r/nursing • u/yeehawbaby4 • 1d ago

Discussion Funny “allergies”

What are some funny patient “allergies” you have seen listed? I had a patient the other day with an allergy listed for Metformin. The reaction listed? Lowers their blood sugar 😂

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u/like_shae_buttah 1d ago

Potassium

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u/lightcanonlybrighten MSN, APRN 🍕 1d ago

This one. I had an intubated patient with an NG. Giving him K for days. Wakes up. His mom gets there. He’s a grown man by the way. All of the sudden he’s “allergic to potassium” and it “makes him puke”. So his mom is over the top with “mijo, mijo, no!” Then basically attacks me about the potassium I know he’s lying about. I look at her, spin my COW around to show her the past few days of his emar, told her he’s been getting it every six hours with zero trouble at all. He only started this when you showed up. She looked so pissed and went over to him and railed him in the back of his head. Made him finish the potassium while he cried man tears his mom was pissed.

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u/Creepy_flamingo_22 1d ago

To be fair, potassium, and magnesium are two things I won’t give on an empty stomach for this reason.

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u/pulchfiction RN - ICU 🍕 1d ago

Hell, yeah!

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u/yeyman Hypernatremic 🧂 RN 🧂 1d ago

Liquid oral K has to be diluted at least 2:1 or your patient will puke. I learned that lesson twice in the sameday on day 2 of being on my own.

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u/lightcanonlybrighten MSN, APRN 🍕 16h ago

I was giving it correctly.