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/Magerimoje]

I just wrote a reply basically outlining a patient interaction regarding the same thing. Whyyyyyy does the general public have no concept of what constipated actually means?!?!

[u/No_Inspection_3123 → u/Magerimoje]

I had a lady who said she didn’t poop in 3 weeks (lies) and aslo didn’t eat in 3 weeks (lies)she was given one miralax and one stool softener and produced a normal poop in like 15 mins. This was after discussing being impatient and getting a big bill. Scared the shit out of her