Tonight I walked in on my pt... - Page 10

As a Nurse that has been in the hospital, I must say, I found "Nothing" stimulating or exciting about the Hospital Experience. But, If,. . . And this is a big one, just if, . . . and, . . .. .

I would never be able to rise to the occasion again without $$$$Thousands and $$$$$Thousands worth of very good therapy if someone "Laughed at "Olaf"!"

Point: This guy's ego wasn't hurt.

If the patient is on a cardiac monior, the rhythm looks like V Tach! Have been fooled and wheeled the crash cart into the room!!

JMHO and my NY $0.02.
Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN
Somewhere in the PACNW

But I wasn't really laughing at Olaf! The whole situation just surprised and amused me so much that I started laughing. Which I totally tried to explain as I apologized later. Although "Hey, dude, please don't think that I was laughing at your weener because I wasn't" isn't exactly professional. We joked about it later. He eventually needed a foley which he was constantly re-adjusting and what not. "Oh god, you caught me masturbating again" or "Hey, you better not be masturbating under there" were running jokes between the two of us. When he was finally d/c'd home, he praised my professionalism as a nurse in the comment card. lol.

/he d/c'd home on palliative care, so honestly, he could have spent the entire stay wanking off and that would have been retroactively okay with me

if it isn't some creepy intentional scenerio, like the ones i described i don't care. just walk right out. i always knock before comming in and wait until the pt says come in. especially if the door is closed. that is one of my biggest hates is staff that just runs right into the room without knocking. ugh rn writters post was the most in line with my views. there is a huge (not even really comparable)difference between someone masturbating with the door and curtain closed vs. some starting to do it while you are getting his/her vital signs/giving meds etc.

It's NATURAL! Of course it's appropriate to masturbate in YOUR OWN car across from a playground.

And for that matter, it was soooo hard to make it out of the grocery store without masturbating. And well, I did have the cart in front of me. Why not? (ETA: But relax people, I know what you're thinking, I didn't work today so I wasn't wearing scrubs.)

And oh my goodness, the 4 hour flight last week. Sure they ran out of blankets, but well, it was FOUR WHOLE HOURS. How are you supposed to go that long? Especially men. So much testosterone.

That makes me want to cry, dirtyhippiegirl . . .he'll probably end up as one of what I call "the few you never forget", especially if it is when you are a student. Sounds like a win-win interaction - the kind that will never be on any corporation's script . .

Glad to see you have a sense of humor (you seemed to have put him at ease about it), and hope you are being facetious and don't really refer to your patients' penises as "weeners."