StudyingRN

Oh no no no, I didn't mean that in a bad way. You clearly said that you knew it was a joke, I didn't mean to imply that you had got that wrong. In the snopes article it cleared up the question of if she was really a nurse or not, that is the only reason I posted the link. I'm sorry if my post came across wrong! Much love to my fellow nurses! :kiss T

I love snopes for this kind of stuff. The answer is: No, she is not a nurse. Go to: http://www.snopes.com/humor/jokes/picabo.asp to read the rest..... Have a great weekend!!!

Oh these are great! I am committing them all to memory as I start Block 1 on Monday! As an Aide my biggest oops was that I started my day by checking all the patients charts in my assignment for pertinent info; diet order, specimens that needed to be collected, did they have bathroom privledges, were they an accu-check (I work on a diabetic unit and do MANY a day). I then went to the med-station to the white board where we write blood sugars so that the nurses can take a quick glance and get the proper insulin without going to the chart and noted that one of my patients was an accu-check and I had missed it in the chart. I assumed this because there were blood sugars on the white board for his room number. When I went in for the a.m. check he was so nervous. Turns out this was his first time in the hospital (He was 36 years old) and scared to death of needles and hospitals. He jumped a MILE when I poked him and kept saying that he didn't know why people kept poking him. He told me he wasn't diabetic, but that they thought he might be as it might explain why his infected foot hadn't healed...made sense to me...I see that all the time! After the 5:30 before dinner check (I've now poked him 3 times and his blood sugars were completely normal!) the nurse asks me if I'm charting blood sugars on the white board in the wrong space. I looked and said, "No. Why?" and she says that the patient in that room is not diabetic. I go check the chart and sure enough I hadn't "missed" it, there was no order for accu-chks. It turned out that the blood sugars were from the patient that had been discharged and this guy had been admitted not even 30 minutes later. In the rush the previous NA had failed to clear the white board for that room number and I made the mistake of assuming it was for the new patient having not been there in 2 days. I felt sooooooo bad! I did go in and tattle on myself and apologized by starting, "I have good news and I have bad news!". he appreciated the honesty and forgave me all the while shaking his head at the needless blood letting I had subjected him to. Oooops! :uhoh21:

I just heard this and thought I'd wet myself! If this one has been round and round I apologize. Enjoy..... A male patient is lying in bed in the hospital, wearing an oxygen mask over his mouth and nose, still heavily sedated from a difficult, four hour,surgical procedure. A young, student nurse appears to give him a partial sponge bath. Nurse", he mumbles, from behind the mask. "Are my testicles black?" Embarrassed, the young nurse replies, "I don't know, Sir. I'm only here to wash your upper body and feet." He struggles to ask again, "Nurse, are my testicles black?" Concerned that he may elevate his vitals from worry about his testicles, she overcomes her embarrassment and sheepishly pulls back the covers. She raises his gown, holds his member in one hand and his testicles in the other. Then,she takes a close look and says, "There's nothing wrong with them, Sir!" The man pulls off his oxygen mask, smiles at her and says very slowly,"Thank you very much. That was wonderful, but, listen very, very closely...... . . . . . . A r e - m y - t e s t - r e s u l t s - b a c k?"

Ok not a call light story but the funniest story I have to offer: I had a patient last week who was the sweetest lady. She was so proper and very quiet and reserved. She was incontinent and on lasix - no foley to prevent infections - needless to say I had changed her linens SEVERAL times that day. I had just rolled her to her side so I could make her occupied bed yet again and in trying to help pull herself further on her side to let out the loudest, fastest, wettest blast of air I have ever heard! I jumped a mile and without thinking said, "Gosh Mi!d*ed, you scared me half to death! I thought it was coming after me!" She proceeded to laugh hysterically all the while tooting up a storm which made her laugh even harder! This quiet reserved woman and I rolled for 15 minutes till we were both in tears! Everytime I walked into her room after that we laughed till we cried! Oh and the best part was she was in for Pneumo but had been unable to work up a proper sputum sample. In laughing so hard so had a coughing, tooting, peeing fit, which meant we had to change the partially made bed yet again but...we got her coughing and brought up a nice healthy sputum sample for the lab finally! I love my patients!

Hospital on Med/Surg Unit 36 Bed Unit 5-6 pts to nurse 9-12 pts to Aide 2 Unit Secretaries We get it all so somtimes these levels cut it and sometimes they don't. If I have 12 pts (I'm an Aide) and 6 are totals I'm screwed! If everyone is able bodied and stable it's a good day. The key is to help each other out and for the most part we do a really good job at that. :biere:

Can't think of anything I've said right now but how many of you knock on every door before you open it.....even the galley, the utility room, the supply closet etc!!! I always feel so stupid when I knock on the door of the break room before opening it to a room full of lunching staff all laughing at me!!!! DUH! :smackingf HIPPA would be so proud of me I give EVERYONE and EVERYTHING full privacy!

Yes, I do. I am a tech, I am not a smoker and am dead set against it.....but I also try to keep my patients happy and comfy and for some that unfortunately means keeping them pumped full of nicotine. I do make them wait until I am able to leave the floor without it affecting another patients and as most of you know that doesn't happen very often. I have told patients straight up, "I can't go till I finish taking vitals and that is going to take a couple of hours counting charting and answering call lights in between patients". They seem to understand and usually wait patiently as long as I communicate that ahead of time. I must tell you that as much as I hate it....the extra effort on my part is always appreciated and it usually makes for a happy and content patient, Lord knows we need more of those!

Crocs!!!! I used to wear New Balance Walking Shoes with a gel insert and my back felt great....but my feet were taking a beating! I would wake up with stiff feet and my achilles tendon was so tight I thought I'd snap it if I took a full stride step. Since switching to the Crocs everything feels wonderful! I never thought they would have enough support but they have been a real life saver......errrrr......foot saver!