Black Humour

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Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.

Yeah, at my very first nursing job I had a paraplegic patient ....16 years old :sarcastic:.....every time you'd do something to his feet he would make his upper body jerk and he'd say, "OWWW!"......I cannot count the # of times I fell for that and started to apologize, only to have him collapse LAUGHING at me, "You KNOW I can't feel anything......don't you?"

nursecathi

50 Posts

Specializes in critical care, LTC.

Fortunately, or maybe unfortunately, I find humor in almost everything. I do have a very dark, dry sense of humor. Even some if my coworkers don't understand it. I've worked critical care, long term care and now I'm in what I call short term care--hospice. My son shares this gene. He's a paramedic. My daughter also shared this gene. She not in healthcare. She just grew up with a mother who learned to cope with the tragedies of life. And death. I would never say anything in front of a patient or family. Think it, yes.

Nurse Leigh

1,149 Posts

Specializes in Telemetry.

Apologies if this has already been posted, but I heard this quotation the other night and immediately thought of this thread.

"Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh." -- George Bernard Shaw

I think it sums up my feelings rather nicely. :)

kbrn2002, ADN, RN

3,822 Posts

Specializes in Geriatrics, Dialysis.
Fortunately CamillusRN, I haven't developed a dark sense of humor and I'm sure I will never poke fun at the death of a patient. There's plenty of other coping strategies that could be utilized, humor is just not the one. Put yourself in their families shoes.....

Nobody is advocating "poking fun" at a death. While the dark and twisted helps us cope, I've never heard anything inappropriate said where anyone other than a like minded coworker or friend can hear it.

Now that I got that my chest...my favorite warped sense of humor moment happened when I came on shift and discovered a resident had passed when I made first rounds. Unfortunately he had been gone long enough that rigor had set in. Makes me wonder when he was actually checked last, but it was a long time ago and that's another topic altogether. Anyway, he was on his side in the fetal position and when the funeral home was there to pick him up we had a heck of a time getting him into the body bag. At one point we had rolled him onto his back and ended up playing a sick version of seesaw with his body in an attempt to get him the darn bag. Picture every time we'd get his head positioned his legs would go up...push his legs back down and up goes the head! A few rounds of this and all of in the room were laughing hysterically.

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hppygr8ful, ASN, RN, EMT-I

4 Articles; 5,049 Posts

Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).

Two nights ago I found myself with another nurse bagging a 96 year old who was "Hospice" but the family had signed the polst as a full code before they flew off to Reno for vacation. A was monitoring the pulse with a stethascope as we do not have cardiac monitors in our facilty. While our desk nurse was on the phone trying to reach the family. The only thought that kept running through my head was "If i start compressions this person is going to come apart like a bowl of rice crispies" The words didn't come out of my mouth but the thought was there. As it happened the family was contacted and changed the status to DNR

nrsang97, BSN, RN

2,602 Posts

Specializes in Neuro ICU and Med Surg.
Nobody is advocating "poking fun" at a death. While the dark and twisted helps us cope, I've never heard anything inappropriate said where anyone other than a like minded coworker or friend can hear it.

Now that I got that my chest...my favorite warped sense of humor moment happened when I came on shift and discovered a resident had passed when I made first rounds. Unfortunately he had been gone long enough that rigor had set in. Makes me wonder when he was actually checked last, but it was a long time ago and that's another topic altogether. Anyway, he was on his side in the fetal position and when the funeral home was there to pick him up we had a heck of a time getting him into the body bag. At one point we had rolled him onto his back and ended up playing a sick version of seesaw with his body in an attempt to get him the darn bag. Picture every time we'd get his head positioned his legs would go up...push his legs back down and up goes the head! A few rounds of this and all of in the room were laughing hysterically.

OMG the visual of you guys trying to get that poor pt into the body bag. I would be laughing hysterically too. The visual keeps giving me the giggles.

nrsang97, BSN, RN

2,602 Posts

Specializes in Neuro ICU and Med Surg.

I work with a nurse who only has one eye. The comments he makes about it are hilarious. He will often catch me off guard with the comment. I will have to just break down and laugh. I will often say to him that only he can get away with saying that.

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hppygr8ful, ASN, RN, EMT-I

4 Articles; 5,049 Posts

Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).

I doubt it's the same guy but I used to know a one eyed nurse who would say " it's all fun and games until somebody loses an eye"

Hppy

CT Pixie, BSN, RN

3,723 Posts

I doubt it's the same guy but I used to know a one eyed nurse who would say " it's all fun and games until somebody loses an eye"

Hppy

And I doubt that my guy is either of two mentioned..but I have a very close friend who lost an eye in 5th grade due to a stupid accident during school. The other boy who was of the 'accident' was his good friend. I can't tell you how many times I have heard my friend (who lost the eye) say 'yeah, yeah its all fun and games till someone loses an eye' and his friend (who is still his best friend) says, 'tread carefuly , or I'll poke your other eye out' when the two have their infamous battle of wit.

During recess Boy 1 was using a tree branch that broke off the tree as a sword, javlin and light sabre type thing..swinging it, tossing it..you get the picture...Boy 1 told Boy 2 'on guard' acting like the was fencing. Boy 2 told boy 1, you couldn't hit the side of a barn!. Boy 1 took up the challange and jabbed at but not trying to hit or hurt boy 2. Boy 1 hit 'side of barn' and boy 2 lost his eye.

I nearly pee every time I hear my 1 eyed friend say 'yeah, its all fun and games until someone loses an eye'

nrsang97, BSN, RN

2,602 Posts

Specializes in Neuro ICU and Med Surg.

None of us are talking of the same one eyed guys LOL. For sake of remaining anonymous I will not reveal how my one eyed co worker became that way.

Tenebrae, BSN, RN

1,951 Posts

Specializes in Mental Health, Gerontology, Palliative.
I doubt it's the same guy but I used to know a one eyed nurse who would say " it's all fun and games until somebody loses an eye"

Hppy

This chap is a local artist, very funny

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