I'm just coming off orientation, and I've already had my share of oops! moments! I know everyone has to learn, but it's embarrassing! Anyone care to share?
Last week, I hung a piggyback antibiotic, and connected it to the tubing BELOW the Alaris pump. The nurse who followed me brought it to my attention. It just flowed right in! It was only Flagyl, but I know better and wanted to hide.
I was taking care of a patient who is an experienced nurse, and she called me in a few minutes after changing her fluids over to say the bag was leaking. I went in there, and I had spiked the bag. Oooops....
Specializes in ER,Neurology, Endocrinology, Pulmonology.
my patient with CP was pretty nice, the only way she could communicate was by using her computer. She would tell me when she needed to drink, eat, something for pain or to change a diaper. Sometimes she would write her stories in her computer.
One day she pointed to her diaper and I went to get linen to change her.when I opened it i saw lots of blood. Like a good nurse I immediately got her vital signs and called the doctor. As I was doing it, the patient was franticly trying to point to her computer, but i was so busy that I didn't get to do it till later. As I was reporting the "problem " to the MD, I read on the patient's computer - " i'm having a period"
LOL! This will be a fun post. Three I can think of:
1) When I was a nursing assistant, we had a ventilator patient on our floor. It was discovered by the patient, her husband was having an affair. On her birthday. The patient starting pulling me into the bed, threw my name badge to the floor, tried pulling my shirt off. What a moment. I was embarresed, but laughed hysterically.
2) One night, I was working and I assisted the charge nurse pull one of her patients up in bed. I looked at what appeared to be a man and said: "Good morning sir, how are you?" SHE said "I am not a sir, I am a mame." That was a lot of fun!
3) Another night, a little background, I am not good with names at all. I had two patients in a semi-private room, I kept calling the african american lady "Mrs. Brown." when her name was obviously no where near that. My lady in B bed I kept calling her a totally different name, which was a little close. I finnally had her name together when I transfered her to MICD at 0300.
Anagray, BSN
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my patient with CP was pretty nice, the only way she could communicate was by using her computer. She would tell me when she needed to drink, eat, something for pain or to change a diaper. Sometimes she would write her stories in her computer.
One day she pointed to her diaper and I went to get linen to change her.when I opened it i saw lots of blood. Like a good nurse I immediately got her vital signs and called the doctor. As I was doing it, the patient was franticly trying to point to her computer, but i was so busy that I didn't get to do it till later. As I was reporting the "problem " to the MD, I read on the patient's computer - " i'm having a period"
Good thing the doctor had a sense of humor!