You know what really grinds my gears?!

[Amina516]

(Ooooooooh, she said it!!)

You know, i want to help people...tis why i became a nurse. But i CAN NOT stand when people dont care about themselves...if thats the case, why the HELL are you in the hospital and wasting my time?

Case in point, patient is effectively showing signs and symptoms of a heart attack. I outline the plan of care from this point, like what tests would be ordered and blood work and ekgs and etc. His response to me?

Patient: Two vanillas.
Me: Excuse me?
Patient: Two vanilla ice creams.

WTF?! ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING? YOURE most likely HAVING A HEART ATTACK and you fucking want ice cream? FUCK YOU!!! I really wanted to tell him to go fuck himself...then thought better of it and just told him to wait til later... Its crazy frustrating when people dont care.. If you dont care, why the fuck should i?!

Though this proved to be the kind of patient who every time i walked in the room, who search for things to ask me to do like "Move this table 2.7 cm to the east and cover my toes". Ugh.


(venty thread....glad to get this off my chest)

[Plaidman]

Some people just don't have the energy to care for themselves. They might have just gotten sick of their lives, or spend too much time trying to care for others. Or in that case, arrogant enough to belive they'll bounce back without even a scratch.


*hugs* Glad your there to help. I'd listen to you if I had a heart attack and you was my nurse.

Now get me my ice cream.

[Exaspera]

*hugs* Glad your there to help. I'd listen to you if I had a heart attack and you was my nurse.

Now get me my ice cream.

How far up your nose would you like it?

[dalesys]

...Now get me my ice cream.

How far up your nose would you like it?

Wouldn't a Foley catheter (NSFW) be a better delivery instrument?

[RayvenQ]

YOURE most likely HAVING A HEART ATTACK and you fucking want ice cream? FUCK YOU!!!

Maybe he knew that and hence wanted it just incase it turned out to be his last meal

Though the later bit you mentioned is just pure EWism

[Exaspera]

I also had no idea that nurses were also waitresses!</sarcasm

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Wouldn't a Foley catheter (NSFW) be a better delivery instrument?

AAAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!!!

I knew I shouldn't have clicked on that!

[Der Cute]

If the nurse does it right, they don't hurt.
BTDT.

[Plaidman]

I think I ripped that one out when I was in the ER after taking far too many sleeping pills and was out for three days. I swore it was acid pouring on me.


.... what would cause that??? I mean, I swear it felt liked Acid on my area.

[Mikkel]

I think I ripped that one out when I was in the ER after taking far too many sleeping pills and was out for three days. I swore it was acid pouring on me.


.... what would cause that??? I mean, I swear it felt liked Acid on my area.

You have to deflate the balloon in the end , otherwise it will hurt when you pull it out.
If it was removed properly I'd guess your urethra was a bit irritated, perhaps even inflamed. It happens, it isn't really made for having things stuffed into it.

[Plaidman]

I don't know what it was. Something was wrapped around it or something. While I was screaming about acid and before I passed out again, a nurse did put something... in?? On? Around?

[tollbaby]

Foley catheters are teh awesome!!!! They put one in when I gave birth to my son (epidural, I couldn't get up to pee, in hindsight, if I had to do it again, I'd try to go natural). I was disappointed when they took it out LOL I'm one of these people who finds it inconvenient to have to stop what I'm doing to go pee, and often I won't go during the day except first thing in the morning when I get up, just before I leave work in the afternoon (cause there's nothing worse than driving when you need to pee) and before bed.

[fireheart]

I am scared now of needing a Foley catheter....if and when I have kids....

I know mum would've needed one as both sister and I had to be delivered by C-section. I was breech and my sister was huge (seriously, she was, a few of the nurses mistook her for a boy in the nursery). One of my friends told us a story of how she was breech and her leg slipped out during labor

[Amina516]

You guys made me laugh, thanks.

I can usually keep it under control but this guy made me crazy for some reason.

All work and no play make Amina something, something.

[trailerparkmedic]

I hope you didn't pull out your Foley. One of my medic school instructors told us about how some strung out idiot pulled his out in the ER. The balloon was still inflated. There was a lot of blood and screaming.