I don't know why but that statement makes my jaw clench up everytime I hear it.
I had a patient the other day ask me how I was going to insert a foley since "the head is down there, wont that hurt the baby?" For the love god, people .... come on .. 2 HOLES! SERIOUSLY!
and my favorite of all time ...
"Does that machine beep everytime I dilate?" .. this one left me speechless
Please share your "omg, no she didn't say/ask that" quotes
..................patient is just being wheeled back from L&D recovery after c section. You barely get her transferred to the bed in the room and she asks, "when will I be discharged?
To turn the tables a little... After I had my son I was getting concerned b/c I saw no colostrum, despite my and my son's efforts. (I was no where near nursing school at that point, but I educated myself as well as I could). I was a new mom, scared to death, REALLY needed some reassurance so I asked my nurse about it. With this overly exasperated sigh, she informed me that "ofcourse he's getting colostrum, or he wouldn't have had a bowel movement." (had recently had his first.) To which I, the lay-person patient, had to remind the nurse that my son was only about 4 hours old and that was meconium. Her response? "Oh yeah..." ????
Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.
Yes, AZ Medicaid as dropped coverage for circs, as well. I remember getting an irate phone call from the grandmother of a new baby (the mother was 15) - asking why the hell we wouldn't circ her grandson?? I explained that since Medicaid no longer covers it, the peds require $300 up front to do the procedure. She then said "Well, then there's going to be a whole lot of men with funny looking memberes walking around!" and she hung up on me (which was a good thing, because I was itching to say that my husband and son do NOT have funny-looking memberes, thankyouverymuch).
well i think u shud not blame nurses sometimes.... u must b aware tat some mothers dont produce enough milk too... supplementing your baby is not wrong dear... bt im not saying you should not b/feed... im just saying tat babies shouldnt b in hunger bcoz this can lower the sugar levels..
I love it when you go into a patient's room to start an IV or some other procedure, and the patient's family asks, "do you know what you are doing?" I am so tempted to say, "well sort of, you see they were short staffed tonight, so they just yanked me off of the street corner - hey I clean-up pretty nicely don't I? I love the scrubs!". Or, my personal fave "No, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night!". Geeezzz :rotfl:
LOLOLOL I've actually used the "Holiday Inn" quote the other day!
I hate coming in a room to see the grandmother feeding the baby as much formula as she can stuff in there. Me: "the baby's only 6hours old, why are you feeding him" her: "because my daughter doesn't have any milk yet". :angryfire When I say the word 'colostrum', they nod like they've heard the word before.
Why, dear Lord, don't OBs teach those mothers anything? I just don't get it.
I need a patience supplement.
That is a good point, but also, why aren't people taking the time to seek the knowledge and learn. Uh oh, they would have to read! I think some of you nurses are about the only health education some people get.
I'm just a student in my preceptorship right now (on L&D) but I have a couple, if you don't mind me sharing:
- "Look that time her contraction got up to 65!!!!" With external monitoring and after explaining numerous times that it does not measure the intensity of the contractions.
- "Is this taking so long because my daughter has Medicaid, so you don't want to c-section her because they won't pay for it?" My jaw dropped! I didn't even know what to say. I guess I should have said "I don't know or care what her insurance is. It is taking so long because labor is unpredictable and there is no reason to perform a major abdominal surgery at this time"
- "Oh, why can't you stay at work until the baby is born?" Ummm, because you are 2 cm dilated and I have to be back here at 7am...
It is amazing how many things already irk me... do you think that is a bad sign?
I always tell them that it is of no consequence to me how the bill is paid, however, if you've waited nine months for this day, surely a few more hours won't kill you.
I cannot stand it when patient come in and throw a complete temper tantrum over having their IV started. I know people can be deathly afraid of needles but I always want to say : "If you think this is going to be the most painful part of your day, you have another thing coming. Just wait til you get the 8 inch long needle in your back later, or how about the 7-8 lb kid thats going to come out of your nether regions."
I don't blame them if the IV is in the hand. I was swollen from pre enclampsia and had the IV in my hand and it hurt the whole time because I was so swollen. I was crying and griting my teeth from it. The nurses would just look at it and tell me there was nothing they could do. Not nice when you have to deal with that and the pain in your "neither regions."
Two that I get a lot are..."Aren't you pretty young to be doing this? Is there someone older who could take care of mom?" Well...the housekeeper is old enough to be my mother...would you like her to come in and titrate her drip? Also, I get a lot of, "Wow, you're short..." Followed by either, "You're pretty good at this even though you are short," or "Isn't there someone taller here?" Again, I could have the CNA come in and titrate your drip or start your IV! :)
]*Smiling ear to ear* "Hi I'm in labor".[/b] -Wow you must have incredible pain tolerance. This wouldn't happen to be your first baby would it?
I came to the ER like that and no one believed I was in labor, until they finally got around to checking me and found they were feeling my baby's HEAD. Everyone doesn't coming in crying, screaming, and begging for drugs.
I once had a 15 y/o mom whose baby was in Level II for antibiotics. The grandmother brought her in to visit. The baby started fussing, no response by Mom. I said, "Would you like to change the baby's diaper?" Mom's answer, "That's your job!" Grandmother gasped, she was mortified. I just smiled and told her that I knew how to do it, I needed to see if she did so that when the she could care for the baby when he got home.
I love teenage moms!
Sadly this teen mom is probably going to be allowed to dump most of the care of the baby off on grandma, other siblings, etc.
After I had my son I was getting concerned b/c I saw no colostrum, despite my and my son's efforts. (I was no where near nursing school at that point, but I educated myself as well as I could). I was a new mom, scared to death, REALLY needed some reassurance so I asked my nurse about it. With this overly exasperated sigh, she informed me that "ofcourse he's getting colostrum, or he wouldn't have had a bowel movement." (had recently had his first.) To which I, the lay-person patient, had to remind the nurse that my son was only about 4 hours old and that was meconium. Her response? "Oh yeah..." ????
When I say the word 'colostrum', they nod like they've heard the word before. 
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Father: "When is her stomach going to get back to normal?" And this is said right in front of his wife!