About the time when your brain goes to mush......You know how patient's can't really see your face very much when you are wearing an N95 mask ? Well, I was just discussing with my coworker how this patient was completely blind, not partially blind, blah blah blah. Then she said she knew her from many years ago and went in her room to say Hi. 20 seconds after just acknowledging she was completely blind I said " Did she recognize you with your face covered by the N95 ?" of course she didn't she can't see..... doh.
I can't recall any specific examples, just mostly when I do handoff I can't think of the names of devices or diseases so I end up describing them and sounding very uninformed. I'll say "the brain draining thingie" when I am talking about an External Ventricular Drain, for example.
haha, yes! "Hey, where's the tubey thing?
Or charting a full assessment... on the wrong patient.
BSNbeauty, BSN, RN
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I recently made the switch to nights and lets just say that I get a little foogy at the 3am mark. The other night lab calls me with a critical lab. She says "your patient "Ms. X has gram - cocci pairs and clumps" for some reason I thought she meant "pears and clumps". Me and my coworkers had a good laugh .Share yours !!