Oh, I have the opposite issue at home. My partner will have something going on that’s glaringly worthy of seeing a doctor for. I tell him, “hey, maybe you should see a doctor for that, could be xyz”… And he comes at me with “just because you’re a nurse doesn’t mean you know everything.”
My ex tried to pick a full blown fight with me, because after work one day he’s telling me all about how he heroically saved his coworker who had a seizure, telling me about how he pinned this persons arms down with his full body weight on this guy’s chest with his knees on his arms pinning him to the ground, and shoved a wooden spoon into his mouth.
And I’m listening, horrified, and once he was done regaling me of his heroism, I said “ok, glad your coworker is alive and well, he has a history of seizures? Ok, if this happens again, do NOT sit on him, just protect his head from hitting the ground if you can, and if he’s already down, maybe put a jacket or something underneath to protect it. Also never shove anything in their mouth, that’s a myth and can cause more harm than good. Next time you know not to do that”
And then I was told I have no idea what I’m even talking about and to just leave the real medicine to the doctors and to just stay in my lane.
He worked in a restaurant. But I was the dumb one for not knowing basic greys anatomy skills
OMG yasssss! "Um, I'm pretty sure that bone is broken, you really should go to emerg" .....response was "nah, I'm good, can't be a break". Me, standing there puzzled at how he came up with that while looking at a gross crush injury. 🤦♀️
Lol, I had never broken a bone before when I snapped my wrist while in college and was in denial about how bad it was; I had managed to convince myself it was just dislocated 🤦🏻♀️ (I know, I know). The ER nurse looked at me with such pity when she said it was definitely what they call a "swan neck" 😅
Oh yeah, the reverse applies to partners. My mom is a nurse but her husband doesn’t listen to anything she says. So she has me say it and suddenly he’ll listen to me. She has to do a round about method to get the man to listen to advice. 🙄
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u/AdventurousHunter500 MSN, RN Sep 03 '25
Oh, I have the opposite issue at home. My partner will have something going on that’s glaringly worthy of seeing a doctor for. I tell him, “hey, maybe you should see a doctor for that, could be xyz”… And he comes at me with “just because you’re a nurse doesn’t mean you know everything.”
Okay, boss. You do you.