[nrsang97]

Of course I have almost tipped over the crash cart more times than one. We had a nurse who was pregnant and did a nose dive with the crash cart. Everything turned out OK but we never let her get the cart for a code again.

One night while working with this same pregnant nurse she dropped a restoril on the floor and couldn't find it. I went with a flash light to look under the bed and still didn't find it. I stood up and THWACK went the top of my head on the paitients TV. I saw stars for about 2 minutes and she couldn't stop laughing. I have done thing like that more than once. Since in that particular hospital the TV's were on swing arms. Now the hospital where I work has the TV's mounted from the celing. I have also banged my head on bedside tables and bedrails too. Cut my fingers on ampules. Dropped buckets of soapy water on the floor after giving a bath. Nurse aide looked at me after I did that and said "I guess your water broke" We both got a good laugh.

Last November I was going into pick up a pizza for lunch before going to work, and I stepped wrong on my foot and tried to correct my balance and only made it worse. I ended up falling flat on my face with a bunch of highschool kids laughing at me. My knee hurt forever after that.

[Cameron67]

I was trying to transfer a resident from the nursing home I work at to the hospital, this patient was very ill and I was trying to hurry. Well the EMT's arrived and I was taking them to the residents room, I saw a wet floor sign outside the door so I slowed down as I entered the room, once in the room I bent to pick up and move the mat beside the bed and I must have been in a very wet area and my legs just decided to go in two different directions...well this chick isn't meant to do the splits but that is just what I did. It happened so fast I didn't even realize it until I was down and doing the splits! The EMT's are at the door asking if I'm ok and since they were here do I need a ride to the hospital. My face must have been all kinds of shades of red! And boy was I sore for quite a few days!

[danissa]

Yesterday, I had my two babies at work, very busy. Parents at one Incubator, Doctor at the other. He was talking about the babe and I sat down backwards on the high stool that I had positioned between the two spaces with the chart in my hands! OMG, the stool was NOT there! The other babies Daddy had moved it, on the way down I grabbed at the Rudolph painting on the window--bu**er did nothing to save me!!!
Exit one red faced, red ars*d midwife with a limp!! Glad Iv'e got some padding!!! Years ago this happened to me when my Mum was in hospital. I had my first dd, around six months old at that time, and we visited my mum along with my brother. At the end of visiting, I stood up, with Hollie in my arms, to get her jacket, and sat back down to put it on her. BUT, my brother had taken the chair away, and I kept on going right to the ground!! OMG, lying on the floor, Flat, with my baby on top of me, a woman rushed over to help, BUT--- she had an enormous bag on her shoulder, and as she bent forwards, her bag swung down and hit Hollie!!!! What a commotion! What an embarassment! Good job ma babe had padding on her too!!!

[bluegrassboy]

Originally Posted by RNAnnjeh

I was cleaning old nitropaste off of a pt's arm with a kleenex while wearing gloves. Applied the new paste and discarded my gloves. Realized that I hadn't tossed the kleenex, so...you guessed it...I grabbed it with my bare hands and tossed it in the trash. That's when the headache hit me. Never did that again.

Whats nitropaste?

[LEVODEVO]

I'm tall and big,years ago,the siderails in the old ICU beds were metal and even in the down position they would end up level with the "JEWELRY DEPT.".during codes,chest compressions were easier for me,due to height and size,but sure enuf,more than a few times 'JAMES AND THE TWINS" got zapped due to some overeager resident or fellow code nurse defribilating the patient and often yelling "clear" as they push both buttons.Add lack of protective gowns,liberal amounts of saline and a wet floor..It's a miracle I have 5 kids!...payback was sublime...we'd call it the DOC DISCO,sometimes 2 or 3 at once would get whacked while intubating a patient at the head of the bed and again some knucklehead would light them up...heck I remember nitropaste popping on a patients chest,that got everyone's attention.....the worst incident for me was while in nursing school in the 80's...I had to teach colostomy care to this young man..and I barely knew it myself..surgical floor,no A/C.. June,90 degrees out...I gingerly Popped off the device and blew lunch all over the kid..this was a 4 bed ward and 2 of the other patients starting tossing after my cue..Sister Marybreadtruck... didn't think it was professional...ya think?

[purple_rose_3]

Originally Posted by bluegrassboy

Whats nitropaste?

Nitropaste is a medication that you give a chest pain pt. that also lowers your blood pressure.

[phriedomRN]

I don't know how on earth I've missed this thread, but I'm glad I found it today

I wish I had something great to contribute. Alas, I'm just your ordinary klutz, tripping over cords and such.

Oh, I do have one... I LOVE hot peri cloths when moms are getting close to delivery. Whether it helps decrease lacerations or not, they usually say it takes the focus off the pressure and ring of fire sensation. I leave the hot water running in the sink with a bunch of washclothes so they'll be ready when I need a new one. I was helping another nurse with a delivery, and did my normal sink thing. Either the water pressure was higher in that room or the drain was much slower...

The other nurse was going for a new chux and hit the incoming flood, went down like a rock. It took 6 bath blankets to soak up all the water

[grace90]

Originally Posted by phriedomRN

The other nurse was going for a new chux and hit the incoming flood, went down like a rock. It took 6 bath blankets to soak up all the water

A few nights ago I floated to the rehab unit and after giving report to day shift, I went out to the computer to chart a couple things and heard water running. I saw an alz patient in his wheelchair in the bathroom, and since he's not usually up and around by himself I went to check it out. The toilets have faucets on the back pipes for cleaning off bedpans and beside commodes. He had turned the faucet on and it was running all over the floor in his room. It took many blankets and 3 nurses and 1 environmental specialist to get the mess up.

[S.T.A.C.E.Y]

When I got my new Littmann stethoscope I was SOOOO excited to get to use it, but I wasn't going to be in clinical for almost a week. So, I decided to try it out on myself. Listened to my heart, my lungs, my tummy, etc. Well, I left the ear pieces in, the diaphragm on my tummy, and laid back on the couch to watch some tv and listen to my stomach gurgling through my new cool toy. Well, silly me fell asleep, and woke up about a half hour later scared out of my wits. I guess I had gotten hungry, and my stomach let out this huge Growl which was amplified through the stethoscope and scared me out of my afternoon nap. It took a few seconds to clue in to what was going on, and I sure did feel stupid when I realized what happened. When I go to listen to bowel sounds now, it gives me a smile when I remember doing this.

[MissJoRN]

We have OR tables/beds that rotate on their base so the CRNA can put the pt to sleep with full access to the head, then turn it sideways if the surgeon needs head access. I was stooped down to adjust the alaming venodyne pump stored under the bed the CRNA decides to turn the bed with no warning... right into my head. Another day (same surgical team) The drs were sitting on opposite sides of the table. They wanted to trade spaces and did so but Dr A requested "his" chair be brought to his side. So as I started to wheel it over to him Dr B starts to sit down on it! Guess he didn't notice I already had a second chair for him and he wasn't paying attention. He caught himself but needed a new gown and gloves after the scramle for balance!