What are some of the most ridiculous requests you have heard?

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All day breakfast - Are you kidding me?!

Aren't you amazed by patients (and families) who think nurses are there to wait on them hand and foot. Yes, we provide service around the clock, but it is not in the form of food but medical care. What are some of the most ridiculous requests you have gotten?

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Where the H is management at times like this? They should be taking people to task for this nonsense, not slobbering over Press-Ganey. Healthcare definitely needs to be patient-centered, which means we take care of the medical and nursing needs of the patient. It needs to stop being so idiot-centered.

I love this! Thanks for saying it!

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Specializes in LTC.
Maybe it's just me, but I think that's kind of sweet. Now if you could have convinced the grandson and his wife to cook the omelettes instead of obviously incapable Grandma I might have made the rehab kitchen available for them. Who knows, maybe Grandma would have loved directing them on making her famous omelette.

No rehab kitchen here unfortunately. In addition, I did suggest that they take grandma out for breakfast or bring back breakfast to the facility and eat with her in resident lounge. That was a no go. IMO, even if we had a rehab kitchen, I do not see being able to convince grandson to be the one to cook.

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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

Meh, I worked in dentistry for many years, I would have done it. It's part of oral cares, right? If dad isn't able, who is going to do it?

I was asked by a patient's son to floss his dad's teeth. I was so shocked speechless. I then told him, I have never been asked that but that we would 'attempt' if his dad allowed it. I would have told him to floss ......but I wanted my job, and my employer at that time catered to these entitled families. Needless to say the patient refused.
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For some things, you going to peel them. Puddings, gnocci, potato bread, latkes, noodles, roesti, pommes Anna, you'now

But I'm a passionate cook and a d*** foodie with European taste... both things, and the second one in particular, are hardly compatiblle with TOO thrifty style of life.

Can I come eat at your house?

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Specializes in Emergency/Trauma/Critical Care Nursing.
If you wanna see REAL things, go to Detroit Receiving or Children's. Especially in ER. After that, there will be nothing in the whole world to surprise you... or scare you away, for that matter.

Don't forget Henry Ford ER lol!

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Specializes in Emergency/Trauma/Critical Care Nursing.
This is nothing. A GI doc I used to work with saved his wife's hardware from when she shattered her ankle. Once her pins and screws were removed he had them dipped in resin and had them made into a Xmas ornament and that was her Xmas gift that year. I'd need a divorce after this.

Barf!!!

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Specializes in ICU, LTACH, Internal Medicine.
Can I come eat at your house?

You're welcome, would be fun to feed Anna pommes Anna!

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Specializes in Emergency/Trauma/Critical Care Nursing.
"My girlfriend is catching a cab to come and see me, you guys will pay the driver right"?

Only if they don't mind being paid in snack packs lol

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"Can I keep my placenta in your staff frig until I get discharged?" Um... no

"Turn around! I want my family to see this! You have have the cutest butt in those scrubs!" smh from sheer embarrassment...

"Could you bring us an ice bucket for our champagne?" Um, I know you're excited about the birth of your baby, AND it's New Year's, but we are not a hotel. However, a clean emesis basin filled with ice will do the trick! :D

"Can my husband take my pain med instead? He's pissing me off and needs to chill the F out." I'm thinking um no...

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Specializes in LTC.

Resident's family was visiting. His daughter was very obese....500lb range. She needed to use the bathroom and the CNA if she would help her wipe. CNA came to me to ask if she had to do this. I said no but would talk with the daughter and let her know we couldn't do this. I spoke to the daughter and told her as nicely as I could that "I am sorry this is not a service we provide for family members"....she was so disappointed and her mother was upset....well what are we going to do?"...the mother proceeds to think over their dilemma and then asked for a pair of gloves and said to daughter "guess I have got to do it, get in there and lets get it over with".......

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Specializes in Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory.
Resident's family was visiting. His daughter was very obese....500lb range. She needed to use the bathroom and the CNA if she would help her wipe. CNA came to me to ask if she had to do this. I said no but would talk with the daughter and let her know we couldn't do this. I spoke to the daughter and told her as nicely as I could that "I am sorry this is not a service we provide for family members"....she was so disappointed and her mother was upset....well what are we going to do?"...the mother proceeds to think over their dilemma and then asked for a pair of gloves and said to daughter "guess I have got to do it, get in there and lets get it over with".......

Who on earth does it the rest of the time?

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.
Who on earth does it the rest of the time?

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