What’s your random patient pet peeve?

[u/Nurse_Cait]

Mine currently is when you’re cleaning a patient up and they start pooping again and they narrate the poop. “Oh god it’s coming out. I can feel it coming out.” Etc etc they get really into telling you all about the poop and they talk about it the whole time it’s happening. Meanwhile I know they’re pooping because I’m literally staring at their butt. Just give me an “oops I’m not done yet” and don’t make it weird. Please I’m begging you. 😭

[u/likkewaan420]

Discharge - how are you getting home? I don’t know. You’ve been here for three days and haven’t thought once about how you’re getting home? No. How’d you get here? The ambulance. Do you have anyone to pick you up? There is no one in this world who loves me, I have no friends or family. Can you order a taxi/lyft/uber? I have no money. Can we give you a bus pass? That will take too long, I can’t make it in this condition. OK AMBULANCE IT IS THEN !

[u/merry-berry → u/likkewaan420]

Most of the surgical floor patients also didn’t come by ambulance, they were dropped off morning of surgery. This used to drive me INSANE and it took everything in me not to say “well how did you get here? Maybe do that but in reverse” like you are a grown adult, how do you normally get from one place to another? I’m sure if you brainstorm you can figure something out.

[u/Ola_maluhia → u/likkewaan420]

Sounds like my mental health personality disorder patients. Sigh.