The dumbest things you've heard from a provider

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The other afternoon an OB resident came by to check in with a patient, the OB doc seemed very perplexed as to why the patient was crying. "I don't know why she would be crying, that seems strange..."

Because postpartum women NEVER cry. THERE'S NO CRYING IN CHILDBIRTH RECOVERY!!

So what are some of the things a provider has said that just make you wonder?

I love all of these!!

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Specializes in Emergency/Trauma/Critical Care Nursing.

That you can pace PEA, that we should be running DNA analysis from the ED, and that we should give rectal Tylenol orally just because he said to.... Dumb!

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"Sure, this pt's ammonia was 116 yesterday and is 125 today, but we're not going to give him the TID lactulose he takes at home because he's been having loose stools." My hand to God.

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Specializes in dealing w/code browns and blues.

Ha ha best thread ever. I once saw a code where the pt was in asystole. The doc that responded (older gent) continued to ask throughout the code,"have you shocked that yet? Shouldn't we shock him?" Finally the charge nurse just gave up and yelled,"dear Lord, can we shock the patient and then resume compressions?"

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Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.

I saw a second year resident shock artifact once. (Actually, I've seen that more than once over the past 38 years.) He was rounding with cardiology and saw the patient with the defib pads prominently displayed on this torso, looked at the monitor and saw the classic "I'm playing with my ECG leads so someone will rush in here and give me some attention because this call bell business is too ordinary for ME!" artifact. Instead of looking at the perfect art line tracing right below, he simply reached out, charged and without saying anything to anyone, shocked the patient. The patient yelled, the cardiology attending, who had his hands on the metal side rails yelled and the resident was last seen apologizing profusely while trying to "explain his logic."

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Specializes in ED; Med Surg.

Dead quiet for a change, midnight, everyone was charting...a resident came in to do a rectal exam on an 80-something woman. All of a sudden we hear "YOU'RE IN MY VAGIIIIIINNNNNAAAAAAA". We all fell on the floor laughing. If there had been a code I don't think we would have noticed. Never could look at him the same way after that.

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