long ago.. (1962)....I was instructed by the CHARGE nurse to go to the supply room and ask for a fallopian tube and it was URGENT!!! I am from the country and neither my mom or any of my aunts ever pronounced the word and my dad had a hard time spelling and stayed at his restaurant working ..(5 kids)...I felt sooooo important in my pink checked dress covered with a white stiff apron and my "clinic" white shoes briskly trotting to retrieve this item for my charge nurse !!! the white-haired, thin lady at the supply counter...first said nothing and starred at me ...after many seconds, she called her friend from the back who was washing cloth wrappers ....they BOTH just looked at me....finally, i was handed this large 12 inch cloth wrapped tube-like package.....I raced back...the charge nurse was ready with all staff around her..suddenly EVERYONE LAUGHED AND LAUGHED...my heart was pounding, my face flushing, and i wanted to hide !!! finally, my instructor saved me from a mental crash and i started to laugh and laugh and laugh !!! all the patients heard the story and the fun began.....i am smiling now and remembering the exact route and floor to find "THE TUBE." thanks
Tweety, BSN, RN 32,746 Posts Specializes in Med-Surg, Trauma, Ortho, Neuro, Cardiac. Has 31 years experience. Nov 4, 2007 What a terrible thing to do to you. I'm glad you had a good sense of humor about it because it is funny. :)
joannep 439 Posts Specializes in Community, Renal, OR. Nov 5, 2007 Hi,I agree, the only way to cope with people laughing at you is to laugh even louder!
ebear, BSN, RN 934 Posts Specializes in Med-Surg/Peds/O.R./Legal/cardiology. Has 37 years experience. Nov 5, 2007 Bless your heart! That is so funny! Nurses can be a crafty bunch sometimes! Glad you could laugh, too!! ebear
Hellllllo Nurse, BSN, RN 3 Articles; 3,563 Posts Has 15 years experience. Nov 13, 2007 When I was a factory worker a loooong time ago, we used to send newbies to the supply clerk to ask for a wire stretcher.
prmenrs, RN 4,565 Posts Specializes in NICU, Infection Control. Has 42 years experience. Nov 13, 2007 First week of nsg school, I was told to go to the ER and ask for a jar of Wharton's Jelly. It probably would've been funnier if I hadn't already known what it was. Ick.
danissa, LPN, LVN 896 Posts Specializes in midwifery, NICU. Has 12 years experience. Nov 15, 2007 An old Scottish one here...the wee guy being sent for a tin of "Tartan Paint!!":lol2:
EmmaG, RN 2,999 Posts Nov 15, 2007 We once called Central for a case of eustachian tubes. After much hemming and hawwing, they finally told us they were on back order. I love night shift!!!
ebear, BSN, RN 934 Posts Specializes in Med-Surg/Peds/O.R./Legal/cardiology. Has 37 years experience. Nov 15, 2007 :lol2::lol2::lol2:
Spirit of Humor 22 Posts Specializes in Jack-of-All-Trades. Has 30 years experience. Nov 17, 2007 When I worked in surgery, the anesthetist sent students looking for fallopian tubes, esustachian tubes and an occasional "vein caller." After the "initiation" and a good laugh, the student was officially an "insider" and got to participate in pulling jokes on the next new batch of students... Those were great days!
AstonishiaInlimbo 59 Posts Nov 24, 2007 hahaha!There was that time a friend of mine got sent by the nurse to the central supply room to 'borrow the autoclave', and when he went there, the nurses laughed at him...And there was also this one time, a girl was sent to the morgue to get a tracheostomy set, and she went...it's like so mean...but so funny too...
