Practical jokes at work

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What are some of the best practical jokes you have ever pulled off at work?

I was in charge one night and we had a prisnor as a patient. The cop watching him until the county took over was a real jerk. He went out into the waiting room to sleep. An hour into his nap we moved the guy to a room down the hall. He, as well as the cop who was supposed to be watching him, slept thru the entire thing. Another hour went by and 2 county guys came in to relieve the township guy and found him asleep in the waiting room. As they came thru the closed fire doors into the unit we could hear the township cop saying "don't worry about it, he didn't go anywhere." The 3 of them walked into a room with an empty bed with a crumpled up sheet, gown and socks on the floor. All color drained from the cops face as he came out to the desk and stuttered "w-w-wher's m-m-m-my boy?" We nearly died laughing. When they started talking about APB's we fessed up and showed the 3 of them to the patient's new room. The county guys loved it!!

So what about the rest of you? Surgilube on phone earpieces and call the person? Water fights with 60cc syringes?? How do you blow off steam at work?????:roll

We had a penchant for torturing our night hospital operator. :chuckle Late at night, when the residents and the nurses are bored, we would page people overhead, through our operator. She was always so proper in stating the doctor's last name, then the doctor's full name...

Dr. Rubin, Dr. Billy Rubin...

Uh, yes, could you page Dr. Im Too Fat?

Dr. Fat, Dr. Im too Fat...

I need Dr. Bik Bu Bu, please

Dr. Bik, Dr. Bik Boo Boo...

Peels of laughter would come from our unit and sometimes from the floors. And it spread to other units getting in on the fun until the chief of staff was there one night and didn't think it was funny at all. From then on, you could only page physicians on the roster. :rolleyes:

Stupid, stuffy, humorless doctor spoils our fun again! What the hell was he doing in the hospital after 5 P.M. anyway?? Who gave permission for that????

Originally posted by fedupnurse

Stupid, stuffy, humorless doctor spoils our fun again! What the hell was he doing in the hospital after 5 P.M. anyway?? Who gave permission for that????

Get this - his mother-in-law was admitted from their home (she lived in their guest house) and he came in to write DNR orders. Hmmmmmmmmm.:stone

Now why doesn't THAT surprise me!!!!!!

Not a practical joke, but at my last job we had a EMT that would give me a hard time. Just because the last patient of mine that she transferred screamed the whole 2 hour ride to the other hospital. If she can't take a little screaming, so much for her. LOL

Karalea, for only two hours. That is nothing in the real world as she is probably still screaming unless she has laryngitis or has gone HOME. I have had patients scream for days at a time and it is when they are quiet that you begin to worry. I had billateral above the knees amputation and she would scream to the top of her lungs until the day she decided it was her turn to get out of bed. On rounds she managed to get out of bed and pull out all lines. I was lucky as she had to have an 18 in and I was able to get two into her. We called the doc as none of us had witnessed the getting out of bed and were afraid of some type of injury and he made a remark of how she couldn't without legs. She went over the rails as they were up on both sides. Other than the lines being out she had no injuries. The ER doc was p__ss__d that they had to wake him to see this fisty woman. When we got her back to the floor we put a vest restraint on her to save further possibility of injury. I was so scared as it happened as a GN and I wasn't sure what to do and my head nurse took right over. Thanks Nancy where ever you are

Time for some vitamin H eh?

What the hey is vitamin H? I am taking a stab at it it it Vitamin humor?? Would lke the true meaning Thanks

We use it as code for Haldol.

Other codes...She's on the A-train (she's snowed on ativan)

this could be a new thread eh?

-Russell

Actually, I had allready given this patient her ativan and it wasn't phasing her at all.

Specializes in Oncology/Haemetology/HIV.

And Vitamin T - is Thorazine

Vitamin O=Oxygen

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