Okay, I just had to start this thread to see how many funny nursing student bloopers you've encountered.
1. I had a student that I put with a pt that has an AV fistula. She was doing her assessment to Feel the Thrill and Hear The Bruee. She felt the Thrill, but tell me why she leaned down, put her ear over the fistula and tried to listen to it, without a stethoscope. :chuckle
She realized what she did and told me she was having an off day! And then she said, "I guess I need my stethoscope don't I?" We grinned at each other. And we discussed it at post conference. Talk about a good laugh. I laughed so hard until tears came out. And I still laugh about.
Same Student
2. Student was watching the nurse insert a foley. Pt was allergic to iodine/shellfish. So the nurse asked me to go get the sterile wipes and just at that time the student said, Oh you would use alcohol instead. I can get some. We looked at her and asked her if she was sure about that. Another student was in the room too and looked at her crossed eyed. She realized she said something wrong. Well, she said why not alcohol. I told her to think about it. She still looked puzzled. All three of us at the same time said, "Would you want someone putting alcohol on you down there?" OMG! She said. I was clearly not thinking, or trying to think to hard and not assessing the situation. She laughed about it and said no way I would want alcohol down there.
I would love to hear some of your FUNNY BLOOPER moments with students.
Oh, these are second semester nursing students, first time doing clinical in the hospital setting.
Specializes in SICU, PACU, tele, OR, academic education.
We were discussion the details about enema administration, specifically holding the "cheeks" together to help the patient retain the liquid. I noticed my very shy Vietnamese student looked puzzled. I asked him what was on his mind, and he respectfully replied that he did not know that we had two sets of "cheeks"! We all howled with him over his discovery of yet another English noun with multiple applications.
This particular student was a huge success story. In my rotation he went from shy to being a genuine leader. With encouragement and respect for his diversity, the group embraced him. He graduated with honors and is a strong leader in his new position as an RN. He plans to get his MSN soon.
Specializes in ICU/Cosmetic Sx/Lasers/Education/School/.
I cannot agree with you more. The students and I laugh a lot. They will come to me with some things they realized they done wrong and laugh so hard. We all share our odd moments and "Kodak Moments". Matter of fact, the other night, one of the students said something that just did not sound right, one of the other students face turned really red because her mind went somewhere else and a third student pulled out the camera and snapped a picture and yelled out "What a KODAK Moment" during Post Conference. This picture will be cherished by all the students. They laughed so hard. I have a great clinical group.
i usually share some of my own "bloopers" with students -- and i call them "kodak moments" to be cherished as memories that will add levity to their "worst night".
i always reassure students that we all have our stories.
on that "worst night" when everything has broken loose and everything seems to be going wrong, you will finally gather a few minutes of quiet alone -- and in that moment, one of your cherished kodak moments will bring a smile to your face and a laugh to your heart -- and everyone around you will wonder what you're up to.
Specializes in ICU/Cosmetic Sx/Lasers/Education/School/.
Spelling: Bruit:lol2:
Okay, I just had to start this thread to see how many funny nursing student bloopers you've encountered.
1. I had a student that I put with a pt that has an AV fistula. She was doing her assessment to Feel the Thrill and Hear The Bruee. She felt the Thrill, but tell me why she leaned down, put her ear over the fistula and tried to listen to it, without a stethoscope. :chuckle
She realized what she did and told me she was having an off day! And then she said, "I guess I need my stethoscope don't I?" We grinned at each other. And we discussed it at post conference. Talk about a good laugh. I laughed so hard until tears came out. And I still laugh about.
Same Student
2. Student was watching the nurse insert a foley. Pt was allergic to iodine/shellfish. So the nurse asked me to go get the sterile wipes and just at that time the student said, Oh you would use alcohol instead. I can get some. We looked at her and asked her if she was sure about that. Another student was in the room too and looked at her crossed eyed. She realized she said something wrong. Well, she said why not alcohol. I told her to think about it. She still looked puzzled. All three of us at the same time said, "Would you want someone putting alcohol on you down there?" OMG! She said. I was clearly not thinking, or trying to think to hard and not assessing the situation. She laughed about it and said no way I would want alcohol down there.
I would love to hear some of your FUNNY BLOOPER moments with students.
Oh, these are second semester nursing students, first time doing clinical in the hospital setting.
I'm a student. Oh please do laugh at me when I've made a mistake and it's funny. 'Cause if you don't, then I worry that you have no sense of humor, and that you actually hate me, and that you think I'm not cut out to be a nurse. If you can't laugh at me, then I can't laugh at me...and that makes me really worried.
If you're a good instructor, a sense of humor is vital to survive us student nurses. Yes, there will be times where there is no humor involved; but when there is, please use it to teach me those things which can't be taught in theory...how to laugh at myself.
The stress is enormous as a student, and I'd suppose as an instructor. Humor allows us to release some of that stress. As long as you're not ridiculing me or other students, then it's all good.
We looked at her and asked her if she was sure about that. Another student was in the room too and looked at her crossed eyed. She realized she said something wrong. Well, she said why not alcohol. I told her to think about it. She still looked puzzled. All three of us at the same time said, "Would you want someone putting alcohol on you down there?" OMG! She said. I was clearly not thinking, or trying to think to hard and not assessing the situation. She laughed about it and said no way I would want alcohol down there. 
:chuckle
ghillbert, MSN, NP
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How about instructor bloopers? Do you mean "bruit"?