Crazy stuff can happen

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Tell me your story, or something you did or experienced that was either a no-no, an uh-oh, or just downright unusual! on the nrsg unit!:uhoh3: ;)

Specializes in Peds, ER/Trauma.
What did you do with it?

Doggy Bag?

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Specializes in ICU, Med/Surg, Ortho.

Ok, this one was several years ago. Admitted a young girl (about 19) with pain and fever. She had had an elective abortion the day before. Was brought up to her room in a w/c and hosp johnnie. When she stood up to get in bed, half a fetus was lying on wheelchair seat. Fetus was cleanly severed at umbilicus. Could count all ten toes and every thing. I went home and cried.

Second was had two patents in a room who were sharing a sitter. One of the patients had soiled herself and the sitter/CNA closed the curtain and cleaned her up. when she opened the curtains she screamed - the other pt (psych) had stabbed herself in the chest with an ink pen that had been left on the bedside table. The pen transected the right atrium. Pt was tied down and waited for about 20 min for surgery team to get ready. Pt recovered without complications.

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Specializes in Licensed Practical Nurse.

staciern, your first story is really unbelievable, wow, the fetus was just lying there? i would have been sooo shocked and scared. what a thing to see! abortions are so sad.

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Uhhh, not cool. #1, good idea to double check a pt's vitals for yourself before hanging something like vasotec, and #2, good idea NOT to curse out a coworker , and certainly not in front of others. So unprofessional...

I was waiting for someone to reply to this one. I totally agree, NOT COOL!

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I have a good one...from today as a matter of fact. One of my patients, who is a parapalegic called me in to tell me he thinks his Foley is clogged and needs to be flushed. His urine cx just came back with >100,000 Proteus and the urine in the bag looks like eggnog...sorry, for lack of a better description. Very purulent and sludgy...very gross!!! I checked the puter to see when the Foley was last changed and saw that it was changed on 6/3. So, I decide to just flush it. I tried and tried and couldn't get it unclogged, so I said "unfortunately, I'm going to need to change this again." So, I get set up to put in a new Foley, everything is within my reach, I deflate the balloon...and then thought about grabbing some extra chucks...only 3 feet away. I step away to get the chux, and I hear him go "OOOOHHHH!!!" There was so much pressure in his bladder, that it blew the Foley out of his member, sending sludgy, smelly urine EVERYWHERE!!!

I wish I had seen this the other day. I might have been prepared. LOL.

I had a very large gentleman with a very small member who had a very clogged foley. Couldn't flush it, and it was due to be changed anyway, so off I go to get the supplies. Everything is now within reach, I'm holding the itty-bitty member so I don't lose it in a groin fold, and as soon, and I mean immediately, after I deflate the balloon, out squirts the foley and about what seemed like a quart of urine. I'm just standing there thinking "wow, that's kinda' neat". LOL. Now here's the funny part people, and yeah, I know I shoulda' known better. This arc of urine goes about 5 feet high, and comes down,,,, want to guess??? Keep in mind, I'm holding the itty-bitty member straight upwards,,,,,,,, It comes down RIGHT ON TOP OF MY HEAD! Took me about a second to jump back, and this itty-bitty fire hose is squirting putrid urine all over the place. I was soaked, my glasses were wet, face wet, uniform top AND pants wet. Thank GOD my mouth was closed.

I had to get approval to go home (45 minutes away) and change uniforms, and count off my narcs, in a pissy wet uniform, with the whole staff busting a gut laughing behind me! Replacement nurse didn't even want the narc keys, even they were wet because they were in my scrub-top pocket.

I'll NEVER do that again, as long as I live. LOL

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I just busted a gut out loud all alone in my kitchen after reading (my kids who were in bed had to come out and see what I thought was so funny)...OMG!!! That must have been awful...it was bad enough having it on my gloved hand and plastic gown...but on your head?!? you poor thing!! This is why I come to this site...no one who is not a nurse would ever understand why we CHOOSE to do what we do. So sorry to hear you had to go through that. Some lessons are learned to hard way but, that is just too much...I really feel for you!

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Specializes in tele, stepdown/PCU, med/surg.

The order read "apply cream to pannus folds BID" Nurse thought that the doctor spelled it wrong so applied cream to man's member. Were there folds? LOL...

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18 years ago I had a patient who was 90 years old, 240 pounds, blind, and had one leg amputated below the knee. This old lady had raised her own 11 children plus 9 of her sisters kids. Everyone called her "Mama".

When I was walking down the hall I heard Mama calling my name and saying "Come here girl, I gotta talk to ya girl". I went up to her and asked her what she wanted. She held out her hand and said, "hold Mama's hand youngin". I reached for her hand and asked, "what is it Mama"?

I barely got the words out of my mouth! This woman yanked me across her lap and started yelling at me. Each word was followed by a spanking. "What - did - you - do - with - those- chickens? - why - did - you- steal - my -chickens? - Those - chickens - were - for - the - babies - supper. - Now - what - are - the - babies - gonna - eat?"

I swear she had me in a death grip across her lap. I couldn't get away. I was crying and screaming for help!

A couple of male co-workers managed to get her to let me go finally, but they were slowed down cause they were practically bent over laughing.

The rest of the day I couldn't even think of sitting down. I still don't know where she got the idea that i had stolen chickens! For about a week after that, every time she heard my name she would say, " I bet she ain't gonna steal no more chickens!"

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Specializes in FNP, Peds, Epilepsy, Mgt., Occ. Ed.

For about a week after that, every time she heard my name she would say, " I bet she ain't gonna steal no more chickens!"

Betcha haven't, either!!!!

That is just too funny!!! :rotfl: :roll :rotfl:

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Now here's the funny part people, and yeah, I know I shoulda' known better. This arc of urine goes about 5 feet high, and comes down,,,, want to guess??? Keep in mind, I'm holding the itty-bitty member straight upwards,,,,,,,, It comes down RIGHT ON TOP OF MY HEAD! Took me about a second to jump back, and this itty-bitty fire hose is squirting putrid urine all over the place. I was soaked, my glasses were wet, face wet, uniform top AND pants wet. Thank GOD my mouth was closed.

BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

I'm sorry, but this one has me in tears!!!!

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ya' know, I haven't been able to look at a fountain in a mall or the little one in front of my house in the same way since? I cringe now when the sprinklers in the yard go off too. LOL

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Specializes in cardiology-now CTICU.

we just discharged a lady from our unit with OCD. she had picked the skin off of the top of her head almost down to the bone. ewww. she was so agitated and always wiggling around in her restraints tying to get to her head. very disturbing.

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