Nurse hand me the...

[mindy1982]

(After just changing from a floor nurse to a desk nurse) a Dr. came in and was sitting in front of the charts going through hospital records.

"Nurse, do we have a staple remover?" I quickly handled him the paper staple remover from the unit clerks desk.

The look of surprise and then laughter was priceless...on both of our faces.

[mustlovepoodles, RN]

My mother used to be a scrub nurse in L&D back when most of the patients had the scopalamine "twilight sleep" treatment. This particular night I was the circulator(yes, we actually had TWO nurses for normal deliveries, not just c-sections ) The OB was a rather snotty, demanding man and he wanted his instruments to come fast. My mother anticipated his every move, right up to the point where she put her cord clamp in her mouth like she was holding a diaper pin. I got her a new cord clamp and she had to hold that "diaper pin" in her mouth for the rest of the delivery because she couldn't risk contaminating everything by spitting it out.