Comments on: X-rated complaint

by: katie

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:15:44 +0000

This is hilarious! I am enjoying your blog! -

by: nurseadvocate

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:14:56 +0000

It’s a very funny story, BUT it’s also, sadly, a story about nursing failure. Who ASSESSED the wife’s knowledge and concerns? When did staff say, as she watched her husband being suctioned: “Can you tell me what I’m doing and why?” or “What questions do you have about what I’m doing today for your husband?” (It’s better to structure the question so that the answer can’t be a simple “yes” or “no.”) Who then explained it to her in lay terms that did not presume a knowledge of A & P? How was this communicated to subsequent shifts so it could be reinforced and her understanding re-assessed? Was there a nursing diagnosis related to family coping or knowledge? And if there was, anyone who wrote in a note: “plan of care explained to pt’s family” should be embarrassed. This story perfectly illustrates why a NURSING focus is essential, and why actually USING (not just documenting) a nursing framework to guide care can result in improved patient AND family outcomes. It’s a story that reminds us all, once again, how what seems to us to be simple procedures and circumstances can be utterly bewildering for patients and family members.

by: unsinkablemb

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:03:43 +0000

i think it’s funny… in our line of work, we have to find some humor in what we do otherwise we’d all be depressed!

by: Lisa, RN

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 01:32:47 +0000

I will never be able to look at secretions the same way! Too freakin’ funny!

by: Moof

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:31:16 +0000

Someone buy her an anatomy book! Quick! ;o)

by: shrimplate

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:22:53 +0000

I’m with Melissa on this one. The wife has a serious problem and I’ll bet she herself will be hospitalized within a few months.

I used to have a hilariously foul-mouthed co-worker who would, after confronting an unpleasant person, mutter the phrase “f%@k ‘em in the neck.”

Ewww.

by: Melissa

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:32:22 +0000

It sounds like the wife was suffering from dementia or schizophrenia. No one could be that uneducated.

by: Terry at Counting Sheep

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:33:22 +0000

She was serious, right? Then it’s a sad story.

But as a healthcare provider, that is one of the more funny stories I’ve heard in a while. Maybe you shouldn’t keep your suction on full blast?

Thanks for an amusing anecdote.

by: beajerry

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:10:59 +0000

I think it’s funny but it makes me wonder just what kind of experience she’s had with sperm!

by: PD Warrior

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:31:22 +0000

I think it is sad, although admittedly part of me does want to laugh.