No She/he Did Not!!!

Alitia M · Mar 24, 2005

No she did not describe the purulent drainage as "pussy" in her nursing notes.... :chuckle

LydiaNN · Mar 24, 2005

No, she did not get confused when a mother described her child as "autistic" and make a comparison to how her own child enjoys coloring and painting and is himself very "artistic". Not quite the same thing, dearie....

RainDreamer, BSN, RN · Mar 24, 2005

No she did not describe the purulent drainage as "pussy" in her nursing notes....

I have done that exact same thing!! Sure gave me a good laugh though, but sheesh :imbar

lapoueze · Mar 24, 2005

No she did not pull the curtains back exposing the deceased patient for the whole ward to see.

HyperRNRachel · Mar 24, 2005

No she did not.....

While practicing giving injections and using a "darting movement" (with much to much enthusiasm ) that the sound, once the needle hit the mannequin, was so loud it silenced an entire class full of students and to this day is known as "the shot that was heard around the world". :coollook:

No she did not...

Tell a blind man that his "breakfast sure looks good"! :uhoh3:

No she did not...

When the blind man said I wish I could see it, reply by saying well, then you would have to see some ugly nurses! :crying2: Good thing he had a good sense of humor. :rotfl:

No she did not...

While being a caring and compassionate student, sat on the bed of a dying old lady, only to sit on the poor lady's foot. :stone

No she did not....

Accidentally e-mail an instructor some x-rated cartoons. Thankfully the instructor had a really good sense of humor and even told me that she had seen all of them before. In fact, she said some were more than 20 years old!

No she did not join a sorority (more like a drinking club) named omega stoma phi, in which we have homemade t-shirts for all members including the instructor (honorary member; instructors do not socialize with the students) who I sent the x-rated email to.

No she did not tell the honorary member instructor that "full contact stoma football" is the official initiation into the group.

No she did not...

Tell a very rude floor nurse to stop rolling her eyes at the students! :angryfire

unknown99, BSN, RN · Mar 25, 2005

No she did not bring the instructors ex-husband to the class Christmas party!!!!

(No, it was not me, but a fellow classmate).

wonderbee, BSN, RN · Mar 25, 2005

NO SHE DID NOT knock a vaseful of a dozen red roses, filled with water, onto a fresh post-op in traction on her first day of work!:uhoh21:

Yep, that was me. Charm and grace personified... and they trust me with needles??

Altra, BSN, RN · Mar 25, 2005

No he did not ...

when attending last year's senior banquet as a junior class representative, ask one of the nursing instructors for a date (while her current date was mingling around ...).

And no, the above student did not, when outside for a cigarette, say to a woman he saw standing there also having a cigarette, "who the hell are you?"

But yes, the woman did reply, "I'm your OB instructor -- I'll see you in September."

:rotfl:

LeesieBug · Mar 25, 2005

.......wander into the nurses station looking for a sink to fill the wash basin because her patient's room didn't have one...and no she had NOT just washed her hands at the sink in the patient's room before trying to start the bed bath (don't even ask how distracted I was when I did this ).

.......jab the needle right through the skin of her "V", between her thumb and first finger, into the patient, then out again through her skin, when giving her first IM injection (NOT ME, thank goodness!).

......sit for several minutes trying to figure out where to hang the IV bag on this unusual IV pump, then ask the nurse how to work it, only to be told "That's the electronic sphygmomanometer" :imbar .

Yes, this was in my THIRD semester, no less....after three semesters of USING said device to take patient BP's. At least when my mind takes a vacation I don't do anything lethal.

Spearfisher · Mar 25, 2005

It sure is nice for a student like myself to hear all these crazy mistakes. Hope I don't make the list/post before I am done.

lady_jh_98 · Mar 25, 2005

No she did not:

leave her watch on when inserting a foley on an obese geriatic female. Needless to say had to soak watch in alcohol for a couple of hours.

that happened to me a couple of months ago. learned to remove watch, name tag and put hair up when inserting a foley LOL

HU_nurse · Mar 25, 2005

Tell the bald chemo patient: "ok let me just take your vital signs and then I will get out of your hair..." (yep that was me).