humorous clinical stories

[Clovery]

anything funny happen in clinical? post it here!

this happened this past week:

We're doing pediatrics for the first half of this semester. Last week, there were absolutely no patients (boo - no patients, yay - no sick kids). So the unit was empty - the nurses were sent home or elsewhere and my clinical group was using the nurse's station to have some class discussion and do case studies. The peds unit is locked - anyone without an access key has to be buzzed in. It's on the same floor as mother/baby and labor and delivery. So the doorbell rings, and we push the button to open the door. No one comes through... 5 minutes later it happens again, and a mid 20s guy walks in with a big gulp soda in hand and a plastic shopping bag full of clothes.

My instructor: "can we help you?"

guy: "yeah um I'm looking for my girlfriend. she's supposed to be in room # _"

instructor: "this unit is empty right now... is she having a baby?"

guy: "No. Well, at least, I don't think so. I'm guy so I really don't know"

everyone: ".........."

finally...

a student: "is she pregnant?"

guy: "yeah, she's pregnant, but her due date is a whole month away."

instructor: "well then she's probably in labor and delivery... it's to the right"

everyone: *door closes as he leaves, we all laugh for 5 minutes*

maybe we were just overly bored, so it was extra funny, but this poor clueless guy... the reality of his girlfriend "having a baby" hadn't set in yet when she was 36 weeks pregnant.

[Clovery]

adding another story, this one is from my mom, who has been a nurse for 30+ years:

during her psych rotation, there was a patient who jammed his foot all the way into a toilet and was standing there, flushing it. He was trying to flush himself down the toilet in order to commit suicide... He had wedged his foot in there so badly that they had to get the maintenance crew to shatter the toilet bowl to free his foot.

[Twinmom06, ASN, APN]

I had a LOL last week pet my face and tell me "you have a beautiful complexion for a woman your age - not sure how old she thought I was!! (I'm 37) ROFL!!

[AgentBeast, MSN, RN]

One of my clinical mates had a patient who was on a bed pan dropping a deuce so massive that the patient literally thought she was giving birth and she was in her 70's. Stunk up the entire floor too.