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is it me??

Well its your name

Not sure Bev - makes your bum look big!

LOL

hang pat lol


ok i am doing a drug round

i ask patient

'would you like any painkillers'

he responds

' i am not a dr, have i been given any painkillers before?'

a bit perplexed by this response i try another tact

'do you have any pain?'

patient 'no'

me 'ok, well if you do let me know and i will givve you something for that'

patient ' well i usually have some painkillers about now cos my hip does play up'

me ' ok so would you like some painkillers'

patient 'yes please'

i give up i really do

*waits *

That’s why nurses are known as angels patience of a saint.

JILL really?????


omg

Bev :):)

The patient was probably under the effects of pain killers lol

Why weren't you around dishing out painkillers last week when that b****y tooth was giving me gip again.
To late now dentist took it out on Wednesday

Sorry Bev! You'll have to learn to type a bit faster you know - LOL!

lol colin

well he had headphones on at time listening to the tv

they dont take them off when we go round

i have to ask them to remove the headphones/tv/get off phone so that i can treat them

Well if you are dishing them out, Bev, I'll have a blue one please:-) lol BC XX

ok you will like this one

patient on cardiac monitor

obviously cos we need to monitor him

patient 'can i get a newspaper'

me ' no sorry they dont deliver to the wards anymore'

patient 'is there a shop here that sells them'

me 'no sorry'

patient ' would it be ok for me to go to tescos to get one?'

me......speechless

pink ones are better BC

lol

lol jill

LOL , i wouldnt have had the patience .....:))).

I have never had any interest in taking drugs but I did have to have a pre-med once.I didn't half enjoy it,wouldn't mind having another.

visiting times are 2pm til 8pm

it is broadcast all over hosp

leaflets are given to patients rellies on admission

11am

visitor 'can i see mrs x'

me 'sorry not at the moment consultant is doing his ward rounds'

visitor ' well how long is he going to be? cos i have travelled all the way from x '(about 12 miles)

me ' well visiting isnt until 2pm as consultants have ward rounds and nurses have to give treatment'

visitor ' it is no wonder the NHS has such a bad name'

me speechless again

lol Bev, years ago I was in hospital with a kidney stone but as nothing was happening (in between the excrutiating pain), I rolled up my pyjama legs, put my coat on and popped in home to get a book. Nobody missed me! BC XX

and the best one

emergancy bells are ringing, nurses, drs are running into ward

crash trolley is being rushed to a patients side, it was obvious to any one that that something serious was going on

i was grabbed (literally) by a visitor who demanded to know when did the shopping trolley come round cos we had failed to supply her rellie with soap!!!!!!!!