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/WhosThatGirl_ItsRPSG Mar 29 '22

We have masks now so that helps

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u/nearlyback LPN 🍕 Mar 29 '22

My coworker and I were just talking about how hard it's going to be to remember to hide our expressions if we go back to not wearing masks in the clinic someday. I might continue to just to keep myself out of trouble lol.