Most Embarassing Nursing Moments

I was a new nurse doing my initial assessment on a new post-op (man in his 40s). He's in bed surrounded by about 10 family members and friends and they've got the game on. He insists no one needs to leave while I check the surgical site and his drains etc... I do my best to respect his privacy. At one point I lean in and very quiety ask, "Are you passing any gas yet?" He looks at me confused "Huh?", he can't hear me. Then he quickly understands and loudly goes, "OH! YOU WANNA KNOW IF I'M FARTING! HEY GUYS, AM I FARTING??!" And the room rings loud with their laughs and answers, "OH YEAH!!! We can vouch for that!!" I was so red walking out of there.

He gave it to me all night and I finally got comfortable enough to start giving it back. Hours later he hadn't urinated and the surgeon decided he had an hour to make urine or the catheter's going in. The patient is adamant that he DOES NOT want a catheter. So in an effort to get things moving we decide to have him take a walk around the floor. I accompany him and his wife and friends. His JP's hanging and he can't figure out a way to take the traction off the line. I said "Here, let me show ya" and I tuck it in the pocket of his robe. He's ribbing me some more, "Oh see there, that's what she gets the big bucks for!" I laughed and said, "You think so? If we don't get you to urinate you're gonna see what I get the big bucks for!" You never saw a guy lose his smile so fast. His wife and friends however laughed half the way down the hall.

Now that's really embarrassing!

Accidentally inserting a rectal tube into the vagina.....
TThe patient didn't tell me it was in the wrong spot, and ....it took me several minutes to notice!

An experienced nurse did that in our unit. The sad part is, no one noticed for 2-3 days, and finally a brand new grad picked up on it!

I was helping a nurse deal with an impaction, it was ortho, so I was holding the patient on her side (hip replacement) while my counterpart was digging for gold.
After the ordeal was over, we were washing our hands when my co-worker noticed her watch was missing....

Guess where it was......... not that she wanted it back.

HAHA!!!! THESE ARE HILARIOUS!!!

Well I remember this one time I was talking about a staff nurse on my floor. It wasn't anything nice btw. Turns out she was right behind me during the whole thing.

I worked maternity for a number of years.. we had really really old scrubs provided by the hospital.. Im not kidding.. from the 70s. Pepto pink.. bell bottom (when it wasnt in style) and buttoned front. I walked into a labor room to help get a patient started with induction.. the room was quite warm so I yanked open my snap top lab jacket and hung it on the back of the door before proceeding to the bedside.. Where I realized I had already left my lab jacket at the desk and I had removed my shirt. Luckily everyone had a good sense of humor, I put my shirt back on and said, "Oh. I forgot it was tuesday, we only do Breastfeeding demonstrations on Mondays"