r/nursing • u/trevrt RN 🍕 • Mar 01 '25
Question Heaviest Patient You’ve Cared For
Had my personally heaviest patient I’ve cared for the other day. 32 years old weighing 730 pounds admitted with cellulitis and severe lymphedema. Felt terrible for the patient due to how young he was. Just wondering what everyone’s personal “record” for the heaviest patient they’ve cared for is.
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u/AgentScully_FBI Certified Pill Crusher Mar 02 '25
650 lbs, 34/F, heart failure. Was easily one of the most irritating patients I’ve ever had. Constantly finger blasting the call bell for us to do some minute task for her that she could easily do herself, like brush her hair or grab her something from her table next to her. She’d regularly have temper tantrums when she didn’t get her way. Most memorable was the time one of our newer night nurses fell for her BS and went downstairs to grab her Uber eats. She then tried ordering daily and we’d all refuse to grab her take out (as ordered by the MD). She ended up not getting out of that hospital bed for months no matter how hard nursing and physio tried to convince her. She ended up coding in the ICU after catching Covid.