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  1. Feb 22 by PMFB-RN
    So last night I responded to a code called in the spinal cord injury center. We (code team) arrived in the room to find a bewildered little old man, obviously not in arrest, sitting on a comode asking why on earth all these people where flooding into his room.
    Turns out his nurse had called out to the new grad nurse at the nursing station:

    "CAN YOU GET A COMODE?"

    The new grad heard

    "CAN YOU CALL A CODE!"

    The new gad had called for the code and then went about her duties. The patient's nurse and the patient had no idea a code had been called until the code team came running into the room.
    MJB2010, Good Morning, Gil, corky1272RN, and 29 others like this.

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  3. Feb 22 by Anaris
    Holy Cow! Now THAT'S funny! Got my snicker meter runnin' in the red.
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    Feb 22 by wooh
    So did one of you bring a bedside commode with you?
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  5. Feb 22 by iCare24
    That is so funny!!
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  6. Feb 22 by Kendel.G
    hahahahahaha poor things! That must have been slightly traumatic and astonishing for the patient! I hate when words get jumbled together and you think someone says something other than what they said.
  7. Feb 22 by ajarrett
    Can you say stage fright?!? LOL
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  8. Feb 22 by Perpetual Student
    That probably almost turned into a code brown.
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  9. Feb 22 by CrazyGoonLPN
    lol! Thanks for the laugh!!
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  10. Feb 22 by Vespertinas
    Quote from PMFB-RN
    The new gad had called for the code and then went about her duties.
    Interesting.

    I once got a protein shake for an RN who asked me for a "boost"
    MJB2010, beckster_01, txnurstudent08, and 11 others like this.
  11. Feb 22 by merlee
    So she called a code and then went about her business?? Wasn't even curious about a code? Didn't bring the crash cart in?? This is funny and sad!
    Sezgirl86, Hoozdo, K+MgSO4, and 19 others like this.