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No. 50
from kriseh
Old Oct 26, 2007, 10:40 PM

Default Re: What's the dumbest remark you've heard yourself make...
Originally Posted by StudyingRN View Post
Can't think of anything I've said right now but how many of you knock on every door before you open it.....even the galley, the utility room, the supply closet etc!!! I always feel so stupid when I knock on the door of the break room before opening it to a room full of lunching staff all laughing at me!!!! DUH!

HIPPA would be so proud of me I give EVERYONE and EVERYTHING full privacy!
I do the same thing!! I even do it at home. I have even been known to knock coming out of a room. It's a good habit to have, but a hard one to turn off.
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No. 51
from sanctuary
Old Oct 29, 2007, 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by sharona97 View Post
Working in a clinic, I went to call the patient's name and instead yelled out the pizza place who sent him in (w/c).

Hey, Domino's
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No. 52
from sharona97
Old Oct 29, 2007, 04:09 AM
Updated Oct 29, 2007 at 04:10 AM by sharona97

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Originally Posted by sanctuary View Post
Hey, Domino's
Yep that was me laughing the whole way back to the room, thank God the pt was pretty cool about it!
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No. 53
from Alois Wolf
Old Oct 29, 2007, 07:24 AM

Unhappy Re: What's the dumbest remark you've heard yourself make...
Well... this is kinda bad.
I work at a facility which deals exclusively with individuals with mental disabilities...
I remember when I had just started, I was trying to change an attends and I couldn't find the switch for the light. I remember saying, "What am I, retarded?" ...
My supervisor and nursing staff where standing right there. They looked at me like I had just kicked puppies... and that's what I ended up feeling like... a kicked puppy. Needless to say, I have erased that word from my vocabulary... with the exception of this story...
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No. 54
from dayflower
Old Oct 29, 2007, 07:38 AM

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A doctor with an oriental accent came up to the nursing desk and asked for something. I wasn't sure what ,I thought he wanted a patients chart. So I repeated what I thought he said "Robert Bean?" He says no and makes circular motion around a stack of papers he was holding. Then repeats again his request. I finally figured out hewanted a rubber band NOT Robert Bean. We all laughed together!!!!
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No. 55
from Alois Wolf
Old Oct 29, 2007, 07:44 AM

Originally Posted by dayflower View Post
A doctor with an oriental accent...
*ahem* Oriental is a type of rug... Asian, my dear... Asian.
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No. 56
from kiszi
Old Oct 29, 2007, 08:57 PM

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Often, instead of knocking on a pt's door, I'll just say "knock knock" through the partially open door. Unfortunately, I act quicker than I think sometimes. I've caught myself saying "knock, knock" when I'm still 10 feet from the door. Gotten some rather strange looks with that one.
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No. 57
from RN.38SPCL
Old Oct 30, 2007, 10:18 AM

Default Re: What's the dumbest remark you've heard yourself make...
I Was Assessing A Coworker Who Was Having Stroke Type Symptoms. His Bp Was Sky High, He C/o The Worst Headache He Ever Had And Said He Was Having Trouble Remembering. So.... " What Is It That You Can't Remember?" Yeha!!
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No. 58
from tencat
Old Oct 30, 2007, 10:34 AM

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I work hospice, and in staff meeting we all sign sympathy cards for the families of deceased patients. I think it was one of my first staff meetings. Anyway, after signing something like the 6th card that day, I turned to a coworker and said very seriously "Man....why are they all dying?" She looked at me and said "Um......it's hospice....." then she said "Here's your sign!" We all did have a good, morbid laugh over that one.
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No. 59
from Alois Wolf
Old Oct 30, 2007, 11:23 AM

Default Re: What's the dumbest remark you've heard yourself make...
Originally Posted by RN.38SPCL View Post
I Was Assessing A Coworker Who Was Having Stroke Type Symptoms. His Bp Was Sky High, He C/o The Worst Headache He Ever Had And Said He Was Having Trouble Remembering. So.... " What Is It That You Can't Remember?" Yeha!!
*blinks* That's like when I lose something and someone asks me, "Well... where was the last place you left it?"... if I knew where the last place I had it was, it wouldn't be lost... now would it?

Originally Posted by tencat View Post
I work hospice, and in staff meeting we all sign sympathy cards for the families of deceased patients. I think it was one of my first staff meetings. Anyway, after signing something like the 6th card that day, I turned to a coworker and said very seriously "Man....why are they all dying?" She looked at me and said "Um......it's hospice....." then she said "Here's your sign!" We all did have a good, morbid laugh over that one.
Oh wow.... lol. I have a morbid sense of humor anyway but that's pretty funny.
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