We've all had them. Pts that do things that just make you go and hit your ahead against a brick wall a time or two. Or really, really conteplate pillow therapy.
Here's what my pt did today.
She was trying to move her bowels - (very, very bowel obsessed lady). She has to be put in a side lying position in bed and use her diaper, because this is the "only" way its works for her (she is a hoyer lift, and sitting her on a commode is difficult). Well, tonight, she decided to stick her hand down the diaper to see if she was done. Of course, she got feces on her hands, the sheets, her gown.... Full bed change, gown change, scrubbing of hands req'd. She said she "didn't think that she would get feces on her hands doing this". Don't know what she expected to find the woman knew her bowels were moving! Things like this just make me wonder what the heck is going on in some peoples' heads. "Hey - I think I'll stick my hand down there to see if I've pooed or not! What a great idea!".
How about the men who spit in their urinals...when there's urine in it? I once gave a little old man 2 urinals and labeled them. One for urine and the other for spit. It worked, but was gross...
Pt. enters triage, pt. has bleeding laceration, oozing abscess, etc. Pt. feels the need to jam finger in said spot to show you where the wound is because obviously you don't notice the 4 inch laceration the is bleeding down their face.
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
good thread!
little old man with a pulse oximeter on his finger. puts it on his member. for some reason, it doesn't work very well on his member, and furthermore every time he reaches down there to reassure himself that his member hasn't gotten away from him somehow, the clip hanging off of it freaks him out. so, every few minutes you hear: "help, help! my dick's caught in a vise!" or "help, help! a snake got my dick!"
the ones who like to scratch underneath their sterile dressings. five minutes after you've changed it, the dirty old finger is underneath rooting around in there again. and the family is convinced that if we were giving proper care, his wounds wouldn't be infected.
the attention seekers -- every time you leave their bedside, they find some "emergency" to call you back. yesterday when i was eating lunch the "emergency" was that they didn't know what channel the big game was on. not only do i not know, i don't give a rip, either!
little old man with a pulse oximeter on his finger. puts it on his member. for some reason, it doesn't work very well on his member, and furthermore every time he reaches down there to reassure himself that his member hasn't gotten away from him somehow, the clip hanging off of it freaks him out. so, every few minutes you hear: "help, help! my dick's caught in a vise!" or "help, help! a snake got my dick!"
oh, very funny! i feel so bad for elderly people who are losing their brain function, but if i didn't laugh about some of the things they do, i'd be crying.
OMG, just sayin!
PraveenMathew
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Why should you bang your head:banghead:
, this is a usual occurring. Think we should raise to the situation and see it from a rather positive aspect.