What was most embarrassing moment as a nurse?

teeituptom, BSN, RN · May 2, 2002

Howdy yall

from deep in the heart of texas

Personally, I think I was born to old to ever get embarassed. I still am to old to get embarassed. However there was this time and I was if Florida playing golf, I hit the ball in the fairway next to a pond. and By the time I got up there aN ALLIGATOR of about 7 or 8 feet long had come out of the water to get some sun and layed down right next to my ball. Now I certainly didnt go up anywhere near him, had to take a drop and play around him. That bothered me a little

keep it in the short grass yall

teeitup tom

colleen10 · May 2, 2002

Boo Baby's post about the b--w j-- / blood draw makes me think of being in school and having to pronounce organism and coming out with orgasm instead. Did this happen to any of you?

Please tell me it did.

Sleepyeyes · May 2, 2002

:imbar

Go into this young guy's room; he's in for a femur fx. Nurse in report said he'd jumped into a swimming pool that caused a stress fx.

Guy's a nice-looking late 20's, but when I look at his legs, he has a lot of raggedy scars down both of them.

I put my hands on my hips, and I squinted and said, "Now, now, you really hafta stop that jumping outta airplanes."

Whereupon he looked shocked, and said, "That IS how I got the scars. I was in an airplance crash a couple years ago. They put rods in and the rod broke away from the bone when I jumped into the pool."

For a second I was pleased that I guessed right. Then he said,"My buddy died in the crash."

doncha ever wish ya had some

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KRVRN, BSN, RN · May 3, 2002

A little beside the point, but still funny...

Regarding the organism/orgasm slip-up that colleen10 mentioned... I had the most upppity, prim, proper, etc etc english teacher in high school and she made that exact organism/orgasm slip up during class. It was waaayyy funnier coming from her than anyone else I can think of!

finallyRN · May 6, 2002

Talking to a patient who only speaks spanish, i was holding a piece of trash in my hand and asked the patient what her name was. Her husband must of seen the trash in my hand and misunderstood me and said "basura" I thought he was telling me her name. (Basura means Trash) For the rest of the night i proceed to call her basura. They didn't correct me until several hours and several "basuras" later, when her husband asked me in his best english why are you calling my wife trash, basura means trash. Boy was i mortified. Now i know spanish a lot better.

Fervous · May 7, 2002

In my second year of nursing school, I was doing my maternity rotation. I got to the hospital early and was asked if I wanted to watch a c-section of twins. I jumped at the chance. Only I didn't make quite make it. right as the Dr. started to make his cut, I blacked out. I vaguely remember someone lifting me. I woke up to the sound of babies crying...

Then went to watch a circumcision, about hit the floor again.

A couple days later, same thing with the circumcision again.

Next day, was watching the Dr. do an epidural. I was doing good until he started moving that needle around in her back. He took one look at me and said, " I'm not hurting her." I said, "No sir, but you're killing me." And slipped out before I went out.

The sad thing is... all of these episodes was the same Dr.! At least he was a good sport about it. He thought it was funny. My instructor sure didn't though.

I was doing an admission soon after orientation was over. So, thank God I was doing it alone. On our admit form there's a question about ever being hit, kicked, slapped, or forced into sexual activity. The man looked at his wife with a big grin and said, " I wish!" I felt my face turn red, as well as his wife's. thank heaven's the questions were almost finished.

nightmoves · May 9, 2002

When I was rotated back Stateside to the OR of a military hospital which shall remain nameless I was assigned to the GYN room for a little while. Having worked primarily trauma while in country (not much GYN on a battlefield in those days) I was not totally familiar with a total abdominal hysterectomy.

Samples are identified verbally as they are handed off to the circulator, who labels them and packages them for pathology, bacteriology, or wherever. As anyone who has ever been in an OR knows, masks muffle conversation.

The scrub nurse handed me some tissue in an emesis basin and said what sounded like "left over." And I said, "Well, put it back!"

And the operating team roared with laughter--they had just excised a left ovary!

Cooker93 · May 26, 2002

My most embarassing moment was years ago and I remember it well, to this day......... I had a patient just out of surgery-hemorrhoidectomy. the orders were to cath him if he doesn't void by 7pm. We tried everything, hand in warm water, running water in the bathroom, etc... Well, the moment of truth arrived and I had to cath him. Mind you , he was a black man about 6 ft. tall and around 30 years old. I was 29 and had been a nurse about 2 years. When I cleaned the end of the member and started to put the catheter in, it started growing, and growing and growing, and growing. I had a hard time keeping my jaw from dropping, so I could finish and get out of the room quick. I know I had to have turned red.

SandyLV · May 26, 2002

I had one that really caught me off guard...

I am a first year student and was cathing a older male during my clinical...He was very cooperative and quiet and I thanked him afterwards...

But then he said to me in front of about 8 people in the room...

Now that you played with my member, Can I play with your lady parts???

The nerve.....

mattsmom81 · May 27, 2002

Sandy, that was very innapropriate of him to have said that to you and I would have been very upset and would have had trouble keeping my cool in your situation.

When I was young, sexual innuendos were common and almost accepted by young female nurses....I had hoped things had changed today for the young nurses. I'm disgusted to hear it still happens.

OBNURSEHEATHER · May 28, 2002

Sick old ba**ard

You should have replied, "No, because you didn't give me much to play with"

Heather

hoolahan, ASN, RN · May 29, 2002

OMG, I am ROTFLMAO, esp with your petite flower, that was sooooo funny, and then he hands you Gas X!

Now I forget who was feeling themselves up, can't scroll to it, on the other page, and that BJ was pretty funny too. I can't top any of these!

Once I was turning a pt who had diarrhea, she was on the vent, as we turned her, she coughed and instead of just passing gas, liquid stool shot out at me like a bullet! The one time I decide to wear a white shirt. I couldn't help it, I screamed, which brought about six nurses running thinking my pt was coding or had fallen or worse, only to have them burst into hysterical laughter. Bless them, they got me out of there asap, as I gagged on my way to the BR, and they called the sup for a scrub top. Got home, and my 3 yr old dtr noticed my "new shirt" I said Mommy got pooped on. She said one of the babies pooped on you? I said no, a grown up pooped on me. You should have seen that confused little innocent face!

Speaking of replacement scrubs, so many were being stolen, the hosp decided to buy paper scrubs for emergencies. So, turning a fresh post op, the NG tube had become unclamped, and green ooze slimed down my leg. I was only able to get paper scrub pants, which was bad enough, but I stopped for milk on the way home. Kept getting the guys looking at me and smiling. I thought, boy I must be having a good hair day today or something, until I got home, and my husband asked me if I went to 7-11 with my pants completely split up the back like that.

Note to self, put spare uniform in locker!