tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495327656501821802.post8034551283610865367..comments2023-09-26T03:43:42.961-07:00Comments on Adventures of Hood Nurse: Hood Hospital 2, Electric Boogaloo: "I Know My Body"hoodnursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467790713937519943noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495327656501821802.post-27988580203956849572012-01-30T22:16:40.301-08:002012-01-30T22:16:40.301-08:00I have never met you, but I thought of you today. ...I have never met you, but I thought of you today. I had a postop patient with all the alarm bells ringing- chronic pain, fired by multiple pain management docs, we were the only hospital who understood her and I was the best nurse ever because I was smart/kind enough to not judge her. Allergic to NSAIDs and requested a particular dose and brand of pain meds before she walked in the door. Hmmmm. Her surgery is generally uncomfortable but not that bad- outpatient deal. Her usual morphine equivilent dose is 8 mg/day. (Ordered, anyway...) I gave her the equivilent of 86 mg of morphine in a couple hours, plus a bunch of benzos and some non-narc tricks. She screeched "I knnnnnnnooooowwws my boddyyyy!!!" too. Never dropped her O2 sat or BP, not even a little. Got her snoozing a bit, stated pain never less than 11/10. My general take on narc abuse is "I'm not gonna fix it in the hour I'm with this patient and they just had surgery..." so if they can handle it and say they need it, so be it. Today, even my patience was sorely tested. Thanks for the mental giggle that made it tolerable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495327656501821802.post-11764235188203508092012-01-15T06:21:42.981-08:002012-01-15T06:21:42.981-08:00Generally I follow those "I know my body"...Generally I follow those "I know my body" statements with "do you what I know? how to assess that body" <br />Most of the time, they're wrong, but like Nurse K, one of the last times someone said that to me, he had a PE.VanCity RNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495327656501821802.post-3647094152339976382012-01-14T08:14:20.386-08:002012-01-14T08:14:20.386-08:00"I know my body", promptly followed by &..."I know my body", promptly followed by "I am NOT crazy, you know, I assure you I'm fine psychologically. I mean, it's not like I LIKE going to see doctors, I really don't, but there's just something WRONG with me", on their 25th visit to various specialists in the past three months or so, none of which managed to find any real disease. "And really, I have a PhD/masters/any sort of advanced education, so it's not like I don't KNOW things!" Yes, sir, that's right. While I'm busy treating you, I'll also provide legal, financial and plumbing advice, cause, you know, I have that MD, so I MUST be an expert on anything and everything, just like your MBA makes you an expert on cancer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14383236402126755643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495327656501821802.post-82659836701321174232012-01-14T07:13:08.436-08:002012-01-14T07:13:08.436-08:00EXACTLY! Also, I think my body said that I need 4 ...EXACTLY! Also, I think my body said that I need 4 of Dilau-da IM before I go. IT'S MY BODY DON'T QUESTION IThoodnursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15467790713937519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495327656501821802.post-76939970314188493432012-01-14T07:07:28.622-08:002012-01-14T07:07:28.622-08:00"No of course I haven' t seen the special..."No of course I haven' t seen the specialist you referred me to 20 times this year. I know my body and it needs Percocet!"EDNurseasaurashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039072154469818990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495327656501821802.post-82873810369277307742012-01-14T02:58:08.628-08:002012-01-14T02:58:08.628-08:00I hear the "I know my body" BS the most ...I hear the "I know my body" BS the most when someone tries to convince me that their dry cough, scratchy eyes, and/or stuffy nose are somehow magically going to turn into pneumonia and they absolutely unequivocally need antibiotics OR ELSE THEY WILL F'IN DROP DEAD RIGHT IN THE LOBBY. <br /><br />It should be noted that the last time someone said that to me, however, it was a patient 2 days post-MVA who nearly passed out in her bathroom who had a belly full of blood. She was (1) pale/ill-appearing and (2) not a loser, however, which was the major difference.Nurse Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06408755992926959084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495327656501821802.post-25738212787486741842012-01-13T14:05:23.921-08:002012-01-13T14:05:23.921-08:00I see, on all kinds of blogs relating to all kinds...I see, on all kinds of blogs relating to all kinds of jobs dealing with the public, a lot of skepticism in the comments. "You expect us to believe that? Nobody's that crazy."<br /><br />Except then there are always other comments from people who've worked with the public for a long time, and they say "Yeah, I can believe it. See, this one time..."<br /><br />Either you are <i>all</i> in league with each other -- across lines of age, location, profession, culture, and politics -- to put one over on the rest of us, or some people are actually crazy. And if you'd rather believe the former, well, you may just be living in a suburb of crazy town yourself.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06160738569538127620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495327656501821802.post-27831716109068366512012-01-13T10:27:32.958-08:002012-01-13T10:27:32.958-08:00There needs to be an ICD9 code for "I know my...There needs to be an ICD9 code for "I know my body; crazy"Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236693436272479076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495327656501821802.post-35311131016401890682012-01-13T08:54:53.922-08:002012-01-13T08:54:53.922-08:00o lordy I so needed to read this today.Sometimes I...o lordy I so needed to read this today.Sometimes I question my assessment skills because people are so insistent there is a big dark illness I am just not seeing.taming the beasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02544844982202825992noreply@blogger.com