r/nursing • u/kpsi355 RN - ER 🍕 • Mar 29 '22

Nursing Hacks What’s a little white lie you tell the completely confused patient?

I’m always telling the cirrhosis dude his truck is in the shop. Then I tell him his buddy dared him to “shoot” his lactulose and give him a sprite chaser.

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u/johncenaucanseeme PCT/CMT 🫡 Mar 29 '22

Take it a step further and ask them to rock the baby (a ice bag with hot water and solidified with a sock on the bottom and a sock as a hat) to sleep. u/annathehoneybear can attest it works nearly every time.

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u/ProcyonLotorMinoris ICU - RN, BSN, SCRN, CCRN, IDGAF, BYOB, 🍕🍕🍕 Mar 29 '22

I just learned that you can combine solidifier and cold/hot water for a long lasting, moldable compress. It would take a lot of solidifier for one of the reusable cloth icepacks, but I bed it would work.

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u/ClearlyDense RN - Stepdown 🍕 Mar 29 '22

Hmm maybe rolled up washcloths inside?