What was most embarrassing moment as a nurse?

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As long as I've been a nurse, I have NEVER been embarrassed by much until last night...

We had a resident who prior to our shift coming on duty was yelling and demanding to see a Doctor to take care of his itchy, dry skin which he stated, "Has hives all over it." His yelling became so bad that the evening nurse had the on call Dr. come and examine him. The Dr. really didn't know what to do with him, so he ordered Absorbase cream and some Benadryl. This was the same resident who had "lice bugs" crawling all over him last week and the same resident who was doing all of the retching and the vomiting that I so ENJOY hearing!!!. I, being the wonderful nurse that I am, {{{ahemm}}} went into his room to apply the cream and give him the Benadryl. I explained what the Dr. ordered for him and why and then he took the Benadryl. Now I have to apply the cream...This man is three years younger than I mind you. If anyone was standing outside the door listening, you would think I was giving him some oral sex!!!! "ohhh, that feels so good, oh God" and the likes...I felt myself blush and I haven't done that in years! And it was truely the most embarressing moment in my entire nursing career and all I Could do was run out of there and fast! :imbar :imbar :imbar

Originally posted by hoolahan

Note to self, put spare uniform in locker!

It only took me 1 meconium shower to come to that conclusion too, hoolahan!

Heather

With my wacky sense of humor, I found HappeeWendy's mishaps too amusing. Perhaps I could see myself being wacked by some object in my path. (has happened on many occasions). Everyone had something funny to contribute.

Here's a story from one of my long time ago jobs. I was new to the "hair transplanting" field and as an assistant, I was learning the tricks of the trade. The client was sitting in the chair (you know, the kind you see in beauty salons), my supervisor was standing beside the doctor in back of the chair, and I was on the other side of the doctor.

We were working in cramped quarters with no room behind to walk past to get to the other side of the room. My supervisor innocently asked me o do something (I forget now what her request was) but it involved me being next to her rather than the doctor. So I took the shortest route that I could to comply with her request--In my mind, I was going to simply step over the client's legs (male, of course) and get to the other side. What I was not prepared for, in my haste, was to trip over the wires that operated the chair. It gave the client quite a startle as I almost landed on his lap and the nurse and doctor broke into laughter as I continued across the room trying to maintain my composure. That moment sure did wonders for the client, as his transplant was without further incident.

Another time, still in same job, I tried to practice infection control while assisting a rather speedy doctor. The goggles I was wearing kept steaming up and I could not really fix them, as I was wearing sterile gloves-so I had to keep blowing the steam off so I could see what was going on with the top of the client's head. The doctor was magnificent, but didn't tell me until the procedure was over that I had my goggles on upside down--the seroius doctor had a good laugh on me that day!

All in a day's work!

When I was A student I was performing incont. care on a elderly woman who had soiled herself with loose. Under the watchful eyes of my instructor I was trying to do it by the book. Needless to say, my little lady was having to good a time...she started to moan, gasp and shake.:eek:

I dropped the wash clothe saying all done. And almost knocked the instructor down getting out of the room. I was laughed at all year for that.

The the time I was working as a CNA in a nursing home. I got pulled to the young adult unit (16-60y/os). I was happily starting my tioleting when I found what was a big problem upstairs, lady partsl bleeding. I went right to the nurse, who happened to be a good friend of mine and reported the large amount of bleeding and clots...as I talked in my concerned i found a problem vioce she smiled then laughed. I was like what??? what's so funny?

in between the laughing she said, Peter, you moron it's her period.

:imbar

I thought I was going to die

This was also the resident that I asked to roll towards me. She replied "I would but I'm a quad" Which color shirt do you wnat?, replied, "I'm blind what color are they" and the best in the shower...Gee, You have a big indent in the top of your head...replied "yeh, that's from the gun when I tried to off myself" :eek:

Or the time as a charge nurse when I was helping a CNA transfer a REsident to bed and tripped. The resident and I fell on the bed and the resident proclaimed "I finally got you in bed with me, I hope you don't break my hip":imbar :eek: :imbar

the list is endless

peter

Oh what is it about seeing someone fall that just makes me loose my composure???? This isn't my most embarrassing...but... one night late in the ER we needed a drug that was not in the pyxis, pharmacy was not there for whatever reason, sooooo....our house supervisor was going to go to the main hospital and get it....shortly befor she left, the family decided it would be better to just get a RX filled at an all night pharm.. one of the nurses started running sown the hall and out to the triage area to try and catch the super before she left. Thought she saw her walking in the parking lot she ran even faster, caught her toe n the rug in front of the sliding doors and fell into them so hard they broke away open. She fell back on her a$$$ rolled head over heels twice and landed with her feet strait up in the air. Security's office is there by the front doors, one of the officers heard the crash stood up and said "l think a car just hit the building." then he looked out and all he saw were ______'s feet in the air and went out to help her but couldn't assist her because he was laughing so hard.

Another time we were tidying up a room after a code so the family could come back. My co-worker was bent over getting patient's clothes out from under the cart when the deceased's hand dropped off the cart and hit her on the top of the head...she screamed bloody murder jumped back and fell on the floor.........LOL

Specializes in ICU.

This actually happened to a friend of mine as a young student nurse in the Emergency depeatment - when walking past a peelic x-ray did a double take at the sight of a narrow tubular shadow in the middle of the x-ray . She blurted out "Oh! My God what is that! only to have the doctor turn and say "Well really nurse! It's a tampon!" Find hole crawl inside close opening after you

Laughter is the best

medicine!!!!!!!!!!!

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one of my most embarrassing moments had to come from nursing school-- on our first day of clinicals we had this young girl-- had never seen a male nude before-- she of course had the honors of having a good looking young hunk for a patient-- during bath time-- we all hear her running down the hall screaming-- the thing about it she kept screaming IT"S BLUE, IT'S BLUE over and over-- how embarrassing!!!!!!

My co-worker had to cath a male patient in his 50's who of course had to have an enlarged prostate. So she asks for help and they go into the room to insert the cath. After a while we hear the guy hollering in agony and peek in to see if there's anything we can do. The guy is writhing in agony as my friend is attempting to insert the cath and she's saying over and over again "I'm sorry Dick, I'm so sorry Dick. Oh Dick, I"m SO sorry!" We were pretty shocked at this until we realized the guy's name was Richard. TEEHEETEEHEE

LOL:chuckle :rolleyes: :chuckle

Originally posted by night owl

As long as I've been a nurse, I have NEVER been embarrassed by much until last night...

We had a resident who prior to our shift coming on duty was yelling and demanding to see a Doctor to take care of his itchy, dry skin which he stated, "Has hives all over it." His yelling became so bad that the evening nurse had the on call Dr. come and examine him. The Dr. really didn't know what to do with him, so he ordered Absorbase cream and some Benadryl. This was the same resident who had "lice bugs" crawling all over him last week and the same resident who was doing all of the retching and the vomiting that I so ENJOY hearing!!!. I, being the wonderful nurse that I am, {{{ahemm}}} went into his room to apply the cream and give him the Benadryl. I explained what the Dr. ordered for him and why and then he took the Benadryl. Now I have to apply the cream...This man is three years younger than I mind you. If anyone was standing outside the door listening, you would think I was giving him some oral sex!!!! "ohhh, that feels so good, oh God" and the likes...I felt myself blush and I haven't done that in years! And it was truely the most embarressing moment in my entire nursing career and all I Could do was run out of there and fast! :imbar :imbar :imbar

:roll hahahhahaa sorry night owl but that's hilarious........reminds me of one of the patient, a rugby player who came in middle of the game in Emergency department with laceration of the ear lobe (tearing the lobes in two). A macho tough guy, younger too.

Well i was on duty so I took the smallest ever suture material, localised the area and took my time stitching up the lacerations putting two folds together, doing my best for the tear to grow back in place. Well this man, couldn't help himself. He was aroused and phew!. Talking like someone in love ewwwww. .. my patient....

Well, the laceration was on his ear and here me concentrating suturing and slowly breathing on his ear......I have to excuse myself and went outside and got a partner in the room.

God! it was the most embarassing moments of my nursing career.

He came back a week later for Remoal of Suture very happy with this ear that it's back to normal. I told another nurse to remove the suture.

I was working in a surgical/Trauma Unit and we have a patient with paraplegia.

I was with him changing an uridome and one student nurse (male) was observing what am doing. As I was putting on the uridome, the patient (the parcel, or one eyed monster) suddenly sprung out alive and I couldn't imagine the paraplegic would have erections but that's when I know they have and it's not quiet strong but it worth it.

Well, the damn student nurse laughed out loud. I told him to get out the room. Putting myself in place I gently and easily put it on attached the bag, making him comfortable and WHOSH!!!!..OUTTA i go.....I was embarassed as hell.

ya'all know when those old *discombombulated* old ladies or gents reach up and they have a grip that is mightier than 'atlas shrugged"..............

walking out of the room with my shirt torn off in shreds.......

or this may or may not be my most embarrassin moment.....but it is one of them..............

and why do i not apply at Wendy's.........

rhetorical ?????

ya'all do not have to answer this......

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