Weird pt complaints

[at your cervix]

OK , I'll start. Last night I had a post partum patient tell me "I keep passing out in my sleep" could someone please explain this one to me??????? Lets hear some of your strangest pt complaints.

[Agnus]

I still cherish the patient who called the clinic at 4:30 pm on a Friday and stated she had an emergency because she was out of BCPs and was going on vacation for two weeks starting the weekend.

Sorry, toots the doctor will not be in until Monday, and you need an appointment because sweetie you aint getting any pills without a check up. Keep you legs crossed. Otherwise plan a prenatal visit for when you get back.

[shudokan-RN]

" my baby is having chest pain"

what makes you think that ma'am?

"because he's sleeping with his hands on his chest"

had to leave the room, about wet my pants!!

[KRVRN, BSN, RN]

When checking a baby's residual before giving a tube feeding, the parents became upset and claimed that we were going to make their baby "bulemic" because we were were taking her food out of her stomach the same way a bulemic person would throw up. Couldn't be convinced otherwise.

[BadBird, BSN, RN]

I had a schizo patient in the ER tell me she was having her 15th miscarriage, it was just her period.

[sunnygirl272]

Originally posted by KRVRN

When checking a baby's residual before giving a tube feeding, the parents became upset and claimed that we were going to make their baby "bulemic" because we were were taking her food out of her stomach the same way a bulemic person would throw up. Couldn't be convinced otherwise.

obviously a victim of the Late Great Big Fat Baby Thread,....

[tinkagain]

I was working in postpartum and a young girl pulled her cord and said it was an emergency! I rushed to her room and she said "The baby burped while she was still on my breast, will my nipple explode?"

I reassured her while trying not to bite all the way through my cheeks to keep from laughing.

[deespoohbear]

I actually had a pt's family complain about the color of the paint on the walls! Like nursing has a whole lot of control over that!

(Actually, nursing has no control over anything!!)

[ShandyLynnRN, BSN, RN]

Originally posted by tinkagain

I was working in postpartum and a young girl pulled her cord and said it was an emergency! I rushed to her room and she said "The baby burped while she was still on my breast, will my nipple explode?"

I reassured her while trying not to bite all the way through my cheeks to keep from laughing.

:roll :roll :roll

[researchrabbit]

"My tongue turned black when I took the medication!" (it was a placebo!!!)

[VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN]

I had a 19-year-old preggo with piercings in her nose, eyebrows, nipples and even her "nether region" beg me not to start an IV because she hated needles. WTF???!

[hogan4736, BSN, RN]

at a retirement community ED in Phoenix...

an RN received a complaint about her scrubs w/ jalapenos on them...

get a life

[Anagray, BSN]

A senior patient who could obvisouly groom herself, demanded that the nurse comes in and cleans out her finger nails and then feed her the dinner.

very funny stories btw, made me laugh so hard