[rntraveler]

I used to work in a dialysis unit. One night when we were cleaning the unit after the day's work, my tech (who would soon be an RN working in a Critical Care Unit) picked up the leads from an EKG machine and pl;aced them on his chest and turned it on. Suddenly he cried out "Hey,I'm flat line!" with a real sound of terror in his voice. "Phil",I said "you have to put it in Lead 2 for the way you have the pads" He was embarassed and I still chuckle when I think of it.

[bam_bam]

This happened to a nurse I used to work with. Working in L&D in the cold north. She would wear a turtle neck under her scrubs. If she had to scrub a c-section she would go into the med room and change out of the turtlenck. She did this numerous times.....until she found out there was a hidden security camera in there!!!

[VeryPlainJane]

When I worked in Path. we had a doctor that would openly flirt with EVERYONE. So his nick name was Dr. Boner (Dr. Bone was his real name). I was looking threw some files in his office thinking that a tech was in the room with me. I asked the tech when Dr. Boner was going to get back from lunch........it wasn't the tech that was in the room with me. I could have died!

[Nurse Somebody]

When I was in nursing school, my fellow students included men and women. One of the guys was about 6'4, 290. We were paired off in clinicals the first few weeks we were "out there", and naturally he was assigned to work with the most petite woman in our class---barely 4'11, about 95 pounds. Their patient was an elderly man unable to T&R, so they went in to turn him. They followed procedure, bent over the bed, and turned him....and he farted. Professionally they finished turning and positioning him, trying to ignore the noxious cloud surrounding them. After leaving the room, the guy turned to the lady and said,"Did you hear that?" She said, "Not only did I hear that, but I almost died from the smell. Who would have thought an old man could fart like that???!?!"
He smiled and leaned over to her and said" Ummmm....that was me."

And then there was this other male nursing student that was giving an elderly gentleman a bed bath and turned him over to do his job thoroughly, and saw some poop between the man's legs. In an attempt to prevent resoiling the already cleaned area, he quickly reached in with his rag and grabbed the offending article, only to find it was the gentleman's BALLS.

I laugh everytime I think of these stories, and I could probably come up with more if I tried......lol

[polgaras]

Originally Posted by grace90

The only one I can think of is when an lpn was reporting off to the rn at the end of a particularly busy, hair-pulling night shift. They were discussing a patient's lung sounds and the lpn accidentally described what she had auscultated as "scattered weazles". I still rib her about that once in a while.

we were opening a brand new facility, no residents had been admitted when i told a co-worker about putting a snickers or baby ruth bar in a clean disposable diaper, heating it for a few seconds in the microwave, and then placing it in a location where it could be found and complained about for improper disposal. we laughed about who all we could pull that one on that was currently working there.

about a month later, he did pull it on another staff member...she was furious said it was inappropriate and disgusting, and reported it to the director of nursing who reported it to the administrator. only problem was the director of nursing was laughing so hard she was crying as she told her boss.

there's a recipe called "kitty litter cake" that can be downloaded after doing a search for...that's our dessert tomorrow night at work! looks just like used kitty litter...

[BabyRN2Be]

I had a run of GI trouble about 15 years ago and had to be on hyperal for a little while. I really got along great with the night shift nurse (they all were great, but she was so cool). She came in early in the morning (0200) to change out the hyperal and didn't realize I was still awake (yeah, patients sleep at night, my foot!). She went to rip open the IV bag, but she did it with her teeth!!! She saw me awake, and she said, "You didn't see that..." my reply to her: "See what?"

It's one of those "You have to be there moments."

[nicuRN2007]

Originally Posted by VeryPlainJane

When I worked in Path. we had a doctor that would openly flirt with EVERYONE. So his nick name was Dr. Boner (Dr. Bone was his real name). I was looking threw some files in his office thinking that a tech was in the room with me. I asked the tech when Dr. Boner was going to get back from lunch........it wasn't the tech that was in the room with me. I could have died!

Oh-my-gosh. I think I would have walked out of the hospital for good right then.

[NYCRN05]

Originally Posted by ILoveScrubs

Oh-my-gosh. I think I would have walked out of the hospital for good right then.

OH MY GOD!!!! Thank you all for making me laugh sooooo hard!!!! I really needed to hear about the lighter side of nursing...I had a really tough week at work last week and I'm freaking out because I'm taking my NCLEX exam this coming Monday. So all of your stories were like a breath of fresh air. Thanks again!!!

[lllliv]

these are hilarious!!

i once was taking care of a young man who had a closed head injury. he was ambulatory but quite confused. i had been busy and by the time i spotted him he had made his way to a room that did not belong to him.

he was wearing only a t-shirt with all his jewels flowing in the wind. i rushed to the room just in time to stop him from climbing in the other patients bed. he did not want to leave and i had to use a bit of force to walk him back to his own room(he was pulling away and trying to hit me). as we passed by the nurses station(where sat several doctors and nurses) he screamed "RAPE! RAPE!

everyone cracked up.

[super_rn]

Originally Posted by lllliv

he was wearing only a t-shirt with all his jewels flowing in the wind..

Oh my gosh! That statement cracked me up!!