN, RN]

This was not a CHIEF complaint, but it was a complaint...Patient is resting comfortably, watching TV in bed, DC pending...man stomps out of the room to the nurses station and loudly asks, "Is anyone paying any attention to my wife's diastolic pressure?!" Um...no?

[AJPV]

That's what I learned in nursing school - you only need to pay attention to diastolic

[mmutk, BSN, RN, EMT-I]

This was not a CHIEF complaint, but it was a complaint...Patient is resting comfortably, watching TV in bed, DC pending...man stomps out of the room to the nurses station and loudly asks, "Is anyone paying any attention to my wife's diastolic pressure?!" Um...no?

I'd of said... " What's a diastolic pressure?"

[JisforJanet]

I always love the midnight complaints coming into hospital about abdominal pain. The patient gets all kinds of pain meds, ct scans, xrays...etc. I get the patient on the floor and my first question is when was the last time you had a bowel movement? and they reply a week or two ago. Problem solved. Enemas till clear at midnight. Good grief.