OMG - I broke a nail!

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Specializes in Psych, Addictions, SOL (Student of Life).

So last night when I was helping/showing a brandnew CNA how to move a rather large patient in bed while preventing friction and shear - I felt a shrp pain in my finger tip. Sure enough I had broken a nail down to the quick and it was bleeding. I've sort of got a reputation for being tough but this baby hurt. lucky for me I had a single use super glue in my bag so I could seal off the bleeding. The tech had never seen super glue used to repair a wound before. I told him it was acrually developed my the military for just that purpose and we use glue all the time but now it's called dermabond.

Not sure why I am sharing this except to refute the general public stereotype of nurses sipping lattes while chatting up handsome doctors all while never breaking a perfectly manicured nail.

Hppy

Hppy

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Specializes in Emergency Department.
I had broken a nail down to the quick and it was bleeding.

You should have immediately gone to the ED. :whistling: :nurse: :roflmao:

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Specializes in Trauma, Teaching.

and filed an incident report on exposure! :p

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You will probably need ongoing surgical care after being discharged from your week in the ICU! It sounds like a near death experience to me.

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Oh dang that hurt!

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Specializes in UR/PA, Hematology/Oncology, Med Surg, Psych.

Two words: Worker's compension

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Specializes in SICU, trauma, neuro.

Jokes aside, yeouch!!! I hope it feels better soon

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