Most embarrasing moment as a nurse/ma/cna

NurseLatteDNP, MSN, DNP, RN · Jul 23, 2006

I would have to say, the time where I was emptying a urinal and it backsplashed all over my scrubs. :no:

Spritenurse1210, BSN, RN · Jul 23, 2006

I had a catheter bag explode on me

CyndieRN2007 · Jul 23, 2006

When I was a nursing student doing a clinical rotation in a nursing home. I was putting a gait belt on a female resident to ambulate her and she screamed out, You are smashing my girls! I had put the gait belt on her waist before checking to see if all was "clear" and I strapped down her breasts with the gait belt!!! :lol2:

truern · Jul 23, 2006

Hmmmm, that would be the day I learned you do not walk behind a commode chair as the most-anxious-to-get-there patient is sitting down.

I'll let you figure it out :uhoh21:

mst31 · Jul 23, 2006

Just recently I had a patient with a JP that needed to be emptied. I opened the door to the bathroom to get the cup, went and empied the bloody drain, turned around and walked right into the door that I had forgotten to close. Bloody drainage all over my white jacket. Humm lovely!

Antikigirl, ASN, RN · Jul 23, 2006

Okay...well I was a rather new agency nurse at this facility. And I had known many of the MD's, but not all.

I had to page this one MD for a high glucose level on a pt outside the range of prescribed tx. I called and had him paged to my phone and it never rang. SO I paged again...

Needless to say the MD's and RN's around the desk (tons of them) knew that particular MD was right next to me. LOL! So he told them to shhhhh and watch!

So he went to another phone on the opposite side of the RN desk and called me back. He answered, and I did my typical hello Dr. Soinso, and on the the probelm. He then told me "okay first thing I want you to do is really important so read it back to me okay? Turn to your left!" So I did very perplexed and there he was waving at me! The whole desk busted up laughing so hard and I was too...and red faced!

The worse thing..I kept talking on the phone to him! LOL!!!!!!!!!! He said.."okay number two...put the phone down and come here". Oh man!!!!!! LOL!!!!!! I was sooooooooooo embarrest, but since I have a sence of humor like this I loved it!!!!!!!

Believe me, I know him now! LOL!!!!!!!!!

RNPolly · Jul 23, 2006

So many stories, so little time! Where to begin? Hmmm... How about when starting an IV on my pt; while turning to reach for the tape to anchor it, I caught the IV tubing (already attached) with my finger, yanking out that brand-new IV. Pt was not amused!

RNPolly · Jul 23, 2006

Or better yet... How about the time I twisted my ankle wearing my Danskos? While attempting to remain upright, I danced my way across the room, only to land in a heap at my patient's feet. How graceful!

chelli73 · Jul 23, 2006

mine happened while i was working as a cna in a nursinghome. i was attempting to change a confused pt, and while i turned my back to grap a hand towel, she hopped off the bed and began to walk away (muttering to herself angrily) all the while poop falling off of her backside all over the floor! plop here, plop there, yuck!!!! and me trying to wipe it up as i go to get her back into the bed!!!!!

banditrn · Jul 23, 2006

Had this guy in post-anesthesia, he was really out of it and in a lot of pain. The guy was about 32 - there was a lady with him when I took over, and she looked much older, seriously. (Do you know where this is going?:)) I kept referring to her as his mother, and she never corrected me until I asked her to leave the bay so that I could put a urinal on him - then she told me she was his wife!!

Geez, felt like a fool, and I apologized, then I lied to her!!

I told her "Well, I didn't THINK you looked old enough to be his mother, but I thought someone said his mom was in the room."

I'm so ashamed.

brianaerrn · Jul 23, 2006

Was inserting a foley catheter into MY CHILDS PEDIATRICIAN'S WIFE with said doctor in the room. Had just eaten a piece of chocolate that made my mouth water. Was a somewhat difficult insertion due to a combination of her anatomy and heavy vag bleeding- was concentrating so much that I drooled all over her leg.