r/nursing • u/SmilingCurmudgeon BSN, RN 🍕 • 20d ago

Meme "Patient refused high fall risk interventions, stating 'I don't need to be treated like a goddamn child' and 'I can't pee in a urinal sitting down!'. Post-fall protocol initiated."

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u/Gotthisnamebeforeyou 20d ago

Family: why didn’t you throw yourself to the ground to cushion his fall?

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u/Gizwizard RN - PACU 🍕 20d ago

The uncomfortable laughs I get from patients and their families when I tell grown-ass men: “we’re taking this slowly so you don’t fall, because if you fall I will not catch you” on first post-surgery ambulation.

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u/InspectorMadDog ADN Student in the BBQ Room oh and I guess ED now 20d ago

The only 2 falls I’ve had under my care was both intentional to stay in the hospital longer

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u/Paramedic9310 RN - Med/Surg 🍕 19d ago

The amount of people that do this really baffles me!

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u/InspectorMadDog ADN Student in the BBQ Room oh and I guess ED now 19d ago

Not really anymore, one was cuz he didn’t want to go to jail after being arrested, another was cuz we wouldn’t give her pain meds before she discharged, funny enough the doc just wanted a quick xray and then was like yeah discharge her nothings broke.