What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

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What have other peers done intentional/unintentional to freak you out? Good or bad. Happy or sad.

On my FIRST day as an LVN, (LTC) a res was screaming in her room as I was walking out to leave. I went in to see what was going on. She was having an anxiety attack and severe pain (post stroke). I pulled the call light, and no one came. Uggg.

So I peeked out the door and saw my CNA walking down the hall, and told him to come sit with res. I went down to get her a Xanax and a pain pill, well relief nurse was in the restroom, and relief CNA (with call light still going off) was sitting behind nurses station reading a newspaper. I told CNA to tell the nurse to get a Xanax and pain pill for res. She said OK. I go to relieve my CNA. Said goodbye to him, and stayed with res. after 10 minutes, CNA COMES INTO ROOM WITH XANAX AND MORPHINE PILL. She is soooooo shocked to see me still there, she hands me the pills and RUNS to the relief nurse. I could NOT BELIEVE WHAT I JUST SAW!!!!

(I did immediately call DON and tell what happened. Luckily, my CNA was still checking on another res, and saw the whole thing.--------they got a slap on the wrist! that was it!!!):madface: :madface: :madface: :madface:

A nurse crushed Percocets, mixed with water, and gave it through a central line IV.:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

COME ON !!!! Tell me your joking...

Specializes in midwifery, NICU.

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I am currently working at a retirement residence to pay my way through nursing school and we have a locked area for the residents with severe Alzheimers. Well there is this one resident (an absolute sweetie) but boy does she have energy. She has one restraint table on her wheelchair as per doctor's orders. Well one of the NA's was getting tired of our overactive lady and tied her hands and back to the wheelchair with a transfer belt! This poor resident could not even move and she was crying until I turned around, seen what happened and went and untied her. People like that should not be working in such establishments. I could not believe it! Plus, get this, our boss did nothing about it when she viewed it on video camera.

:angryfire Oh munch I am so angry and sad at this I am crying! How cruel and how DARE that person call themselves a health professional??:This & other accounts on this thread just break your heart and make you scared to be a patient!

ok, not breathing but weird snoring noise? was there a pulse?....did patient really need compressions? ive never seen a pulseless person make any noises...but im still new at this..... always hated these scenerios on school exams...need more info! lol

had an incident happen the other night at work - an "experienced" RN started workingthere - has been there a few weeks - he went to do an accu check - he poked the mans finger - promptly took the strip and gotthe blood ( minmd you strip was NOT in machine yet ) and procedded to put the strip in with the bloody end intothe machine- hmmmmmmm - then couldnt figure out why it wasnt reading - the CNAs began to tell him how to do it - he gets a new strip - asks the cnas if he has to poke the man again - they told him try the original site first to see if it was still viable ( it was) and he finally geta reading - and he reads it upside down!!! pretty damn scary when the CNAs are doing the nurses traing lol.

the glucose monitors at my facility are used by putting the blood sample into the machine....and i take advice from any knowledgable person when im using an unfamiliar piece of equiptment some CNA's are very skilled and knowledgable about technical aspects of pt. care, they help new RN's alot when we first hit the floors as long as they get the respect they deserve!

the glucose monitors at my facility are used by putting the blood sample into the machine....and i take advice from any knowledgable person when im using an unfamiliar piece of equiptment some CNA's are very skilled and knowledgable about technical aspects of pt. care, they help new RN's alot when we first hit the floors as long as they get the respect they deserve!

some of the CNAs on my unit are AMAZING. Im a new grad, and they have taught me alot-by showing me how to work equiptment and just by watching them work. actually, I have seen alot of team work on my unit that I have not seen inother hospitals.

Worse thing I saw lately though was a vent pt with cdiff precautions. We were changing her, and the CNA -with visibly poopy gloves- connected the vent tubing back to her trach.

I once ran to a code of a pt who was in rigor, the only thing was he had an antibiotic hanging. Apparently the nurse came in and put up the medication without even looking at the pt (it was daytime). :trout:

Another time I went to break and when I came back I was approached by an MD who informed me that my patient was dead. I asked if they called a code and he said no "I was waiting for you to come back from break to see if we needed to call a code" (I was gone for 30 minutes) now where did he get his licence:uhoh3: :uhoh3:

Once I saw a nurse take off the old central line caps with her teeth because they had been put on really tightly.

Just kidding.

This thread is scary, y'all.

Specializes in Med/Surg, ER and ICU!!!.

I just recently started a new job at a local hospital. for some ot I helped with the annual inventory. I found spinal needles that expired in 2003!!! The nurse I was doing inventory with said, wow. those cost so much I would hate to not use them, and insisted they stay in the inventory. :uhoh3: I let the DON know and they were disposed of immedietaly, but really people, check the expiration date!!!!

Specializes in ER, NICU, NSY and some other stuff.
Once I saw a nurse take off the old central line caps with her teeth because they had been put on really tightly.

Just kidding.

This thread is scary, y'all.

Why? Is that bad????;)

A qualified nurse put a catheter in a patient with no gloves on, no aseptic technique and didnt even wash the patient in that area first - and they wonder why infection starts!

That was then beaten by the junior doctor that opens aseptic dressing packs with his teeth!

Specializes in psych.
I love reading about others' mistakes as much as we all love telling about others' mistakes! Would anyone be brave enough to tell us about a mistake they have personally made, and what they did if anything to rectify it? It's harder when it's yourself.

Myself, LMAO ... total dumb@$$ attack here.

I worked nightshift. I had one resident that had some PRN Ben-Gay. Per her request, I smeared the nasty crap all over her back and shoulders. She was happy, I was happy. I ripped off my gloves, and she said something about one of her knees. So, I jus squirted some more out on my hand, rubbed it on her knee, helped her back into bed, washed my hands well, went on about my business. I finished up the rest of my treatments for the night, washing my hands between each patient, etc etc. I went on to my lunch break. During lunch, a couple of the aides and i were smoking. Smoke was irritating my eye, so i started rubbing my eye. God love contacts, my contact popped out. So i grabbed some saline, my contact, and headed to the bathroom, cleaned the contact off in the palm of my hand, placed it on my index finger and crammed it back into my eye. Never in my life have i ever had anything more painful in my entire life including childbirth.

Needless to say, I did my morning med pass minus one contact and an extremely red eye with a little puffiness on it. Last time I EVER put Ben-Gay on an ungloved hand.

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