[MissERN]

Your patient comes to the ER after swallowing the baby from his king cake. Discharge instructions: take smaller bites and chew before swallowing.

[NOLATeefus]

Yeah you right!

[dsoginer]

You know you are a Louisiana nurse when...

your patient presents at the ER with a crab claw shut tightly through the nail and face of his thumb.

Discharge instructions? remember some crabs are double jointed

[MissERN]

You try to exlain to your pt that "Yes, those fried shrimp you ate have, yet again, caused an allergic reaction" and that it's best to stay away from them...."oh, well, I won't eat as many, and I'll wait a while."

Discharge instructions: you came in coughing this time, next time you may come in not breathing!!!

[dsoginer]

Hey, I know that guy!! la bonne ton roule!!

[10MG-IV]

You know you are a Louisiana nurse when...

While @ triage you ask the patient, How did you get to the hospital? and they reply "by boat". true story

When you have to remove the Mardi Gras costumes to treat the sprains, fractures, etc.

The contest is: which nurse can wear/get the most Mardi Gras Beads from Patients during the shift. Then,,,,,
Other nurses are jealous of the beads you got.

When you move to out of state, you realize it's MARDI GRAS DAY and no one is wearing costumes, going to parades..... and you are sad.
You wear beads to work anyway.

When green vomit doesn't alarm you since its St. Pattys day or the day after.

There are 13 police cars on the ramp, and 13 boxes of do-nuts in the nurses lounge. Night Shift Those were the days ya'll

When your patient threatens to call "The ACTION REPORTER" or "Morris Bart"

You keep a full tool box of tool in the ER for things like
fish-hook removal.
Fishhook removal is done at triage.

Patients family will bring you take-out when they leave to get "somthin to eat"

You have taken care of a patient having "tack-a-lawdy" because there is a live roach in her ear.

[CHATSDALE]

loved all the posts and yes i have been there for all of them

[SeanSean]

...the patient tells you how to go out into the swamp to pick berries--or is it flowers?--to make a jelly...but to watch out for the gators. (Not funny, just true--the gators are getting out of control.) The jelly is pretty good but you have to boil it well so that you won't get sick. Wish I could remember what you call the plant. (I'm a Yankee.)

[SeanSean]

Oh, here it is, I saved the patient's note:

"Mayhaw - Small red (when ripe) berry. Trees grow best in low wet area - but grow in hills and make [berries] if receive plenty of mositure. A favorite jelly in the South."

[night_owl_504]

how about when on the first day of orientaion your director asks you if you want to be on Activation or Recovery team for the Hurricane season...