When they're SO sure they're right...

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Specializes in school nurse.

You've all seen them (sometimes on AN)- a person who believes with all their heart that a practice is correct while you and the rest of the civilized world know they're wrong.

What's the weirdest, most outlandish clinical or technical misconception that you've seen a co-worker espouse?

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Specializes in Emergency, Telemetry, Transplant.

"What does his hypertension have to do with his kidney function???" (said in a clueless manor, not a rhetorical question manner)

and by the same nurse...

"They sell potassium supplements over-the-counter? You can kill yourself with them if you over dose!" As opposed to call those other OTCs that are perfectly safe in large doses.

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That you can fax an xray film.

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Specializes in Emergency, Telemetry, Transplant.

Not really know it all statements, but things I have heard:

"Can they come up and do that CT portable?"

Call from telemetry to a nurse: "The flipped into fib at 11:25." Call back from the nurse about an hour later: "was that A fib or V fib?" Not that it should matter, but this was after every bed in the hospital became remote tele capable, not just certain units.

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Specializes in Cardiology, Oncology, Hospice,IV Therapy.

A coworker of mine had a patient who was ordered a stat aspirin, she was going to give Tylenol because it was the same milligram!

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Specializes in Emergency, Telemetry, Transplant.
A coworker of mine had a patient who was ordered a stat aspirin, she was going to give Tylenol because it was the same milligram!

Is she the start of the urban legend of the nurse that gave two Vitamin B 6's since there was no B 12? At least I hope that is urban legend.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Pediatric Float, PICU, NICU.

That nurses are "Born Not Made."

I'm sure I've got a ton of real-life examples, but that statement is currently holding all the space I have in my brain for ridiculousness at the moment.

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Specializes in PCCN.
Is she the start of the urban legend of the nurse that gave two Vitamin B 6's since there was no B 12? At least I hope that is urban legend.

That's funny !

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Specializes in Psychiatry, Community, Nurse Manager, hospice.

Schizophrenia is caused by childhood trauma.

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Specializes in school nurse.
Is she the start of the urban legend of the nurse that gave two Vitamin B 6's since there was no B 12? At least I hope that is urban legend.

I suppose if you wanted to be conservative, you could half one and give them vitamin B 9 instead...

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That nurses are "Born Not Made."

I'm sure I've got a ton of real-life examples, but that statement is currently holding all the space I have in my brain for ridiculousness at the moment.

For anyone who doesn't recognize the reference above:

https://allnurses.com/nurse-colleague-patient/is-it-jealousy-1168015.html

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For anyone who doesn't recognize the reference above:

https://allnurses.com/nurse-colleague-patient/is-it-jealousy-1168015.html

Wow, how did I miss that gem.

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