You know it is going to be the admission from hell when.....

[deespoohbear]

You know it is going to be the admission from hell when....

1) Pt arrives and hands you a 4 page typed document that lists medications on page 1, allergies on page 2, diseases on page 3, and surgeries on page 4....(and the pages were filled from top to bottom with info)

2) The family arrives en masse and they haven't bathed in a coon's age.....

3) The POA tells you that they want their 95 y/o relative who has lived the past 15 years in a nursing home to be a full code. Never mind that the patient has Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, paralyzed on one side, ejection fraction of 10%, and so on and so on....they still want everything done to "save" the patient.....

4) The patient who has had several anti-emetics in the ER is still projectile vomiting as they are rolled off the elevator.....

I know there are others.....

[hoolahan, ASN, RN]

I love the post-ops who you see anesthesia running the stretcher into the ICU, not rolling it, but running it in, saying, "His pressure was fine through the whole case..." Yeah right!!!

Male admitted w EKG changes after having sex w GF, and knowing we will have to run interference between wife and GF all night.

[Stargazer]

OH! I'll go you one better! We admitted a guy who drank down a glass of OJ laced with cyanide at the breakfast table, after telling his wife he was going to do so.

For the next 24 hours we tried to keep him alive, wife at his bedside, while his multiple tearful girlfriends all called the ICU wanting to know how he was. I know you're not supposed to speak ill of the dead, but--what a prick.

[Sleepyeyes]

Originally posted by zudy

All the psych beds in the city, and indeed for 50 MILE RADIUS were full not long ago, so along with my usual ER pts I had 3 psych pts to hold until a miracle occurred. (Killer full moon) The first one told me not to get close to him, coz he knew I was going to implant a chip in his head. The second one was wearing a tiara and a candy necklace, the third said "So, when is breakfast served around her?" Inearly told her to go nibble on # 2's neck. At the end of 12 hours we these 3 PLUS all my reg pts (Yes, used guessed it, I AM NOT A PSYCH NURSE!!!!!!) # 1 pt reminded me for perhaps the hundredth time not to put a chip in his brain, I lost it and screamed, "Do I look like I have time to put a stupid chip in your brain!!!!! He looked thoughtful, and said "Well, no you don't." I have also taken care of Jesus,satan and Charley Pride, but not at the same time.

:rotfl: :roll BWAAAHAHAHAHAHA~!!!!!! fam thinks I've lost it, i'm laughing so hard!!! :rotfl: :roll

[JNJ]

3rdshiftguy - we've had the same career.

[nursemouse]

My personal favorite was a woman who was convinced I was a member of a Satanic cult and that I was going to sacrifice her at sunrise!!! When morning came and her physician (who I'd been calling all night for restraint orders and medications) finally showed up, she smiled sweetly: "Why hello, doctor, how are you?" At that point I was sorely tempted to perform the "sacrifice"!

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

Originally posted by JNJ

3rdshiftguy - we've had the same career.

and ya gotta love it!

[WalMart_ADN]

when the admitting diagnosis is PERIODIC BREATHING in a 20 DAY OLD............and no i don't work in an ICU......she'll be fine, just having some episodes of periodic breathing.....

[altomga, ADN, BSN, MSN, DNP, RN, APRN]

oh you've gotta love these; almost everyone fits the admission my floor gets to a "T". ................

As soon as the ED nurse says, "oh they are doing fine.." you know you better be prepared for a night from hell!!!!

I personally love the outlying hospital admissions..they don't know what they came in with, why they're being transferred, etc...it's called wait and see

I still say the old rule of thumb works everytime....the pt only drinks 3-6 beers/day...that equals a min of 18 right?? LOL

My favorite admissions of all time are those that were perfectly fine in the ED and when they hit the floor your called a code!!

Nursing.......isn't it grand:)

[bossynurse]

or how about the motorcycle accident guy that they forgot to mention in e.d. that he has a little CHI. How many times can you say "sir, that collar belongs on your neck, it is not a fan." And you must lay flat" I spent 8 hours trying to reorient this guy.

[P_RN, ADN, RN]

OK all of the above....and on the ONE day during the holidays you and your co-workers decide to bring in a covered dish supper....because you had to work the night of the staff party. Hhmmmmmm....

[Agnus]

When you get an admit from ICU or CCU and the family thinks the patient should still be getting one on one care; be on monitors, etc. etc.

Or when the family thinks the admitting should immediately appear at the bedside and stay there. Since this is NOT reality then you the nurse are suppose to make this happen.

[jemb]

or when ER is so eager to move the patient that they don't wait for you to get the body out of the bed --even though you told them the patient was just pronounced!