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No. 20
from prmenrs
Old Aug 09, 2007, 10:16 AM

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tntc!
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No. 21
Old Aug 09, 2007, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by mjlrn97 View Post



Another time, my sister and I were walking around town, and we saw this house with a literal flock of pink plastic flamingoes stuck all over the lawn. I've always thought these 'decorations' were tres tacky, in the same category with paintings of matadors on black velvet and most Elvis memorabilia, and I got to poking fun at the display by standing on one foot and making what I thought might have been flamingo noises.

Yeah, yeah, I know, it was completely silly; but there I was, my head thrown back, cawing madly and fighting to keep my balance, enjoying the feeling of acting like a kid again when my sister elbowed me sharply in the ribs and hissed at me to shut up. I turned on her, intending to stick my tongue out at her, only to meet the eyes of the homeowner, who had come out onto the stoop to see what all the ruckus was about...........and he had one leg himself!!
Marla . . .. putting a flock of flamingos on a person's front yard is a fund raiser. Our local library does that. You pay money to have them placed and the person has to pay money to have them removed. It is all in good fun.

steph
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No. 22
Old Aug 09, 2007, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by prmenrs View Post
tntc!
Me too. So many, I can't even remember one.

steph
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No. 23
from deeDawntee
Old Aug 09, 2007, 10:43 AM

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Oh man, these are great. Last weekend, my comatose patient awoke and being still very groggy but was able to speak and follow commands, I said in a very enthusiastic voice, "You have no idea how glad your family is going to be to see you Steve!!!!" (Well, Steve wasn't his name!!!! ooooops) No wonder he looked really befuddled, poor guy, drifting in and out of consciousness and someone calls him STEVE!!!!

My coworkers had a good laugh at that one. (BTW, my other pt's name was Steve!)

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No. 24
from pacifica
Old Aug 09, 2007, 11:43 AM

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I'm a third-quarter nursing student. The dumbest thing I've said so far was to a patient who had lost her left arm in a MVA. I went in to do a CBG and I was in full "robot student nurse" mode when I asked her "Which arm would you prefer I use to test your blood glucose?"

She said "Well, I only have one." Oh, I was so embarrassed but the lady was very nice and had a good sense of humor about it.

Note to self: I know we practice these protocols and scripts in lab over and over again, but think before you speak!
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No. 25
from SAHMU4IA
Old Aug 13, 2007, 09:48 AM

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On one of my very first Clinicals as a student I was at a Veteran's Hospital. My pt told me that he had a sore on his testicle. Well I was pretty shy during those days, but I got in there and kind of looked with my eyes closed, if you know what I mean. I asked "Which one?" and he replies: " I only HAVE one!"
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No. 26
from ZASHAGALKA
Old Aug 13, 2007, 06:52 PM

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ummmm,

"Gee, it's quiet. . ."

~faith,
Timothy.
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No. 27
from santhony44
Old Aug 13, 2007, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ZASHAGALKA View Post
ummmm,

"Gee, it's quiet. . ."



Bet you only did that once!!



I was doing a rather extensive history and physical on a gentleman who was participating in a study of people who had worked in a particular industry.

There was a question about surgeries, so we talked in some detail about his cataract surgery.

I proceed down my list of questions. Not thirty seconds later, I asked "When was the last time you had your eyes examined?"

He looked at me strange and I said "Oops, we just talked about that, didn't we!"
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No. 28
from Elvish
Old Aug 15, 2007, 01:38 PM

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Yeah, we learnt real quick not to use the q word. And we jump all over anybody else who does.

I posted this in another thread but it's worth repeating....I answered the phone one night "XYZ unit, this is Tina." But Tina isn't MY name, it's the name of the nurse who was in there with me." Nice.
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No. 29
from teeituptom
Old Aug 21, 2007, 09:16 AM

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I dont think I will go golfing today,



Thats the stupidest Thing I ever said
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