Some crazy/funny things that patients did.

3 Do you have some memorable moments when your patient did some crazy thing that you had to laugh out loud.Last week my patient decided to purchase chocolate laxative (that suppose to help him,it is called exlax).There are 12 pieces of chocolate and you can only take up to 4 a day,my patient said it tasted good and eat the whole 12 pieces,he did had bowel movement lol ,and turned out to be ok))
I work the night shift, and I recently had a patient who was in his 50's, and apologized every time he needed something. Finally I told him that it was my job, a job I enjoyed, and he didn't need to apologize. He then very seriously stated "Well I hate to keep waking you up. I know you need sleep too".

Quote from coolpeachI work the night shift, and I recently had a patient who was in his 50's, and apologized every time he needed something. Finally I told him that it was my job, a job I enjoyed, and he didn't need to apologize. He then very seriously stated "Well I hate to keep waking you up. I know you need sleep too".

I had a patient last week at clinicals that decided to take a poo on a piece of newspaper he laid on the floor

When I was working in a very rural, underequipped hospital I had a patient that gave birth to a premature baby, about 32 weeks. He was life-flighted to the nearest NICU about 100 miles away and his mom went with him. About 2 months later she came by the hospital to show off the baby--biggest, fattest 32 weeker you ever saw. I asked her how he was doing. "Well, once we took him out of the hospital we just filled him up on mashed potatoes and Coke!" Had an old granny midwife tell me how to cure asthma: smell a goat every day. I kid you not.

When I first started as a tech, our Dinamaps had a little bowl in them in which to keep the thermometors. The bowls were right below the display.Anyway, a female post-op patient, rather young and completely with it, decided to pee IN the bowl. I'm still not sure HOW she did it. I guess she thought that's where you peed? I don't know, but it was hysterical!

Quote from cschoppeI had a patient last week at clinicals that decided to take a poo on a piece of newspaper he laid on the floor

[quote=mustlovepoodles;467131 About 2 months later she came by the hospital to show off the baby--biggest, fattest 32 weeker you ever saw. I asked her how he was doing. "Well, once we took him out of the hospital we just filled him up on mashed potatoes and Coke!" [/QUOTE]My mom used to say that some babies and kids grew up and thrived despite their parents and not because of them.

Quote from cschoppeI had a patient last week at clinicals that decided to take a poo on a piece of newspaper he laid on the floor

I had one lol a few weeks back that had been severely constipated. She had come into the ER and had had a bowel movement, and she just kept telling everybody "oh my gosh, it's a lobster, it's a lobster!!! Come look at it" I can't get that sweet little voice out of my head, nor will I ever look at lobsters the same again.I also had another sweet lol whom I was assisting to the bathroom. She wanted me to stay in there with her, now mind you this is a 3x3 room with no ventilation. This pt had been on venofer for a few days now, and she was also somewhat constipated, she managed to have a bm, and then proceeded to ask me repeatedly if I could smell the iron. What??? I had to bite my tounge from saying "oh honey, you have no idea how hard I am trying to mouth breathe right now and not smell anything!"

I had a pt in the ED who presented w/ bilat cellulitis from her ankles down. She also had chronic tooth pain.To keep the dental pain low she fought her infection with amoxicillin...which belonged to her dog. She could only tell me that it was 'one pill twice / day'. She didn't know the dosage, nor the weight of her dog.In addition, she was taking methocarbamol...to reduce the swelling related to the cellulitis in her feet. She gets the this drug from a friend who lives in British Columbia where it is an OTC med.Truth is funnier than fiction (and often sad at the same time).DC ED NOC RNAbbreviations R Us

Quote from cschoppeI had a patient last week at clinicals that decided to take a poo on a piece of newspaper he laid on the floor

[font="comic sans ms"]years ago, i had a patient who used to walk out of her room and turn right, count off three doors down the hall and go into that room, squat in the corner and poop. every day, regular as clock work. the (also confused) little old lady in the room with poop in the corner swore up and down she didn't do it -- it was some crazy old lady from down the hall who came into her room to take a dump. i was brand new -- every morning i charted that mrs. poopyroom had had a soft, formed stool and that mrs. squatsalot hadn't pooped. it wasn't until we gave mrs. squatsalot a laxative she didn't actually need and i caught her running up the hall to the other lady's room to poop that i caught on. poor mrs. poopyroom was so constipated it took several hhh enemas to get her going!