Your Call Light is On Can I help YOU?

[MrsMommaRN]

he he! i got this idea for a thread starter from a previous post. what was one or more of the funniest or weirdest requests you have gotten when a call light was put on?

here is one to start:

can you change my tampon? (from a perfectly capeable 30 something to a really embarassed male nurse)

[maolin]

they're not all bad...

on an IMC unit...

"May I help you?"

"I'm ready to go to sleep and just wanted to tell you I love you. See you in the morning"

"We love you too. Sweet dreams."

My fav call light ever.

[suzy253, RN]

or: (from a man on a clinatron sand bed "what time does this flight land?"

:lol2:

[Boston-RN, RN]

NO Kidding.... "I can't find my TV remote" (yes it's the same as the call bell) "Oh I can't find that either"

[KarynicaRN]

i went to answer a call light and the lady insisted that she didn't call for anyone. as soon as i am out the door, she was back on the light again. happened every single day, several times. :chuckle

[aeauooo]

wish i had a nickel for every guy who wanted me to scratch his balls!

i've never had a guy ask me to scratch his balls. i did have one guy who had a few suggestions for what i could do for him. i was sort of sitting on the fence between feeling compassion for his "altered body image" and feeling sexually harassed - leaning more to the harassed side.

i've had a few women with perfectly functional arms and hands who've requested services in that department.

"here's a washcloth," and i'm gone.

[Megsd, BSN, RN]

My friend works in a little hospital and one day she answered a call light because the other nurses were busy. An elderly man was sitting in bed, waving his (perfectly functional) arms around and said to her, "Yeah I need you to move my balls." When she looked shocked, he told her "You're a pretty little girl, I'm sure you have LOTS of experience doing this kind of thing." She told him that was not a very nice thing to say, so he sighed and said, "Fine. Will you please move my testicles?"

[YellowFinchFan]

Demented old lady

"call the police, they have me trapped in a warehouse - call the police"

(she did manage to call the police on her own too)

[emnicams]

I had a patient (in his 40's I think) that would call everytime his IV was beeping and say "Yes, can somebody come stop the ding-dong?" LOL Maybe you had to be there but I found it hilarious. He would also call when he pooped himself and say "I need a clean-up job."

[nyapa, RN]

"can you massage my leg?"

"can you feed me?" from someone who can do it perfectly themselves

[mc3, ASN, RN]

Her response was "That's not my pee. Someone came in here and dropped that off."

You mean no one warned you about the magic pee elves who drop specs off during the night?

I don't know how many elderly pts I've had who "have to pee" the entire time a cath is in, despite every effort to educate them. Must be a really weird sensation when you can't understand what's going on.

I've found that sometimes the sensation is actually by bladder spasms...and try a little Levsin...

[Nurse Salt]

this is a little different, but i hate it when the answer is "can you send my nurse in?" and the person answering says something similar to "what can she/he help you with?" answer: "i just need to see my nurse!" then the nurse runs in, and what's wrong? "i need some tissues/water/my tv on, etc."

ugh! :grn:

jess

i had a 42 year old completely physically and mentally capable male pt the other day who kept doing this "can you wipe off my tray, i spilled some water" several drops of water were on the tray that had been spilled from the pitcher and there was a clean hand towel right next to him!!!

[ChristineN, BSN, RN]

I loved the walkie-talkie man that rings out "can you help me use the urinal, I can't do it by myself." when I ask him how does he do it at home, he replies "all by myself" :banghead:

Sweet little DS pt "I'm just ringing out to say goodnight to everybody"