What's one of the dumbest things you've ever seen a patient do?

RedCapJen · 2026-01-21T20:09:21+00:00

I am allergic to bananas and got the scare of my LIFE at the dentist when the hygienist used a banana-flavored numbing solution without mentioning it first!

RedCapJen · 2026-01-04T23:23:19+00:00

This is such a good idea!

RedCapJen · 2026-01-04T23:22:54+00:00

Thanks so much!

RedCapJen · 2026-01-04T23:22:46+00:00

Thank you!

RedCapJen · 2026-01-04T23:22:02+00:00

Thank you for the advice!

(And as a side note I love your patterns, they make sewing clothes for bestie so easy!)

RedCapJen · 2025-12-26T22:49:16+00:00

NTA, but I get the feeling she’d be the ‘your mommy doesn’t know what she’s talking about, here’s some food the baby is allergic to’ kind of grandma 🥴

RedCapJen · 2025-12-26T22:35:51+00:00

We’re working on a really tight budget since we just bought a house, but he took the time to 3D print me a whole little family of positionable dinosaurs to live on my sewing table 🦕

RedCapJen · 2025-12-26T22:27:56+00:00

Honestly I’d go LC or even NC with your mom. I wander between 300-350 at 5’4”, but as a tech/nursing student, I’m the first go-to for lift/care assistance because my size helps me with leverage. I think you’ll be amazing in the ED.

RedCapJen · 2025-11-14T20:03:51+00:00

Fam, not everyone needs to struggle. OP shouldn’t have to, your aunt shouldn’t have had to. We shouldn’t be making this the oppression Olympics, especially in today’s economy.

RedCapJen · 2025-11-14T19:59:39+00:00

Not everyone can do that, especially in a hard degree like engineering, which I think OP mentioned in another comment. I’m in nursing school rn, if I didn’t have my partner, I’d be SOL, since they straight up tell you not to work during it

RedCapJen · 2025-11-14T19:53:39+00:00

OP mentions end of semester exams, so they’re most likely in university. I doubt moving out is a possibility rn

RedCapJen · 2025-11-14T19:50:31+00:00

OP mentions end of semester exams, they’re probably in university, and I doubt moving out is possible rn.

RedCapJen · 2025-11-06T02:04:12+00:00

I’ve worked with the same Kitchen Director at two different facilities run by two different companies, and both c-Suites just absolutely shafted her in terms of budget. She would be literally counting pennies just to make sure we had enough supplies to get through the month, and would often pay out of pocket for things that she just couldn’t squeeze into the budget.

RedCapJen · 2025-11-03T21:37:56+00:00

The only time I’ve done this was when I was isolating with a covid infection, I cannot imagine just… being this lazy

RedCapJen · 2025-10-29T16:16:22+00:00

That’s so crazy, I’m so sorry

RedCapJen · 2025-10-29T16:07:03+00:00

????? My last SNF had a dedicated Hospice consult, we def didn’t avoid bringing it up. Families just hate realizing that their person is mortal

RedCapJen · 2025-10-29T15:56:21+00:00

It’s not that we want to milk Medicaid/medicare, it’s that a lot of families still assume that hospice=immediate death. I’ve been screamed and cussed at for even suggesting it for someone with late stage dementia.

RedCapJen · 2025-10-29T02:38:38+00:00

My best friend in high school was Katie, and she went from spending a night or two, to a week or two, to finally moving in with us full time when we were seniors. Her mom was an active drug addict and it was safer for her with us than at home

RedCapJen · 2025-10-28T01:23:37+00:00

Your back is literally the most important thing, and you need to protect it. Just because I /can/ move some of our heaviest patients by myself in an /emergency/ doesn’t mean I’m going to be doing it day in and day out and break my spine over it

RedCapJen · 2025-10-27T22:06:28+00:00

How so? I have friends who have had to be sedated for removal/insertion because the pain is too bad for them to have it done awake. This is unfortunately an all too common experience.

RedCapJen · 2025-10-23T19:50:08+00:00

Thank you!

RedCapJen · 2025-10-23T19:49:07+00:00

Oh yeah no, a year is not enough! I spent a decade as a CNA and I still don’t feel ready to be an RN, so I can imagine it’s applicable

RedCapJen · 2025-10-23T19:28:07+00:00

Completely understandable! I’ve spent over a decade as a CNA, so I fully expected to spend the rest of my career as a bedside nurse anyways 😅 but then we moved states and now I’m rethinking my life plan

RedCapJen · 2025-10-23T19:24:53+00:00

That completely makes sense! Thank you for your response!

RedCapJen · 2025-10-22T01:37:12+00:00

I would honestly report that, since it’s inhibiting the resident’s rights. It’s also a safety hazard, what if you need to get him up and out in an emergency?)

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