PILL PATROL
This over-the-counter medication is commonly used to reduce fever and relieve mild pain.
What is Acetaminophen?
Patient: "I only smoke when I drink."
Alo patient: "I drink every day."
What is denial?
Patient at 2:13 AM: "Can I get something to help me sleep?"
After sleeping all day doing this:
What is watching TV LOUDLY?
Patient: "I've had chest pain for 3 weeks."
Nurse asks why they came in today.
Patient says:
What is 'Because my wife made me'?
This woman is known as the founder of modern nursing.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
This medication is every nurse's unofficial survival drug during a 12-hour shift.
What is caffeine?
"My pain is definitely a 10/10."
Nurse walks in and sees patient doing this calmly.
What is scrolling on their phone?
This is what patients suddenly want the second they're made NPO.
What is food and drinks?
Patient walks into the ER holding a fast-food bag and says:
What is 'I haven't eaten all day?
This war helped Florence Nightingale become famous for improving sanitation and patient care.
What is the Crimean War?
This is the first thing you should check before giving any medication?
What are patient allergies?
Patient after ignoring discharge instructions for 3 weeks:
"Nobody told me I had to do this."
What is selective hearing?
This patient suddenly remembers every symptom they forgot to mention earlier.
What is the discharged patient?
Patient: "My blood pressure is always high at the doctor."
Also patient after 3 energy drinks:
What is 'I don't know why my blood pressure high?
This organization was founded 1896 and represents nurses in the United States
What is the American Nurses Association?
This high-alert medication is often confused with Humalog.
What is Humulin?
Diabetic patient says: "I barely eat sugar."
Nurse sees this at bedside:
What is junk food?
Patient after arriving for severe abdominal pain ask the nurse:
What is 'Can I still go outside and smoke?'
Patient says. "I can't breathe!"
Nurse immediately notices patient doing this nonstop.
What is talking in full sentences?
This famous nurse helped reduce death rates by promoting handwashing during the Civil War era.
Who is Clara Barton?
Patients receiving this medication often discover they suddenly need to use the bathroom every 15 minutes.
What is Lasix?
Nurse takes patient their medication. The patient looks at medication strangely and says, "I take the little white pill for my pressure."
Nurse thinking:
What is 90% of medications?
Patient arrives by ambulance for toe pain that started:
What is 1 month ago?
Patient denies drug use immediately before their urine screening. Patient says what when shown a positive test.
What is 'I don't know how that got there'?
Before electronic charting, nurses used this ancient artifact known as:
What is paper charting?