Kodak Moments - Just When You Think You've Seen it All

[Joe V]

No photos please. This is a HIPAA zone.

As nurses, we deal with all sorts of sights..... After awhile, there is little that surprises. But, occasionally we get some real surprises. What are some of the "Kodak moments" (memories) you have seen?

[icu/don]

The lactulose was almost the color of the stuff coming out of the patient in the cartoon.

[SeattleJess]

idialyze said:

My first Kodak moment was my very first day of clinicals and my very first patient. I took her temperature. She was dead.

It all went downhill after that, LOL!

Jeepers, NO ONE is going to top your story! Thanks for setting the bar for my first day of clinicals!

[xoemmylouox, ASN, RN]

idialyze said:

My first Kodak moment was my very first day of clinicals and my very first patient. I took her temperature. She was dead.

It all went downhill after that, LOL!

I spit my water out at this.. Sorry for the patient, but what a way to start the day..

[amoLucia]

Poster idialyze wins first prize for her Kodak moment!!!!!

[idialyze, BSN, RN]

Guess I was meant to be a nurse since I finished that day, finished school, passed boards on first attempt, and have been an RN for 32 years!

[amoLucia]

idialyze said:

Guess I was meant to be a nurse since I finished that day, finished school, passed boards on first attempt, and have been an RN for 32 years!

Eligible for the Society of COBs!

[idialyze, BSN, RN]

Thanks! I think I've earned it.

[LauraJacksonCox]

I think the funniest thing that happened to me, was when I worked at a hospital and one of the male CNAs was frantically wanting me to come look at one of the patients he was changing. He was concerned because she had "this egg" coming out of her! It was just a prolapsed uterus, but he was mortified lol

[suanna]

chiandre said:

An Obstetrical Resident about to do an exam without gloves!! Ewwwww!

The worst part is that it took two nurses and an attending MD to explain the implications.

Disgusting!

I agree- not the most esthetically pleasing choice for performing that particular intervention, but how many nurses, doctors, lab staff, stick for blood with no glove on, or the index finger of the glove snapped off. There is very little that is likely to breach intact skin and risk the practitioner or the patient, but a blood draw has a potentially dangerous substance-blood, in close proximity to a very sharp needle, and a deliberate breaking of the skin- the bodies most important line of defense. You are right, I wouldn't do an exam without gloves, but the implications are more cultural than clinical.

[Joe V]

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