[mizzLVN]

When I was a CNA at this facility a lady had brought the staff some cookies for taking care of her husband before he died. So she set them on the desk so everyone could enjoy and left. As soon as she left a nurse that was in the elevator with the lady told the staff not to eat the cookies because the lady had dropped the container in the elevator and her dog licked all over them and she just put them back in the container and brought them to us. No one ate those cookies except for one unfortunate nurse....gross ;o)

[winsteadcm]

Originally Posted by SRbear

That a hospital hallway is the best place to fart.
That diarrhea is hereditary, it runs in your genes.
That if you find a man on the hospital floor and he is not unconscious,and you shock him, he will cuss.....a lot.
That it is fun to ask new grads about normal lab values, and then ask them what the normal alcohol level is.
That if you are trying to put a foley in a woman, and miss, leave it in place, then get new cath and try again, you can then tell where you do not want to put it.
If you are putting a foley in an 80 year old maid, try not to miss.
Never laugh or snicker when you are putting a catheter in a man And never ever say out loud "would you look at the size of this thing"
Treat your pct's with respect and help em out, they could save your butt.
Never put an ng tube in, allow it to come out the mouth, and then allow pt to grab both ends and pull.

the ng tube thing...OWW! i grabbed my nose when i read that

[sassygurl09]

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* That its possible for a 200 lb grown up male to faint seeing a drop of his blood, [/quote]


OMG my husband does that!!!

[Butterflybee]

Came here because I needed some humor and laughs. Thanks everyone

[peridotgirl]

Originally Posted by Franemtnurse

That a patient has to teach a caregiver how to give a bed bath,

That the new administrator is so she doesn't even know how to teach her new staff how to do the basics of patient care

That the staff will all quit due to the new administrator's self ownership of the staff, making them all feel like little children being told what to do when in fact they could teach her a few things

That everyone gets the diarrhea at once

That poop flies

That an instructor will tell her students that old poop from an ostomy bag smells like cabbage

Hey thanks for the laughs.. hahahaha!

[grace90]

How to cope... when the competing hospital in your small city conducts a hostile takeover of your facility and maliciously disguises it as a "peaceful merger with a smooth transition".

How to cope... when said bullying hospital throws your workplace into mass chaos and changes everything, including cutting many nursing positions without leaving other options for these nurses to transfer to, creating a tense nursing environment where no one knows what will happen to their livelihood and who will bump who.

:

[kimmie sue]

You will run into this at clinical and more. To be a nurse you need to be able to handle these situations by putting the patient first and doing what is best for them. Your discomfort and disqust is secondary . As a student I have seen more poop than you can imagine and in every crack and cevice on their body. When I am challanged I just try to think that if this was my mom- how would I want her cared for or cleaned?