What is the weirdest thing someone has been admitted to the hospital for?

Munch · Dec 4, 2011

What two days for a stubbed toe:eek: how in the he@l did they get his insurance to pay for that :confused:
I thought they have to ok stays with the insurance before they adment you .

The family said they didn't have insurance and they would be paying in cash(no insurance okay needed). Pretty expensive two day vacation...imagine if he stayed 1-2 weeks like the daughter wanted? I am actually willing to bet when they got the bill they sent photo copies of the guys insurance card. Not to be judgmental...but they were a shady group of people, especially the daughter(like I said a hospital is NOT a hotel or babysitting service, which was how the daughter was treating us/the hospital). :down: The hospital was really full and this guy was taking up a bed when we had MUCH sicker patients that needed to be admitted stay in the ED for over a day waiting for a bed...problem is first come first serve..he was in and admitted before the sicker patients came into the ED...it was just atrocious.

imintrouble, BSN, RN · Dec 4, 2011

During the holidays it's not unusual for us to get LOL who are admitted to the hospital for anxiety symtoms. SOB, C/O chest pain. When they finally reach the floor they admit they just didn't feel like cleaning their house or cooking the dinner for children, grandchildren, and assorted relatives.

Their anxiety symptoms disappear as soon as they're admitted and arrive to their room.

They'll see all their relatives. As a pt in the hospital.

GLORIAmunchkin72 · Dec 4, 2011

"He knew there was probably nothing particularly wrong... "

NOT BAD FOR A 90 YEAR OLD!!:)

imintrouble, BSN, RN · Dec 4, 2011

Omitted to maintain anonymity.

Sometimes when I post I might as well just give my name.

becca001 · Dec 4, 2011

A toothache. A simple toothache. No abscess, young relatively healthy 25yo. Called PCP after ED docs refused to continue to give her narcs and pharmacies in town refused to fill the one script she did have as she was refusing the antibiotic. PCP admitted to Medical floor with dilaudid PCA. I think the PCP had heard from her repeatedly in the past couple of days and was tired of her. :uhoh3:

CRNA1982 · Dec 4, 2011

Pt. came direct to O.R. from E.D. with frozen gerbil in colon. Exploratory laparotomy for removal or gerbil. Good times.....

SweetsRN522 · Dec 4, 2011

Sounds just about right. I had a patient with Sickle Cell crisis who was recovered but staying in the hospital for naracotics. Don't get me wrong I know she is very sick but she has been at the hospital for three weeks now, levels back to normal, she is hydrated and she is still getting dilaudid and benadryl around the clock. I don't understand why they do not switch the IV narcotics to PO a few days prior to discharge:idea:. Needless to say the patient has been stable for a while and the doctor won't discharge her. She calls exactly every three hours. I had another one with gastritis who called every 4 for her dilaudid and zofran. called me to ask when again she is due for her meds??? I do not think individuals are educated about as needed. As far as being constipated goes, what do they expect when they are loading up on narcotics. The whole baby sitting thing does not surprise me we have had a lot of family members who kept bringing their loved ones back because they did not want to or couldn't care for them at home, but refused to place them in a long term care facility. In the case of the food poisoning family, I really hope there was no traumas!! I cannot believe the things people come to the hospital for and that doctors will still give them narcotics. I am very empathetic, but it is hard to feel bad for individuals who are coming in who are not physically sick and only are there for the pain medications. Our hospital actually had a dilaudid shortage recently lol. :lol2: A PCA for a toothache OMG!!:spbox:

RNfor918 · Dec 4, 2011

A patient was admitted through the ER straight to mental health after he walked into the ER stating he attempted suicide via OD. He had drank a bottle of Boones Farm and took member enhancement pills. I had to research "extenze" pills on our computer after we obviously did not have this in a drug book or anywhere else close at hand. You should have seen what came up- I was worried I'd get fired. During his admission to mental health, the patient asked in all seriousness if "we could provide him with Extenze pills in the hospital because he didn't want to lose the growth progress he had already made". He then stated he was never actually suicidal, but told ER staff that he was because he heard that the hospital will provide you with the meds you need for free and he didn't want to pay for another week of the enhancement pills, and his insurance wouldn't pay for them. He also asked for a sandwich and a menu for the week.

WillowNMe · Dec 4, 2011

Not a funny reason, but I have never seen it labeled this way... had a pt that came in after trying to hang herself. Admitting diagnosis was embarrassed airway.

allnurses Guide · Dec 4, 2011

The weirdest reason was actually a non-specific bowel disorder of some type. The weirdest thing about it was I worked on an infant-toddler unit of a pediatric hospital and my "patient" was a bearded, overweight intern in his mid-twenties who was constantly bellowing for more ice chips. He didn't resemble any of the big donors so I'm still not sure how that happened.

Always_Learning, BSN, RN · Dec 4, 2011

Priapism. [not my patient].

dudette10, MSN, RN · Dec 4, 2011

Lately, the working diagnoses on our SBARs have caused me and the nurses in report to look at each other with "*****" expressions. They have become more and more like colorful layman's descriptions of symptoms rather than legitimate diagnoses.