We have all had a time in our lives where the most unfortunate things have come out of our mouths, and a coworker of mine had one recently, that while it caused an immediate cringe, could be looked back upon later with a chuckle, because we've ALL done it.
We had a successful post code, drowning victim that was lethargic but oriented. While doing an Xray, my coworker stated "OK, hold your breath like you're going under water!"
Thankfully the pt didn't seem to grasp the ridiculousness of that statement, but I assure you we all had that immediate pucker - factor moment! What ridiculously hilarious things have you all said that you wished you could take back, but are still somehow humorous?
There was a nurse that was asking questions from the database, not paying attention, asked the patient if they were pregnant. Problem was the patient was a guy! This caused an uproar and a complaint from the patient and his family wanting a different nurse. This lead to more problems for said nurse where a formal investigation ensued of her work performance and she ended up being fired due to psych problems that impacted her ability to do her job.
Aw. See, and most of these scenarios, the patient does laugh along, right? Mine did.
Grumpy male patient...woke up confused and pulled out his IV...very embarrassed. He was sitting in a chair and I was looking for veins. I realized I couldn't get an IV in at that angle and said "I don't suppose I could talk you back into bed"?
He looked at me and I looked at him, and I said "well, that could have been phrased a little differently". We both cracked up...no more grumpy pants!
After a lady partsl delivery in which she tore a little bit, the physician was getting ready to repair her perineum. He was about to give her a shot of lidocaine, and as he's standing between her legs, I said "Okay, you're going to feel a little prick in your lady parts." I remember the look he gave me as I realized what just came out of my mouth.
I did the same thing as a previous poster - in 8th grade science, students all had to read paragraphs from the book and my paragraphs had the word "organism" in it. Dang if I didn't say "orgasm". I kid you not, my teacher went through the rest of the book and highlighted every time the word organism was written - want to guess who had to read those sections? To this day I still take my time to say the word for fear of messing it up!
Yesterday I told a patient (that was being wheeled up to Hospice) that I was going to get her unplugged. (meaning the bed). I think her family (fortunately) missed that comment!
We were in the room of a pt who was going to be donating their organs, due to brain death, and it was me and the organ procurement agency staff only. She looked at me and said "I feel so brain dead today". I said what did you just say? She felt horrible but we still laughed about it.
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Farawyn
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Aw. See, and most of these scenarios, the patient does laugh along, right? Mine did.
People need to get over it.