What's the dumbest remark you've heard yourself make...

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OK, I'll go first----

It was a busy day in our pediatric office (what day isn't??) and I was running ragged, rooming patients, helping other staff, etc. and in between crises helping answer the phones-----I picked up a line that had been on hold for a while and chirped "Thank you for helping--can I hold you???" Needless to say, a good laugh was had by all....:uhoh3: :chuckle

Or the time I was working in the hospital and had walked in a patient's room. He was asleep; his phone rang and I answered it--it was his family, checking on how he was doing. My reply--"Oh, he's dead to the world..." (Southern for "He's sleeping peacefully").:eek: "WHAT???" "Uh (prying foot out of mouth), I mean, he's fast asleep....".

Yikes!!! PLEASE make me feel not so all alone by relating some goofy things YOU'VE said....

KidsRN

I'm a third-quarter nursing student. The dumbest thing I've said so far was to a patient who had lost her left arm in a MVA. I went in to do a CBG and I was in full "robot student nurse" mode when I asked her "Which arm would you prefer I use to test your blood glucose?"

She said "Well, I only have one." Oh, I was so embarrassed but the lady was very nice and had a good sense of humor about it.

Note to self: I know we practice these protocols and scripts in lab over and over again, but think before you speak! :uhoh21:

On one of my very first Clinicals as a student I was at a Veteran's Hospital. My pt told me that he had a sore on his testicle. Well I was pretty shy during those days, but I got in there and kind of looked with my eyes closed, if you know what I mean. I asked "Which one?" and he replies: " I only HAVE one!"

:trout:

Specializes in Critical Care.

ummmm,

"Gee, it's quiet. . ."

~faith,

Timothy.

Specializes in FNP, Peds, Epilepsy, Mgt., Occ. Ed.
ummmm,

"Gee, it's quiet. . ."

:trout:

Bet you only did that once!! :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

I was doing a rather extensive history and physical on a gentleman who was participating in a study of people who had worked in a particular industry.

There was a question about surgeries, so we talked in some detail about his cataract surgery.

I proceed down my list of questions. Not thirty seconds later, I asked "When was the last time you had your eyes examined?"

He looked at me strange and I said "Oops, we just talked about that, didn't we!"

Specializes in Community, OB, Nursery.

Yeah, we learnt real quick not to use the q word. And we jump all over anybody else who does.

I posted this in another thread but it's worth repeating....I answered the phone one night "XYZ unit, this is Tina." But Tina isn't MY name, it's the name of the nurse who was in there with me." Nice.

Specializes in ER, ICU, L&D, OR.

I dont think I will go golfing today,

Thats the stupidest Thing I ever said

I actually said "orgasm" instead of organism...I wanted to die.

Specializes in ER, ICU, L&D, OR.

I never make dumb remarks, others just are not smart enough to understand what I have to say.

Specializes in Med-Surg/Tele, ER.

I was talking to a hospital aide about Chantix the other day, I can't remember how but we had related that conversation to our previous one about my goal of attending medical school in a few years. Co-worker asked me a question I didn't know the answer to, and I responded "I don't know, I'm not in medicine!" :uhoh3:. He was ROTFL at that one, and I was reminded that most people don't see nursing as a separate entity...

Specializes in Administration.

Several years ago I worked at a hospital in a rough area of town. We often had drug deals going on in the parking lot, sometimes the "customers" were our patients. Our security officer was a petite woman who was well endowed. One day she saw something going down and was able to get the police there in time to make the arrest. When I saw her later on the unit I said "so I hear you had a big bust today!" You really can't recover from a statement like that.

Yeah, we learnt real quick not to use the q word. And we jump all over anybody else who does.

I posted this in another thread but it's worth repeating....I answered the phone one night "XYZ unit, this is Tina." But Tina isn't MY name, it's the name of the nurse who was in there with me." Nice.

I've totally done that while working for an airline!!!

Recvering a patient waking from surgery "Bill, WAKE up Bill. Bill!! Open your eyes for me!!"

Finally the poor guy looks up at me and asks"Are you talking to me? My names John."

Duh.

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