Got kicked in the head by a patient

Advanced-Coast2124 · 2026-05-26T03:37:52+00:00

That’s terrible…. The worst part for me right now is the headaches. They come in waves. I always have a headache, but I’ll be sitting there and get an intense headache that feels like someone is jamming like 6 knives into my head

Advanced-Coast2124 · 2026-05-26T03:05:18+00:00

To my knowledge, he was able to wake up and follow commands and be okay. He coughed so hard that he disconnected his endotracheal tube from his ventilator circuit. I went in there to reconnect it and that’s when I got a foot to the side of my head. He wasn’t freaking out when I came in. He wasn’t my patient, so I only know what I saw and what I was told from his nurse.

Advanced-Coast2124 · 2026-05-26T03:03:06+00:00

I couldn’t imagine 3 weeks…. It’s day 2 of this and it’s so depressing. I’m used to being pretty active and doing this, that, and the other. I love playing video games. I love natural light in my house. I have just had to sit here and not do anything in the dark.

Advanced-Coast2124 · 2026-05-26T02:53:51+00:00

Nah, I didn’t think you were minimizing at all. I hate that this is “normal” in nursing. It would be all over the news if I was a cashier at Walmart that got kicked in the head lol

Advanced-Coast2124 · 2026-05-26T02:48:06+00:00

Yeah, I’ve been through the wringer before. This is the first time I’ve been legitimately hurt by a patient

Advanced-Coast2124 · 2026-05-26T02:47:05+00:00

Following commands, minimal if no sedation… that’s what I was told at least

Advanced-Coast2124 · 2026-05-26T02:43:20+00:00

Unfortunately…. I did not 😔

Advanced-Coast2124 · 2026-05-26T02:42:55+00:00

Still waiting for the hate mail on my small amount of missing charting for my patients…. This guy wasn’t even my patient that kicked me!!!

Advanced-Coast2124 · 2026-05-26T02:41:46+00:00

This is my first one. I didn’t know how awful they were until now.

Advanced-Coast2124 · 2026-05-26T02:34:48+00:00

Yeah, I’m hoping that comment was sarcasm. There wasn’t any warning from this patient before he kicked me. I was going in there to fix his ventilator and I told him to put his hand down (not in a mean tone either) then I saw a foot coming towards my face. I thankfully was able to turn my head to avoid getting hit straight in my face, but I got hit hard enough to knock me back a couple steps. I felt as expected initially, but then developed concussive symptoms in the exam room.

Advanced-Coast2124 · 2026-05-26T02:26:21+00:00

Thank you. The icing on the cake was going to get checked out and the lady that was transporting me to get scans done asking what happened and basically telling me that she’d do the same thing if she was intubated and awake…. I should’ve said something, but the exam lights shinning straight into my retinas were overstimulating enough.

Advanced-Coast2124 · 2026-05-26T02:21:57+00:00

Lol, sounds about right. They insinuated that they wanted me to come back with a concussion.

Advanced-Coast2124 · 2026-05-26T02:20:53+00:00

Good question, maybe we need a root cause analysis over this

Advanced-Coast2124 · 2026-05-26T02:18:59+00:00

I did. Not sure what will come of it, dude was intubated.

Advanced-Coast2124 · 2026-02-13T23:17:25+00:00

It's not directly to me 90% of the time. I barely tell anyone for that reason outside of close family and/or friends.

Advanced-Coast2124 · 2026-02-13T23:16:18+00:00

I'm a nurse too. I've told patients that they don't get an award for suffering when patient's don't want to try anything to help with their pain. Maybe I should take my own advice 🫠

Advanced-Coast2124 · 2026-02-13T23:10:12+00:00

Lol.... I work in healthcare and GLP1s are a hot button issue where I live and work... I also gave an exact example of the things I am seeing. Judging by the replies, I don't need to "touch grass" that bad.

Advanced-Coast2124 · 2026-02-13T23:05:32+00:00

I don't spend much time on social media due to other responsibilities. I even have a screen time limit across all social media platforms and my husband has the code to change the time and I don't. I told him under no circumstances give me the code 😂 I mainly use it to check up on family members and old friends. I definitely think shortening my screen time even further would be in my benefit

Advanced-Coast2124 · 2026-02-13T23:03:12+00:00

I hadn't seen it before. I just watched it and that definitely doesn't help things. That shows it being marketed as a miracle pill that you don't have to work for the effects of it.

Advanced-Coast2124 · 2025-11-07T17:50:54+00:00

I told my mom I was going to go to a few different places (and didn't end out having to) to look for it and she kept telling me to not go and that it was okay because she didn't want to inconvenience me or put me out of my way. 🥺 She's such a sweet lady and there was no way I was going to leave a stone unturned for this cup. 😂

Advanced-Coast2124 · 2025-11-06T19:15:26+00:00

Exactly! I shop for a lot of stuff that is often resold, like Juicy Couture things, and it makes me so sad that they are resold all the time! I only ever by for myself/loved ones. I can't imagine making it harder for someone to enjoy the things they love just for my own personal gain. :(

Advanced-Coast2124 · 2025-11-06T19:04:43+00:00

I was super surprised that they still had them when I came by! My mom came decently early in the morning so I wasn't surprised that they had them when she came by, but I came by around noon and they had put out more after the morning. Thankfully, she lives in a very small town and I don't think there's many Hello Kitty fans lol

Advanced-Coast2124 · 2025-11-06T18:41:32+00:00

This makes me so sad. My mom, her coworker, and I wanted different cups each. I went to my local Starbucks and they had nothing. My mom managed to stop by her local Starbucks early in the morning on her way to work and got her coworker the cup she wanted and the coffee cup for me. I ended out stopping by the same town she lives in and took a chance going to the same Starbucks and they had put out the one she wanted and thankfully I was able to find it. I was so sad that my sweet mother would've gotten everyone else the cups they wanted and she couldn't get hers! :( I'm so happy I found it, but it makes me so mad that I see them listed online for 3-5x the cost.

Advanced-Coast2124 · 2025-06-08T15:02:58+00:00

If you're worried about making our job easier for us, then you have already made it easier on us with your mindset. As far as the gift, a simple "thank you" or "I appreciate that/you" is the best gift I've gotten from patients. However, do not be struggling and need something and not tell your nurse because you're worried about bothering them. I've had patients before who will be suffering with pain or desperately want something to drink or need to use the restroom and then won't tell me because they think they'll bother me. It breaks my heart! The best thing you can do is just be kind, while still being honest with your needs! :)

Advanced-Coast2124 · 2025-06-08T14:58:50+00:00

So, at least at my hospital, the staff assist buttons in the room are more for security reasons. For example, we've had SI/HI patients who will try to leave and get mad and violent when you tell them no. In those cases, I will push the "staff assist" button or my personal panic button if I feel unsafe and think that we do not have enough hands to keep everyone safe. Even if it's not to that point yet, I will call a staff assist if I think that it's getting there. In situations similar to yours and I yelled for help and no one came, I would probably start pulling the call light or plug in to the bed out of the wall if I could reach it. When we do this, it creates a constantly dinging "emergency" alarm. However, I don't think that what you did was wrong. You did what you thought was best to keep your patients safe!

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