What was most embarrassing moment as a nurse?

galenight, BSN, RN · Apr 23, 2002

Unfortunately my most embarassing moment was just last week-- can't even blame being a newbie! Although I had done this several times, I was to give a woman a SQ injection, but was distracted for some reason, and I told her that her sleeve would need to be up farther, like I was going to give it IM in the deltiod, she looked at me and said, but they always give it down here.......... Not really so bad until you know who I did this to..........The CEO!!!!!

She now says I was trying to kill her...lol... thank god she has a good sense of humor!

Agnus · Apr 23, 2002

Originally posted by Sandy Mowry
I tripped over his foley cather, well for some one who was completely aphasic, he sure did yell " OUCH you Hurt my c.ck" . I was embarrased . Little TURP anyone.
Sandy

Sandy, you cured him!!

Agnus · Apr 23, 2002

I was cathing one of these little old guys with a member that was about a micron long. You know all foreskin but no member. You grab the darn thing and seems to slip back inside his body.

Anyway I started to talk to IT like and inamiminate object and not thinking I said, "now don't be shy." I guess I kind of forgot how the patient who was attached to this member might take this remark. Anyway, he replied somethng like, "I can't help it. It's been that way for years."

:imbar

Poor guy.

**SKM-NURSIEPOOH, BSN, RN** · Apr 23, 2002

orginially by hapeewendy......because my spelling was terrible, even worse than normal, bad speelers of the world untie :)

...i know exactly what yuo :imbar mean!!! ha :chuckle :roll

while i went to guatemala in '1998 for an us humanitarian mission, i assisted this dentist whose panamanian & is fluent in spanish. he tried to teach me and an medic some simple spanish phrases which would help-out in processing the patients.

all we were suppose to say was...siéntese por favor. recuéstese, relájese, & abre la boca ancha, por favor...which translate to...sit down please. lie back, relax, & open your mouth wide, please. i unfortunately said...siéntese por favor. recuéstese, relájese, & abra a su abuela...which translates to...sit down please. lie back, relax, & open your grandmother :imbar :eek: ...lol :chuckle. everyone in the room fell-out laughing!!! they thought i was trying to make them laugh on purpose....you know...to make them relax. only if they really knew just how stupid or estúpido i felt!!! :rolleyes: :blushkiss

micro, RN · Apr 23, 2002

k' only one i will admit on open forum...........

will identify if anyone local here is looking....but what they hey....micro is micro...........

emptying a foley catheter at the end of shift to get accurate i & o.........and the d........bl.........thing explodes in my face.......(actually eyes)))))))))))))))

EYE FLUSHES ALL AROUND!!!!!!!!!WET HAIR..........UNIFORM.......VARIANCE REPORTS ........AND THE

nursing manager gently and kindly giving me eye shields to ever and after use anytime.........for this purpose.........

when you think universal precautions.......ya'all never expect the dang catheter bag to explode in your face.................

micro

as to other embarrasin'''''''''''moments...........

nope.....never, never, never.......

even micro knows when to keep tongue tied!!!!!!! xoxoxoxoxox

MHN · Apr 23, 2002

night owl the most embarassing incident occurred to me when I was pupil midwife(PM) ,being a male it was even more embarassing .

I had a post partum lady who was febrile and its cause unknown she had been ordered a high lady partsl swab.As a PM and male to do such a procedure i needed to have a female in attendence this fell this our clinical instructor.I was explaining the procedure to the patient in sequence of what was to be done ,when the instructor chimed in with Remember to tickle the cervic she also was gesture this like she waving a sword about .the procedure started i reached as far as i could and "tickled the cervic" as instructed.At this point the lady who had a loose night dress on with some of the buttons undone started to blush i could feel myself embarrashed for the patient feeling a warm in my cheeks which turned to a burning sensation as she said "I have'nt felt like that for a long time " i didnt dare ask what she meant.

night owl · Apr 23, 2002

MHN,

I'm blushing for you! Believe me, I know EXACTLY how you felt. All I wanted to do was run out of that room. Last night I prayed that this resident wouldn't ask for the "cream" again, but of course he did. I thought about what I would say while I drove my one hour ride to work so when I walked into his room I told him that I was very busy and I'd appreciate it very much if he would put it on himself and that he would be a big help to me if he did. He started to {{{slap }}} it on, I thanked him and left the room.

Pheeew!

LasVegasRN · Apr 23, 2002

ICU, late one night. All the residents were sitting around giggling over a chart. I'm clueless. One of them looks at me and says, (loudly), "Wow that must have been some catheterization you did!" and they break out laughing again. My nurse manager is sitting at the desk, red faced and says, "that patient you cath'd yesterday, his urine sample came back with sperm in it. BWAH HAHAHAHAH!!". If only I could have crawled under the tile that day... How in the heck did THAT happen? eww. :imbar

jstinerich · Apr 23, 2002

I was reapplying a colostomy bag to a quad and he got an erection. I retained my cool even though other helpers in the room excused themselves and left us alone. The patient looked quite proud of himself.

A minister, who had had a stroke was admitted. He was wet so I started to change his linens. He started propositioning me. I finished the linens and asked the others about him. They didn't have a problem with him. He was readmitted about a year later and when I walked into the room, he started again. I told the nm that I could not take care of that man.

Amy ER Nurse · Apr 23, 2002

My first year nurseing in the ER I had to cath a little old lady that was a bit senile. I was in there alone, and she was cooperative until I went to pass the catheter, and she began to scream loudly "RAPE! RAPE!" Everyone gave me a strange look when I returned to the nurses station. Also, same hospital, I was helping clean a little old lady that had very watery diarrhea. I had the pt turned tward me holding her while the other nurse cleaned her side. My feet began to slide and I said, why is the floor wet? I looked down, and the watery diarrhea had overflowed the bed and was on the floor. My shoes stunk so bad! I cleaned them as best I could, and put on shoe covers. I still got funny looks and crys of "gross!" when I would walk by. Every patient room I went in looked at me like I had a flatulence problem! I was never so glad for a shift to end.

mattsmom81 · Apr 23, 2002

OK girls, I bet this has happened to many of us...(sorry guys)

Stuck in a room forever assisting with an IABP or a swan, etc. and it's going on and on...and you have 'the curse' and know you need to address it...only to realize it's too late and hoping nobody notices.....eeek!

kids · Apr 25, 2002

I was working in a SNF, we had a patient who was totally out of it and we knew was FTD (massive CVA on top of several old, DNR/do not admit), he had a pacemaker that was still going so it was a long process...he had no family so everyone kept stopping by the room to spend a few minutes all evening, . A CNA comes and gets me to declare him when it was time, she and another CNA went in with me...he looked pretty well gone to me. I leaned over with my steth to check for heart tones...the body let out this huge gasp... I sqwaucked and took off running, got tangled up in the privacy curtin, hit the floor and ended up scrambling on my hands and knees to the door. The 2 CNAs about peed them selves laughing. I should mention that this little old guy was a cutie who enjoyed teasing his favorites, he would have gotten a kick out of seeing my reaction.