Most shocking experience on clinical -while in nursing school...:can any one relate?

[kendel]

Hi Nurses

I will never ever forget an experience i had while in nursing school clinicals.

I was assigned to bed A and when I got there to do my assessment I was over come with fear of what i saw:........ a pt who looks possessed just the same type of look from the exorcist.

i kid you not, the pt had razor sharp teeth looked like fangs and his eyes followed me as soon as i walked in the room. the moment i walked in i knew some thing was not right.. my gut feeling told me.

i freaked out and left the room and checked the charts etc i found out shortly that my patient was switched THANK GOD because i could not deal with what i saw.

I have never seen any thing like that in my life except from a movie. you should have seen the eyes i cant even describe it.

when I alerted my other class mates as to what i had seen they were scared to go and look in the room.

any one had any experience that was shocking ?

[leslie :-D]

kendel, if you want this thread closed, you can request it from a mod.

leslie

[Becca608]

I was really interested in this thread since I do paranormal research as a hobby. In response to the OP, there are alot of medical conditions that can cause the features/behaviors that were described. Some people even have those changes made cosmetically (like having their teeth filed) or cause the behaviors (drug use, not taking prescribed psychotrophic meds, seizures, etc).

Fear is a natural thing and we have a gut instinct for a reason. However, as nurses, we must sometimes overcome it and give the patient the best care that we can no matter how we feel. If we are truly having an issue with a patient, then this should be taken to the nurse manager (or clinical instructor) directly so it can be dealt with in a healthy manner.

As the thread went on, my 'hoax hackles' went up. I agree with some of the posters that felt like this individual was about 18 or 19 years old. I find it very difficult to believe that some of 'Kendel's' responses were being made by someone 35 years of age (only 4 years younger than myself). The OP also talks as if this were a past experience while in nursing school. It seems more likely that since the OP was not aware of the anomalies that can cause what was seen, that the individual has either not started nursing school or is not very far into the program. And of course to go and 'warn' one's classmates in such a manner would be a HIPAA violation and would have been harshly dealt with by the clinical instructor.

I am not trying to 'chew up' a fellow nursing student here and your experience was, I am sure, very real; however, your presentation of what occurred and your follow-up responses (especially the last post) are not consistent with what is taught in nursing schools. The critical thinking that one acquires in nursing school is not present and this is evidenced by your scattered and overly defensive responses.

And by the way, I have run into all kinds of nurses and I do not believe that nurses are out 'to eat their young'. I do believe that some nurses tend to challenge new nurses more and I appreciate the opportunity to learn from them so that I might one day be as talented and intuitive as they are.

This is a public forum and we all have to understand that from time to time someone will post that is not legitimate. I am not saying that is the case here, but given the OP's behavior, I have to wonder.

Last, but not least, 'possession' is very rare and those that are perfectly 'possessed' can not be identified so easily. Someone should lay off the horror movies that give the Hollywood version of what the phenomenon really is.

[canoehead, BSN, RN]

The weirdest looking patients are the most interesting, in my experience.

[llg, PhD, RN]

bagladyrn ,

{snip**

truly some nurses eat their young

i am deleting myself from this thread as of now this is my last post

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

Thanks to every one for their honest opinion but its time to let it goooooooo

I find it interesting that you and some other posters feel that you have been abused in this thread. And yet, in your reponse on page 1 to the OP in this thread below

https://allnurses.com/forums/f87/nursing-shortage-263207.html

you seem quite capable of "dishing it out." You can't have it both ways. If you want this board or nursing in general to have a culture in which people can express disapproval or disagreement with one another, you can't turn around and hollar "abuse" when people disagree with you.

In the other thread, the OP accused YOU of being abusive and of "eating your young." This case illustrates how bullying and abusive behavior looks different when the shoe is on the other foot. Maybe both threads contain some abuse ... maybe neither case rises to the level of abuse. But the fact that Kendel is accused of being the abuser other thread, and claiming to be the victim in this thread is a great illustration of the bullying phenomenon in general -- a good teaching example.

[Altra, BSN, RN]

I do see a certain element of "drama" in OP's posts: references to how she "freaked out", to images from the "exorcist" "I could have had a heart attack" and "I couldn't deal with what I saw"

As the thread went on, my 'hoax hackles' went up. I agree with some of the posters that felt like this individual was about 18 or 19 years old. I find it very difficult to believe that some of 'Kendel's' responses were being made by someone 35 years of age (only 4 years younger than myself).

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your presentation of what occurred and your follow-up responses (especially the last post) are not consistent with what is taught in nursing schools. The critical thinking that one acquires in nursing school is not present and this is evidenced by your scattered and overly defensive responses.

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This is a public forum and we all have to understand that from time to time someone will post that is not legitimate. I am not saying that is the case here, but given the OP's behavior, I have to wonder.

Thanks guys.

[CaLLaCoDe, BSN, RN]

Hi Nurses

I will never ever forget an experience i had while in nursing school clinicals.

I was assigned to bed A and when I got there to do my assessment I was over come with fear of what i saw:........ a pt who looks possessed just the same type of look from the exorcist.

i kid you not, the pt had razor sharp teeth looked like fangs and his eyes followed me as soon as i walked in the room. the moment i walked in i knew some thing was not right.. my gut feeling told me.

i freaked out and left the room and checked the charts etc i found out shortly that my patient was switched THANK GOD because i could not deal with what i saw.

I have never seen any thing like that in my life except from a movie. you should have seen the eyes i cant even describe it.

when I alerted my other class mates as to what i had seen they were scared to go and look in the room.

any one had any experience that was shocking ?

I can say in all honesty I believe evil is a force that we should not be ignorant of or deny the power of that force to do harm to patient's as it very well can and does or that such a force has no powers over a loving presence to contend against. I believe in loving the patient and deal with the evil with steadfast love without fear of its desire to do you or the patient harm.

I have heard bizarre verbal emminations from patients. You know, the back of the throat groaning and slurping common with a demonic presence within that individual and I found it very disturbing for it did not represent the individual at all but appeared to be alien and entirely different from the true essence of the patient. Sometimes I wish we could call for a mental health consult firstly and than if that is ruled out a consult for spiritual exorcism.

Please, if you believe this nurse means by interpretation he sees evil demonic forces in his patient's daily, this is far from the truth. But know that we are working not only for the healing of the patient's body but also for the healing by spirit, the uplifting of the person's soul, so to speak, to allow healing from forces greater than ourselves to take place.

[Jo Dirt]

I respect others' beliefs, but at the same time there is absolutely no proof of the paranormal and when people have attribute something to the paranormal a closer inspection has always revealed a mundane explanation.

Mental illness can be scary, but it is an organic disease.

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

i am finished with this topic now

enough is enough

i dont need to be scolded on an experience i had

if u read the post u can see it

thank god some people were smart enough to get it and i explained my self already

check the topic

enough is enough

if i follow you... i cant be my self or express my experince

truly some nurses eat their young

i am deleting myself from this thread as of now this is my last post

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

Thanks to every one for their honest opinion but its time to let it goooooooo

In the process of letting go, it's also time close this thread given the op is through witht he topic.

Thanks.