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No. 40
from URGR8T
Old Apr 24, 2008, 11:23 AM

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I laughed so hard my stomach hurts...I cannot believe you said that..That is so wrong
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No. 41
from pfongk
Old Apr 24, 2008, 06:15 PM

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I didn't know what else to day so I kept on with the room familiarisation.
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No. 42
Old Apr 25, 2008, 01:43 AM

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First year of nursing. How young and naive I was then.

Had an middle aged "gentleman" in full blown DT's: combative, hallucinations, etc. Required 4 point restraints. As I'm tying him to the bed, he looks up at me and says, "Baby, one night we can get a bottle, a room, and we can do this ALL night long. In the morning we can call the fire department to come cut me loose. But D**n baby, I gotta go to work in the morning!"

I was left speechless as my coworker laughed her way onto the floor.

Later that same night, I went into his room (now restrained). He asks, "Who are you?". I stated, "I'm SuzyQ, your nurse." His reply? "You aren't much of a nurse or you'd be up here riding me like a horse!"

Uh? Was that in my job description? Cuz I think I need a raise!
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No. 43
Old Jul 07, 2008, 10:01 AM

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Okay, probably not the strangest, but it definitely ranks up there. It was one of those nights, I was in charge with 4 patients: 1 needs to go to ICU, 1 is a total care with a million dressing changes, and 1 wants to leave AMA, she just pulled her foley. My 4th patient calls out on her call light, needs to see her nurse right away, has questions she needs answered. Of course she's miles away from the nurse's station, so I drag myself down the hall, "What do you have questions about?". She answers, "What is the best way to get rid of a skunk smell after you've been sprayed?"
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No. 44
from jessi1106
Old Jul 07, 2008, 11:51 PM

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When recently re-assessing a pts pain.....

ME: "Are you feeling better? Are you now less than a "4" on the painscale?"

PT: "Yes, I'm better. I'd say my pain is now between a "3" and "5"."

Yes, the pt was A/Ox3.
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No. 45
from ink10300
Old Jul 08, 2008, 02:26 PM

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Before I became a nurse I was a phlebotomist for a county lab. A couple of teens, (under 15 if I remember right), from a group home, (severe mental illness), were driven in. 1st draw is fine, not eventful. The second one- well, I wish someone could have been there to witness..
This kid had a very odd way of speaking. He would ask a question, sometimes repeating the last word several times and then answer his own question. Except, he should not have known so many odd personal things about me.
He asked me how I liked the city I JUST moved to-specifically naming it, and then asked how my boyfriend was liking his new move to a different city-specifically naming it. And then asked about my daughter and instead of naming her directly, he named her by naming a nearby lake, that happend to share her name.
I asked him how he knew so many things, he never answered me. He just kept asking and answering all these questions about me.
I was so flustered and shaking, I actually missed his vein the first time- got it on the 2cd, and he was apologizing to me.
It was a strange encounter I have never been able to forget, or explain.
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No. 46
Old Jul 08, 2008, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ink10300 View Post
Before I became a nurse I was a phlebotomist for a county lab. A couple of teens, (under 15 if I remember right), from a group home, (severe mental illness), were driven in. 1st draw is fine, not eventful. The second one- well, I wish someone could have been there to witness..
This kid had a very odd way of speaking. He would ask a question, sometimes repeating the last word several times and then answer his own question. Except, he should not have known so many odd personal things about me.
He asked me how I liked the city I JUST moved to-specifically naming it, and then asked how my boyfriend was liking his new move to a different city-specifically naming it. And then asked about my daughter and instead of naming her directly, he named her by naming a nearby lake, that happend to share her name.
I asked him how he knew so many things, he never answered me. He just kept asking and answering all these questions about me.
I was so flustered and shaking, I actually missed his vein the first time- got it on the 2cd, and he was apologizing to me.
It was a strange encounter I have never been able to forget, or explain.

that is weird but kinda cool
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No. 47
from Ruby Vee
Old Jul 08, 2008, 08:14 PM

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From an elderly, confused man: "You'd better hide! My wife is going to be really mad if she finds you in our bedroom!"

From an elderly woman while I was checking her temp rectally: "OHHHHHH, OOOOOHHHHHHH! That feels SOOOOO good!"

From an elderly man who somehow removed is oxygen sat probe from his finger and put it on another appendange entirely: "Help! Help! That snake's got my dick and you're going to have to cut it off!"

From an intern on one of his first nights on call -- as I tried to wake him for a patient that wasn't doing well, "I'm sorry, Baby. I've got a headache."
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No. 48
from tnrose
Old Jul 08, 2008, 10:35 PM

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From a nurse I was working with recently, "Guess what I just found out...Dr. So and So just told me that Tylenol can kill you. I thought that Tylenol was just like Aspirin, I didn't know it could hurt you". I swear it's true, I was just sitting there open mouthed not believing what I was hearing!
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No. 49
Old Jul 09, 2008, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by car_crash_heart1408 View Post
Needless to say, the charge nurse I work with isn't the brightest. Just a few examples:
1. When filling out a lab slip for a UA C&S, she wrote "UA CNS". It took three people and 20 minutes to explain the difference to her
2. While charting on a resident, she turned to me to ask if ""left foot" was spelled the same as "he turned left"".
3. Another charting episode occurred when a male patient was feeling ill. She was charting his condition and asked me how to spell "pacific". I responded by asking her what she meant; her reply was "Mr. X has no pacific complaints". I replied that Pacific was an ocean, he has no specific complaints. OMG!

This is a seasoned (20 yrs. or more) LPN and it kinda scares me that she is responsible for 30 odd residents and hands out narcotics.
Thanks for that one! If she can make it in nursing school and pass her boards then I know I will be just fine! LOL
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