Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Questionable Boundaries For Miles

Early 20 something chick checks in with lower abdominal pain, our bread and butter in the hood. Brings her daddy along for the ride, because I guess he had nothing else to do and because taking your dad with you to the ER to be seen for your female GU complaint is always an awesome call.
We were blessed with the awesome PA who believes in common sense and minimal workup fuckery, so she got a UA and some Tylenol.
Lo and behold, she has a UTI, so I go in to give her an antibiotic shot. I tell dad it might be a good time to step out, as I'm about to expose most of his daughter's butt. Annnd he just shrugs and stands there. So, after her shot time, my friend goes into discharge her and dad gets upset because she didn't get a pelvic and he thinks "she might be back with that Chlamydia again". Wow.
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8 comments:

  1. battynurseSeptember 14, 2011 at 3:17 AM

    I've gotten in report about patients who's dad was all up in her stuff watching her give birth. She was also the same one who's baby daddy had been in L&D the same week with another baby mommy. Sometimes it's just icky.

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  2. AtYourCervixSeptember 14, 2011 at 7:45 AM

    STD work up = not in the ER. Make an office/clinic appointment. Same goes for any vaginal discharge complaints. Or pregnancy testing. If you already know you're pregnant, please don't come to L&D for an STD check or funky discharge check. Seriously. Make an office/clinic appointment!

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 9:59 AM

    Seriously make a clinic appt? The ER is the only place in town that will take you after you spent the day shopping and then decided that funk you got is gonna ruin your plans for the night.

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  4. UnknownSeptember 14, 2011 at 12:44 PM

    had one last night come to the ER at 3am to see if she was pregnant WTH. Btw check out my latest blog post about TMI and I will scare you with the family that knows to much. ewww i would never bring my dad to the ER with me

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  5. Nurse KSeptember 14, 2011 at 3:40 PM

    I'm more disturbed that you're giving IMs for UTIs. Waste 'o time! Or are we treating the drippies and the UTI with the same 'ol rocephin?

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  6. hoodnurseSeptember 15, 2011 at 8:01 AM

    We generally don't, so yeah, that's probably a little two for one action on the part of our sassy low drama PA. Either that or accepting the reality that half of the patients don't fill their prescriptions.

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  7. AtYourCervixSeptember 15, 2011 at 9:01 AM

    A little Rocephin IM never hurt for that UTI who is probably loaded with GC/CT as well.

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  8. RawRNSeptember 15, 2011 at 9:30 PM

    Had a daughter of a patient who opted to stay in the room for her mother's rectal by GI and subsequent flexi-seal insertion. I'm so disturbed by that shit. Like, even if you don't personally give a shit (har, no pun, but I like it), at least let people keep what's left of their dignity. Which in the case of your special and unique snowflake, her dignity may have been lost long before she got to you, but just sayin'

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