One night in the icu, I needed help to turn a patient who was on a vent, and sedated with a versed drip. I had asked a nurse to come into the room, and she followed. We went to both sides of the patient and proceeded to grab the lift sheet when she said........"Wait just a minute, I have to FART!". She then proceeded to back up from the bed, turn around, lift up a leg, and farted as loud as can be. She then returned to the bed grinning to herself and helped me lift the patient.
I couldn't wait to get out of the room. I about died laughing inside. I couldn't wait to "put on a play" for the nurses in the nurses break room and replay that moment for them. They were laughing so hard. We still laugh to this day!
I was working 3-11, one other RN, on med surg. We were standing at the desk and my patients family came out to say that they didn't think Dad was breathing. The other nurse and I sent the visitors out and pulled the curtains. I stood on one side, she on the other. I was using my stethoscope listening for lung sounds and I assumed she was planning to feel for a carotid pulse. All of a sudden, she turned his head towards me ( I was bending over, inches from his face) and pulled down on his chin. In her best ventriloquist voice, she said, "hello". Unfortunately, it was my patient and I had to try to tell the loved ones that Dad had indeed ceased to breathe without losing my composure. When I got to the charting room I laughed till I PIMP!
This was supposed to be funny? Sorry, I missed the hilarity there.
A friend of mine was taking care of a quad in a Clinitron at home. (For newbies, this was a state of the art pressure relief bed that basically "floated" a patient on a cushion of very fine sand that had air jets blowing through it. I don't know if anyone uses them at all anymore.) This guy, who was very unpleasant anyway and who had ended up a quad as a result of getting shot during a drug deal, had *severe* diarrhea. Sadly, my poor friend turned this guy over and that's when the bottom sheet popped right off the Clinitron, sending her patient plummeting to the bottom of the bed through all that sand and (because of the diarrhea) effectively turning the bed into a giagantic litter box. But that's not the good part - the good part is she then had to get INTO the bed - sand, poop and all - to retrieve her patient...
I am sad to say, I did not witness this one, but she ended up in my shower afterward because I was close by!
SAME girl - picture a bedroom, a wound vac hooked to a wound that is *overflowing* with Pseudomonas drainage, a suction canister set on a shelf just slightly above head level, and then imagine what might happen if she hit the dresser the canister was on with her butt...
Is your friend still working?? I laughed so hard when I read that--eewwwww!!!
Last night after I giving meds through a J-tube I proceeded to then wash my hands- forgetting one minor step- I started washing my hands with the gloves on! :roll :roll :roll :smackingf :smackingf :smackingf
Elderly female transfer from SNF. Difficult F/C insertion and well... I missed. She grinned then moaned and said in her best 'sexy' voice - been a long time since anything's been there.
Years ago, I saw a new RN give a man a urinal. I was mentoring her and this was back in about 1987. Her back was to me and I was wondering why she was fussing so much with the man and the urinal. Then, I found out why. I went closer to the bedside, she pulled down the covers to retrieve the now filled urinal and I almost burst out laughing at that very moment. She had not only put the man's member in the urinal, but she had squeezed his testicles in there too. I had to leave the room immediately after I was sure that she had gotten his entire anatomy out of the urinal. As I closed the door behind me, I almost fell on the floor laughing. Nobody could stop me from laughing and everytime I picture that day, a smile comes to my face to this day and that was 18yr. ago. Nursing will keep a smile on your face until you die.
My first night working as a nurse was AWFUL!! I thought I was going to die! I had been an aide for 6 months on this alzheimers unit and when I got my nursing license in the mail I went in to work and asked when they were going to train me....she (my DON) said go ahead up and we will send someone to train you today... Nobody ever came! I was alone, my first night as a nurse with 46 patients and one died who of course was one of the aides dad... anything you can think of going wrong did! Anyhow.... off to the funny part... I was soooooo behind passing meds and I had one who gets crushed meds and the charge nurse came up to check on me and I got really nervous, so I was shaking and moving sooo fast. I crushed his meds and went into his room and poured the darn powder right into his mouth! HE was a nut! He had terrible anxiety anyhow and always used pursed lip breathing.. well when I poured that cup of powdered meds in his mouth he spit and coughed and powder went all over me and the head nurse. and he started yelling "jesus, dont ever do that again!!" poor guy, nothing he ever said came out right, but that sure did!!.. but we both started laughing so hard we were about to pee. I had such a bad night I will never forget it for sure. lol But that was the dumbest thing I ever did. I was so embarrassed! Sorry for the long story.. lol
Years ago, I saw a new RN give a man a urinal. I was mentoring her and this was back in about 1987. Her back was to me and I was wondering why she was fussing so much with the man and the urinal. Then, I found out why. I went closer to the bedside, she pulled down the covers to retrieve the now filled urinal and I almost burst out laughing at that very moment. She had not only put the man's member in the urinal, but she had squeezed his testicles in there too. I had to leave the room immediately after I was sure that she had gotten his entire anatomy out of the urinal. As I closed the door behind me, I almost fell on the floor laughing. Nobody could stop me from laughing and everytime I picture that day, a smile comes to my face to this day and that was 18yr. ago. Nursing will keep a smile on your face until you die.
I think as nurses we have a morbid sense of humor that helps us deal with stressful situations. It makes horrible situations easier to cope with.
Thank you Supr-rn for coming to my defense. Of course, It wasn't the nicest thing, but it was my first (death) maybe I should have added that. But it was pretty unnerving for me, and the other nurse was trying to make it easier for me. It did help, and I was able to get through it.
Might be sick, but it made me laugh out loud. Good for your co-worker for remembering to take care of you.
Reminded me of a time (way long ago) in a state hospital that a patient expired in a semi-recumbent position. Guess the NOC nurses didn't notice right away, 'cause when we were "packing" him the soft tie holding him flat slipped, and he sat up, sucking in a lungfull of air that made tha most horrid noise. Both the other nurse and myself were half way to the door before we realised we were moving.
This was all I meant as well. I, too, have a crazy sense of humor at times (how can one not when raising three daughters?), but I don't feel that how long I've "been in the trenches" should have a thing to do with this kind of thing. I've been the person in the hospital bed before, so I know what that feels like. How funny would you find it if you walked into a room and saw a nurse doing something like that to your dead relative? Or as the above poster said, what if the family had heard this supposed "humor" from outside the room? I'm sure a lot of strange things go on that are meant for nurses to cope with the extremes of their job, but for me this incident would cross the line and is just sad.
I hope I never become so "seasoned" a nurse that I forget what human decency towards the dead is. I'm not questioning the original nurse's ability to be a fine nurse-as I'm sure she is, I'm questioning what she felt was funny.And I don't think many of the comments made about me on here have been kind or fair. I simply said I missed the original post's hilarity, and I suddenly am label as "one of those." That's okay. I think I'd rather BE one of "those", then.
I won't post anymore concerning this, as I seem to have created a sort of "side thread" without meaning to. Next time I'll just roll my eyes and sigh when I read something like that, I guess.
Anyhow.... off to the funny part... I was soooooo behind passing meds and I had one who gets crushed meds and the charge nurse came up to check on me and I got really nervous, so I was shaking and moving sooo fast. I crushed his meds and went into his room and poured the darn powder right into his mouth! HE was a nut! He had terrible anxiety anyhow and always used pursed lip breathing.. well when I poured that cup of powdered meds in his mouth he spit and coughed and powder went all over me and the head nurse. and he started yelling "jesus, dont ever do that again!!" poor guy, nothing he ever said came out right, but that sure did!!.. but we both started laughing so hard we were about to pee. I had such a bad night I will never forget it for sure. lol But that was the dumbest thing I ever did. I was so embarrassed! Sorry for the long story.. lol 
vanilla114
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This was supposed to be funny? Sorry, I missed the hilarity there.
Cara
I laughed till I PIMP?