Had a patient last night that just turned all my cranks. She was funny, pissy, and prim all rolled into one. First thing I had spelled her name wrong on my consent form (seeing as how the day nurse was hogging the chart and I couldn't get any lables). With my fine 50 + eyesight I read an "R" as a "K", so I got my first dressing down due to my inability to spell. This progressed to the "Why the hell haven't I got my Nicotine patch, yet, it's been 3 hours?" Well if you've ever worked in a hospital and got sucked into pharmacy hell, you know 3 hours is really just a short wait...figuratively speaking that is.
One hour later I was able to finally present my patient with her Nicotine patch. She wanted me to put it on "good" so it wouldn't fall off. As soon as I put it on her daughter encouraged her to *breath deep* to get all the *smoke*. Oh, and she was serious!!!! I explained that it was absorbed through the skin. At this point the patient reaches over and scratches the patch, and sniffs. (HUH??) Then she asks..."What? They don't come in scratch and sniff flavors?".
Oh, and my patient mentioned that she was from Kansas...her exact remark..."How would you like to be raised in Wichita Kansas and be named Dorothy?????"
Toto...we're not in Kansas anymore.
Follow the yellow brick road.......
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Ya gotta go to the nurses lounge and laugh at some of the people that come to the hospital. You get all kinds and it looks like you got a triple play with this one. Funny, pissy and prim in one package.
Loved this story.
Thanks for the laugh, GingerJar.
Helen
It sounds like she was from La-La land not OZ. Send her back in the next cyclone or maybe the Wicked Witch of the West will get her and her little dog too!
Funny story!
:) Ha ha. That was funny. I'm sure as a nurse you see all kinds of crazy stuff. Thanks for the giggle, and happy Easter.
Oh My! Too funny. You have a great blog here :)
MM
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