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No. 90
Old Jun 29, 2008, 03:55 PM

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This was way back in the day when when we were learning about MI's in my CNA class. Once day, in lunch, as my friend and I were walking back to class, we were dicussing MI's and the meds associated with them. All of a sudden my friend says "Myocardial infraction." OMG!! it was soo hilarious. Now, I spent a good 5 minutes arguing with her that the word is "myocardial infarction", not myocardial infraction!" There is no math in a heart attack. so now, we've grown up and became CNA's and everytime we discuss MI's in LPN class, I always end up crackin' up.
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No. 91
from alcrab01
Old Jul 04, 2008, 09:23 AM

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From a woman who claimed she "went to nursing school" (later found out that she shadowed a nurse for 2 days when she was in high school):

"If her oxygen goes down are you going to pump her up with that Bamboo bag?"
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No. 92
Old Jul 04, 2008, 11:50 AM

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okay. this doesn't exactly fit the description on the heading, but here it goes. A classmate of mine (we were at clinicals and taking care of our assigned pts) asked the nurse if her pt had voided. Nurse responded "oh no she hadn't vioded at all today." Now my classmate goes and tell our instructor that her pt hadn't vioded at all today. Instructor had told her to go back and ask the charge nurse again about the pt vioding because she found it strange the the pt hadn't vioded. Now when my classmate goes and asks the nurse again, she laughs and says " of course, she urinated. She's been urinating a lot today."

Turns out the nurse didn't know what "void" meant. We all just stood and had a good laugh... looks like somebody didn't go to nursing school.... hehehehe!... and you think you're a nurse when.... ???
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No. 93
Old Feb 23, 2009, 11:04 PM

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i really like this thread!
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No. 94
from systoly
Old Feb 24, 2009, 05:35 PM

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A pt. once asked me if she should see an eye Dr. since her PCP had told her she had tiki eye (petechiae). I didn't get it until I saw the affected area. Had to excuse myself real quick.
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No. 95
Old Feb 25, 2009, 05:36 PM

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This isn't medical but was watching "American Idol" a couple years ago and it was one of the audition episodes where this young girl stated she would be the next American Idol because she had a lot of "self-confidentiality"! I laughed until I cried when I heard that, it just struck me so funny.
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No. 96
from VivaRN
Old Feb 26, 2009, 03:06 PM

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Chief complaint: "I have 2 extra titties."

What the heck?

Turns out this pleasant 61yo F... chattering on about her "goutch", (took me a few minutes to figure out she meant gout) described her bilat. elbow swelling as "Look, I have two extra titties growing right here".

I disguised my snort of laughter as a cough.
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No. 97
from Natkat
Old Feb 26, 2009, 04:38 PM

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A few weeks ago I had a patient who wasn't doing well so the doctor ordere an NG tube and the patient's wife refused to have it put down. Again and again the doctors and nurses explained the reason for the NG and asked for her permission to have it inserted. Again she refused. A while later after I had started the patient's dialysis and things were quiet, I started a conversation with the wife.

Once I felt I had her trust I asked her why she was against having the NG tube and she said "well how's he gonna breath with that feeding tube down his throat?"

I really felt sorry for her ignorance and how this ignorance was having a huge effect on her husband's care. I explained that the number one goal we have for patients is making sure they can breath and no one will ever do anything that will keep him from breathing. Then I explained how the esophagus is different from the trachea and she immediately gave consent for the NG tube.
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No. 98
from akrn70
Old Feb 28, 2009, 09:59 PM

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I work in the surgery department which also includes endo. On one of my days off one of the endo nurses called to say she was coming by to drop off something I had ordered. I happen to be gone when she stopped by so my hubby answered the door. She had been eating a Dove ice cream bar on the way over and had a little bit of chocolate on her face. Rather then let her walk around like that, my hubby told her she had some brown stuff on her face. She wiped it off and then laughed as she told him "that's not a good thing to hear coming from where I just did"! He knew where she worked so that both got a good laugh out of it and still talk about it today. She quickly explained to him about the dove bar.
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No. 99
from sharpeimom
Old Mar 01, 2009, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by BadBird View Post
Matt,
That is so funny, I do the same thing with my husband, he warns me before we start to eat that he doesn't want to hear any bowel stories.
Why not??? Reminds me of the time I brought the 3rd year ortho resident I was dating home for the weekend and my mom did a brunch for the family and a few close friends so they could meet him. Brunch was delightful and my parents were gracious hosts, and all was going well, until that fateful moment... He described in lurid detail, his trauma pt. who had been crushed in the trash compactor part of the garbage truck he drove and ended up having both legs and his dominant arm amputated. I can still visualize the patient thirty years later and I never saw him. That was one brunch that ended early!


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