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/[deleted] Mar 29 '22 edited Mar 30 '22

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u/InadmissibleHug crusty deep fried sorta RN, with cheese 🍕 🍕 🍕 Mar 29 '22

You really shouldn’t, I’m an old crusty and it got a hard true lol from me.

Apparently you can’t take the nurse out of the nurse

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u/kate_skywalker RN - Endoscopy 🍕 Mar 29 '22

lol same