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by fedupnurse

Several years ago we had an elderly intubated woman admitted from the ER. She had resp. distress at home and ended up vented. They brought her up to us minus her post intubation film so x-ray came up and did one. After, they sent the film to us. As we stood there looking at it I said Ooops, guess whoever tubed her put her teeth on her chest. Into the patients room I go and pull back the top of her gown and whala, no teeth! Apparently her resp. distress was caused by swallowing her uppers! Poor thing needed surgery to remove them, the bronch was unsuccessful.

[Sleepyeyes]

At clinicals one day in my last semester...

Had orders to Foley an elderly gent. But we couldn't get it, and after several phone calls, the urologist decided to come in to figure it out.

Turned out the Pt. had a "blind passage, " and that's why our efforts were futile.

We --nurses, Pt, and student--watched in fascination and horror as the Doc, with obvious glee, picked up this thing that looked like a wire coat hangar, took aim, quipped, "Now, don't try this at home, folks," and in one sweeping motion, threaded the Foley in using the "coat hanger " as a guide.

Pt. insisted he felt no pain, but I cringe whenever I think about the poor fella--and I'm a girl....

[Huganurse]

It had to be the tape worm.

[KP RN]

Years ago, as a student in clinicals, I was changing a man's foot dressing, and his black, gangrenous toe fell off onto the floor!!
Today, of course, I wouldn't bay an eye....but as a student?? Darned near fainted right there!

[boobaby42]

Twenty years ago, I was giving a pt. an enema in a lonely dark room at about 3:00 am. When I lifted her gown up to pull her panties down, I just about doodied in my pants. She was wearing men's briefs. Well, back then, people weren't coming out of the closet so freely. I can't remember if I did that enema or not, come to think of it!

[MPHkatie]

Cant quite recall when

But we have had a few patients who had worms embedded in their backs after foreign travel, it was so strange to open what looked like a boil and have a fat worm crawl out. the patients thought it was too freaky too.

[ceecel.dee]

Pt having a bowel resection for perforated bowel.....bowel segment inspected....patient had swallowed a wooden toothpick!

I recommend floss!

[DAISY MAE 1]

I worked in a prison medical setting, and on the night shift I got
called over to the unit. An inmate had a padlock on his penis (he
evidently was a little off?) and needless to say could not remember the combination! Not sure where his brains are really
located! Made for an interesting nite! Was he afraid of losing it?

[wildhoney]

cancer of the penis

a dead penis laid out on the table before multiple representative sections were made of it. : ) Sliced open down its middle, flattened and wide open. Interesting.

I'm also happy to say... today I do not experience an aversion to penis.

[oramar]

Surgeon presented my patient with a flat, smooth pebble he found in patients appendix. It was actually bigger than a dime but smaller than a nickle, about the width of eraser. It was one of those light colored ones we used to call lucky stones when I was a kid. It was not a lucky stone for this guy unfortunately. He also had a screaming case of peritonitis with his appendicitis.