Allergies

This is via Nurse Sassy Lionheart, who has now made an appearance on the blog three days in a row,* talking about a patient at her other job:

NSL: It says here you have an allergy to morphine. What kind of reaction have you had in the past?
Walk-In Patient: Well, last time I was in the hospital they gave me morphine and I felt really funny.
NSL: Well that's -
WIP:  (completely in earnest) But right after I took it I also smoked a bag of angel dust.
NSL: Excuse me? You smoked a bag of angel dust in the hospital?
WIP: My friends brought it to me, with some booze. But I was on a PCA pump too. So I don't know if it was a true allergy to morphine or not.

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* Really, she should just start her own blog at this point.

Flattery Going Nowhere

Sassy Lionheart: That's the patient that called Night Nurse No Nonsense 'exquisite.'

Me: Wait what?

Sassy: Yeah, he told her she was exquisite and asked her name.

Me: Ha! You know what he said to me?

Sassy: What?

Me: He told me if it weren't for my stethoscope he would have thought I was a patient.

Sassy: Ha! What did you say?

Me: That we don't have a pediatric department. Do you think he meant I look sick or... homeless?

Nurse Bestie: Your hair is a bit -

Me: Enough.

spell sheck

Yet another good reason to double check all my notes before I sign them electronically at work.

This time I (almost) documented that a patient told me:

"I alway shave blurred bison."

Pain Scale

This morning Nurse Sassy Lionheart introduced our unit to a new pain scale.

Depending on what your job it, it's work safe but not very relevant.

But if you work somewhere that it's relevant, it's probably not appropriate.

#10 is my favorite.