My most embarrassing nursing Blooper

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Specializes in LTC and School Health.

yesterday, my patient had his iabp d/c'd so my preceptor directed me to take the tubing down.

long story short: i turned the inflated pressure bag ( with a full bag of nss and heparin inside the sleeve) upside down and pulled out the tubing :no:. next thing i know, solution is spraying every where :eek::eek: and my preceptor and i were both showered with the solution. we both had solution running down from our face to our waist:o.

ofcourse, all eyes were on me as i stood there holding an empty bag of nss :uhoh21::uhoh21:, and dripping wet. needless to say, it took several towels to clean up my mess. thank god i didn't get any patients wet :bowingpur.

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Sounds like you got the obligatory bath.

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Specializes in LTC and School Health.
Sounds like you got the obligatory bath.

Haha, yes! Honestly, I don't know what the heck I was thinking. I guess common sense isn't so common. :confused:

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