Scariest things you've seen

[mscsrjhm]

What is the scariest thing you have seen other nurses do? We have all seen some pretty ignorant, or uncaring things. Just curious. Someone should probably write a book.

[freegirl]

I'm in my final semester of nursing school and my first scary introduction to nursing was when I saw a guy with extensive generalized edema. A call bell had gone off and my clinical instructor asked me to check the room. So, I go in and I see this guy, he is all covered up with blanket but his lower area is really bulging out. He tells me, he wants to pee, so, I put on my gloves, get the urinal, raise the blankets and promptly blacked out, seriously:eek:. I don't even wanna go as far as describing how big and massive that thing was. When I finally composed myself, the guy was staring at me like nothing had happened and my clinical instructor didn't know whether to laugh or frown at me as she went about how I wasn't ready for the world of nursing.

In between then and now, well, I have seen a lot worse but that one incident sticks out

[calliesue]

Did rounds with an MD and I had to tell him to wash his hands .

He literally just stuck his hands under the water and rubbed them together twice and turned the water off with his bare hand.

I told him you have got to wash your hands for real ! Even did teaching on how to wash your hands correctly.

He told me. I think that washing hands is just for show.

Can you say INFECTION CONTROL?

[aeauooo]

"The road of life is rocky, and you may stumble too. So while you point a finger, someone else is judging you." Bob Marley

Take any nurse - any nurse - put her/his practice under the microscope and you will find mistakes.

I can think of very few nurses whom I have followed and not found errors, sometimes serious errors. And yeah, I know that means that nurses follow me and find errors.

The bottom line for me is always: What are you going to do about it?