Just had a run of these lately - you know the scene busy ward and ALWAYS at the least convenient time, you hear the buzzer - you go down to check out what the probllem is and the request from the mobile patient is.........
10. Nurse take these flowers out of my room I don't like the smell at night
9. My glass is empty
8. My catheter seems to be slowing down
7. Are these drops going faster than they were before? Pointing to drip.
5. I just want you to meet my family
4. My pillows need fluffing
3. There are small hairs on the bed ( from hairy male)
2. My feet are dry is there a podiatrist handy? (request 10 pm at night in a public hospital)
1. I just wanted to see if this call buton would work
Specializes in LTC,Hospice/palliative care,acute care.
Originally posted by gwenith
Just had a run of these lately - you know the scene busy ward and ALWAYS at the least convenient time, you hear the buzzer - you go down to check out what the probllem is and the request from the mobile patient is.........
10. Nurse take these flowers out of my room I don't like the smell at night
9. My glass is empty
8. My catheter seems to be slowing down
7. Are these drops going faster than they were before? Pointing to drip.
5. I just want you to meet my family
4. My pillows need fluffing
3. There are small hairs on the bed ( from hairy male)
2. My feet are dry is there a podiatrist handy? (request 10 pm at night in a public hospital)
1. I just wanted to see if this call buton would work
ROFL! How about "Nurse-can you do something with that suction canister? I can't stand to look at it......." -as it hangs up on the wall behind the head of the bed...SOOOOO-stop turning your head around like Linda Blair in the Exorcist......
Specializes in CCU (Coronary Care); Clinical Research.
This thread came at the perfect time! One of my coworkers last night had a patient that fit this perfectly!
1) "Can you please wipe the tears out of my eyes" (By pt. with a box of tissues right next to his hand).
2) "Nurse, can you please pull my pillow down just a little bit, closer to my shoulder"
3) "Could you please pull my blanket up just a little higher???"
Honestly. this patient could not do anything for himself. My coworker was in there all night. Here are the tissues, you can wipe your own eyes... You can reach your pillow and reposition it yourself. I think that sometimes people just think that we will do everything for them. It was funny to listen to but glad that it was not my patient. :)
Specializes in midwifery, ophthalmics, general practice.
Originally posted by z's playa
I better practice patience because I have NONE, and it seems you need lots! Has anybody ever just lost it with a pt?
Z
proabably should blush to admit this........when I was 20 we had a patient who had wandering palms- his hands went everywhere! sadly he forgot he was in traction (he had a broken leg) so one sunday we gave him his usual bedbath but managed to use ice cold water......we got ice from every ward, let it melt then bathed him! the other patients thought it was hysterical!! fixed his wandering palms though!!
Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.
"Nurse, I need you to get my Kleenex/water/TV remote/call light/ glasses/dentures/blanket/fill in the blank for me".......and there are 15 family members in the room!!
ktwlpn, LPN
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