We all have had them - Funny and sometimes scary nursing related dreams. I had one today.
I was at work witha terrible assignment....40 Tele patients by myself.....As I went room to room assessing my patients and passing meds....An elephant (yes an elephant) with Cher on top of it comes crashing down the hallway. Cher says to me, "I need antibiotics for MRSA....I usually drive but this elephant comes in handy to speed things along." Then as if this dream is not funny enough, My patients begin to gather around me, the elephant and Cher in the hallway in a circular formation and begin to sing "If I Could Turn Back Time".
Reading these, I was glad to discover I am normal! I've had the IV beeping (and bed alarm) only to find it's my alarm clock and end of shift only to discover I had a patient I haven't seen all day!
Ok this one is very perverted. We have a resident with HIV at our nursing home who is very bothersome often. I dreamt that I was working and he kept following me around bothering me. So I annoyingly asked him what did he want and he gestured that he wanted a handjob. So at this point I was like whatever, anything to get him to leave me alone, let's get it over with. So I was handijobbing him:barf02: and when he was done some of his sperm squirted in my eye. I ran around the facility yelling, "OMG,I have HIV in my EYE!!!!!" Needless to say I woke up in a sweat. Total nightmare.
Ok this one is very perverted. We have a resident with HIV at our nursing home who is very bothersome often. I dreamt that I was working and he kept following me around bothering me. So I annoyingly asked him what did he want and he gestured that he wanted a handjob. So at this point I was like whatever, anything to get him to leave me alone, let's get it over with. So I was handijobbing him:barf02: and when he was done some of his sperm squirted in my eye. I ran around the facility yelling, "OMG,I have HIV in my EYE!!!!!" Needless to say I woke up in a sweat. Total nightmare.
BARF IS RIGHT! LOL
I am totally loving this topic by the way. :redbeathe
Since our census at the hospital is high the day shift assignment has been bumped up to 6 patients on most days (which makes 5 seem like cake now). I had a dream that my assignment was 8 patients , all totals, very complex, but I maintained my usual attitude of "suck it up buttercup" and went to work. The time is around 6:30pm about a half hour until the end of my shift and report time. The doctor calls me regarding one of my patients ... a patient I completely forgot about! He's asking about all these obscure things, lab values, assessments, stuff I've never heard of before (my brain must have made these up) like his oxycarboxcilhemeo level and if it was compatible to his other lytes The only thing I could mutter in my defense was, "Umm, what?" while frantically scanning all my medication and treatment sheets, until I came to the patient in question, and realized I hadn't checked on him in oooh, 11 hours. I promptly ended the phone call with a ceremonious, "OH SH*T!" and ran to the patient's room where he was head to toe covered in feces, urine, and blood from pulling out his PICC line and all he said to me was "Surprise!" ... And then I woke up, lol.
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BARF IS RIGHT! LOL
I am totally loving this topic by the way. :redbeathe
Since our census at the hospital is high the day shift assignment has been bumped up to 6 patients on most days (which makes 5 seem like cake now). I had a dream that my assignment was 8 patients , all totals, very complex, but I maintained my usual attitude of "suck it up buttercup" and went to work. The time is around 6:30pm about a half hour until the end of my shift and report time. The doctor calls me regarding one of my patients ... a patient I completely forgot about! He's asking about all these obscure things, lab values, assessments, stuff I've never heard of before (my brain must have made these up) like his oxycarboxcilhemeo level and if it was compatible to his other lytes The only thing I could mutter in my defense was, "Umm, what?" while frantically scanning all my medication and treatment sheets, until I came to the patient in question, and realized I hadn't checked on him in oooh, 11 hours. I promptly ended the phone call with a ceremonious, "OH SH*T!" and ran to the patient's room where he was head to toe covered in feces, urine, and blood from pulling out his PICC line and all he said to me was "Surprise!" ... And then I woke up, lol.
I've had that dream numerous times-you're giving report and the oncoming nurse asks about Mr. Jones, and you insist he wasn't your patient. Then they show you the assignment sheet and you realize you haven't even so much as gone into his room all day.
That really is the epitome of the anxiety/stress dream. Pretty clear indication that you are worried that you're not keeping up with everything in your life as you should. It's funny how prevalent that dream is.
I haven't read the whole thread, but along those same lines: Have any of you dreamed that you are back in college, taking a math class, which you decided to drop? Only, you forgot to drop it and the final exam is tomorrow and you haven't turned in any assignments, haven't been to class, and haven't learned anything at all about it?
I had a dream that I went to answer a call light and when I went to enter patients room they had a clothes line with clothes hanging off of it and a cow in the room,I thought to myself wow patients really do get everything they want now days.
I have a recurring nightmare that I have patients in my bedroom and I can't wake up enough to take care of them. Sometimes I wake up from this dream, and I literally search my room trying to find them.
I too have the dream of having a pt that I either didn't know was my pt, or I just could not get in to take care of them.
I also dream the unit is such a maze, that I can't find my pts.
There were several of us in a very demanding pt's room. I opened up the blinds and there was a big sign right next to our parking garage that said "Hilton Hospital Vacancies Available".
This was right after yet another meeting about our Press Ganey scores.
I don't think I actually get to hit REM sleep enough here lately to dream...(just started working nights). But any time the microwave goes off while I'm asleep I immediately jump to attention..looking around to see whose tab alarm is going off. No falls on my watch!
So at this point I was like whatever, anything to get him to leave me alone, let's get it over with. So I was handijobbing him:barf02: and when he was done some of his sperm squirted in my eye. I ran around the facility yelling, "OMG,I have HIV in my EYE!!!!!" Needless to say I woke up in a sweat. Total nightmare.
The only thing I could mutter in my defense was, "Umm, what?" while frantically scanning all my medication and treatment sheets, until I came to the patient in question, and realized I hadn't checked on him in oooh, 11 hours. I promptly ended the phone call with a ceremonious, "OH SH*T!" and ran to the patient's room where he was head to toe covered in feces, urine, and blood from pulling out his PICC line and all he said to me was "Surprise!" ... And then I woke up, lol.
Kim5/08
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Reading these, I was glad to discover I am normal!
I've had the IV beeping (and bed alarm) only to find it's my alarm clock and end of shift only to discover I had a patient I haven't seen all day!