What things do your family members do that drive the nurse in you nuts?

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1. My dad takes his lasix and digoxin religiously, but never takes his potassium.

2. My mom takes tylenol PM to sleep every night, even though she has no pain, just wants to sleep. I keep telling her plain benadryl will suffice, and she insists that tylenol PM works better.

3. My whole family abuses antibiotics. They take half courses. They save them for future use. They want them for stuffy noses. They want them in case their colds turns into an infection- just in case.

Oy.

Go get him. "Dad, we're going to the hospital."

I tried. He refused. And then thanked me for getting dressed, coming out in the cold, driving to his house, and 'checking' him out. I tried my best to convince him to go in, but he again refused.

He did stay home from a holiday party, though...told me that maybe it would be best because I had insisted he not drive due to tilting to the right. I thanked God for small concessions, and ended up staying there and studying while he puttered around, until about 10 pm.

Grumpy ol' men. Gotta love 'em, especially if they're your own parent...but man, now I know where I get my stubbornness from.

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Ummmm........you just described ME to a T!!:eek:

I am hopelessly addicted to hot, spicy foods and Diet Coke. Unfortunately, as much as I love these things, they do NOT love me back, especially since my gallbladder died and had to be removed back in 2005. So I've learned to simply pop a Zantac before I tuck into a plateful of enchiladas and chipotle salsa---when I remember, that is:icon_roll---and hope for the best. When I forget to take it, I burp up fire for twelve hours.........NOT a happy time, I can tell you.

Here's where "civilians" will chime in and go "But you're a NURSE, you know better!" Well, knowing better and doing better are two totally different animals, and I'm only human....:clown:

I consider acid-reducers/anatacids to be a food group.

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Specializes in critical care; community health; psych.

Our conversations used to be fun. Now they're all about medical stuff. I got a call from my sister ship to shore from somewhere in Mexico. Her elder friend's uterus prolapsed. Forget there was a medical doctor on board. Let's call me!

I never get a break anymore. I am some kind of medical oracle. Nevermind they have a computer and could find the same information online. Let's bother our nurse in the family. Let's not try to use our own brains. :banghead:

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Last week my husband called me from work to say "I need you to create some kind of drug cocktail with whatever we've got in the medicine cabinet so I can sleep tonight." He's been having pain in his jaw that comes and goes, and has been keeping him up all night for the past couple weeks. I'm thinking it's probably tooth related b/c it's in close proximity to a known cavity that he has, and his dental hygeine isn't the greatest. (And I also just had some oral surgery myself and the symptoms are very similar.) Orajel works on occasion, and he keeps telling me "I need to see a dentist" to which I respond "Then call one." since he's home all day and I'm at work.

I work as a pharmacy tech at a mail order pharmacy on the phones, and not in the pharmacy. I am NOT an RPH or a Dr or a Nurse or a CNA. I'm going back to school to be a nurse, but haven't even started pre-reqs yet. So I guess because I WORK at a pharmacy that I should be able to determine a safe mixture out of the Tylenol, Percocet, Vicodin or Flexeril that's sitting in the medicine cabinet....

I gave him 2 pamprins and a glass of water. He said it worked better than the Vicodin. And he still hasn't called the dentist.:banghead:

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Specializes in ER, ICU,.

My SIL was giving her son PHENERGAN for his Asthma!!! Thats all just PHENERGAN!!

I tried multiple times to explain to her she was not treating his asthma. :banghead:

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