What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

Specialties Emergency Nursing Q/A

And did you have to treat them?

I am just curious. Your stories always seem to either crack me up or shake my head in amazement.

Thanks for sharing ?

I'd mentioned my own personal story elsewhere, but on the lines of people being in ER for unecessary stuff; such as the time I was in (due to traumatic injuries/fractures which ended up in a several week hospitalization at the time - healed up with no adverse sequelae fortunately). What disgusted me was being in excruciating pain, and watching a kid with conjunctivitis (pink eye). Hearing the kid do an eye test while I was laying there disgusted me. Some of the ridiculous reasons people go in are worse when your a patient with an actual legit problem.

Of note, the pink eye kid, roughly 8 years old or so, obviously stable and the paranoid parent could/SHOULD have taken him to the local 'doc-in-the-box'/after hours care place.

it sucks to have to wait. while i agree it is horrible to be made to wait when you are in pain, you cannot **** around where eyes are concerned. one fine summer day i started to feel irritation and redness in my left eye. i waited till the next day for an appt. with my pcp. by the next day, i could no longer see on the left side. i went to mass eye and ear ER, was seen and admitted. i was there for a week, in excruciating pain, with a pseudomonas corneal ulcer. it left me blind in one eye for 9 months and eventually required a corneal transplant d/t scar tissue. i can see now, but i will never forget the pain or the disfigurement during the blindness (yellow-ish cataract with a blue center, deviated to the outside). this is a rare case indeed, but is a cautionary tale. always take complaints involving eyes seriously!

The police had raided a crack house. In the refrigerator they found what they thought was a human fetus. They brought it to the ER. It was an oyster.

why would they bring it to the ER? wouldnt they have their own medical examiner look it over? i dunno... that just seems odd to me.

Are ya ready for this one?!

I had a MALE pt come into the ER with c/o a sinus infection. He stated he had green drainage from his nose and a headache. We gave him a script and sent him on his way.

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO................a few days later, he returned to the ER wanting a new script, stating that the one we gave him wasn't working. We asked him if his symptoms are the same. He replied that yes the are the same, only the green drainage has spread. I asked "Spread"? Where?

.....................................................................................................................................................................the green drainage had spread to his member!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :uhoh21:

Another day in the life of an ER nurse!!!!!

HAD A PT AND HIS GIRLFRIEND COME IN AND WANTED TO BE CHECKED FOR A

STD.WHEN I ASKED WHY HE THOUGHT HE HAD A STD HE TOLD ME HIS PSYCHIC TOLD HIM. I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD ANY DISCHARGE AND HE ASKED FROM WHERE.

DR SAW HIM AND TOLD HIM TO GO TO THE PSYCHIC FOR THE RESULTS LOL :rotfl: :rotfl:

A guy put gasoline through his infusaport,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I have so many, Just don't know where to begin

A young couple brought their 4 month old in because he was crying for 3 hours earlier in the day, no fever, no vomiting, no rash, no nothing. Very cute baby though!

Specializes in Inpatient Acute Rehab.

We had a lady come in to be seen for...... get this..... chapped lips!!!!

Go to the store and buy some chap stick lady!!!!!!!! :angryfire

Specializes in ER straight out of nursing school.

How about the 30yo female came in for a splinter in her finger (she was at work when she did it) Any ideas what she had on her mind? On Job Injury.....

And then the crack head that came via ambulance because she thought she "might have a STD" when I asked her if she had recently had unprotected sex, she told me "well, I milked his d**k before I let him put in my pu**y and nothing came out of it", I then asked her why she thought she might have an STD and she said "it kinda smells down there" THAT IT DID!!! I must admit that is the funkiest monkey I have ever seen! Not to mention her foul mouth!

Specializes in ER straight out of nursing school.

oh! I forgot the best part, when I went back in to discharge her, she had put her sweatshirt on..... I swear to goodness it said "DIRTY SOUTH" on it!!! I thought I was going to die trying not to laugh. Needless to say the doc got a big laugh out of that one along with everyone else working that day. :chuckle

Specializes in ER, ICU, L&D, OR.

I liked the 22 yo m who came in after Overdosing on cocaine and also took 20 tabs of Viagra

Hes was stiff as a board :biggringi :biggringi

Brilliant! I wonder if the government would be willing to make up some "how to masturbate" pamphlets to avoid spending $$ on extra ER visits. I betcha it would qualify as a disablility if enough people complained...

Perhaps community health nurses could hold some teaching classes. But they would have to be trained by their administrators-oh the mind boggles..

OhOHYEAH- I finally found my specialty- Where can I get certified as a Sex Education Nurse Practitioner?

Specializes in ER, ICU, L&D, OR.
OhOHYEAH- I finally found my specialty- Where can I get certified as a Sex Education Nurse Practitioner?

I will stay out of this and leave this alone

Yes Im chicken

Yes I keep my balls in the short grass

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