alcrab01

alcrab01

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  1. Have you ever...

    alcrab01 posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Have you ever blamed a fart on an unconscious patient? I

  2. What's the dumbest thing you ever got called on the carpet for?

    alcrab01 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a CNA, my supervisor scolded me saying, "When you come to work you immediately get started on completing your daily tasks and you're always the first person to start giving your baths." I...

  3. Would you call in because you didn't get any sleep?

    alcrab01 replied to Elvish's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't call in due to lack of sleep because at my hospital, if someone calls in they just triple up the other nurses instead of calling in someone else. So, it really affects the staff. So, no,...

  4. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    alcrab01 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I have been reading this thread for the past couple of days. Tonight, a patient died on my ICU unit rather unexpectedly. About 1 minute after she was pronounced by myself and another RN, the...

  5. Patient freaking out

    alcrab01 posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is really a HIPAA question, but I knew if I put that in the title no one would read it, haha! I work on a small psychiatric unit and when I pass out medications in the evening I go up to each...

  6. Patient freaking out

    alcrab01 replied to alcrab01's topic in General Nursing

    "To avoid a replay of this, just say, "Here's your medicine" and let the patient take it from there." Oh, that's not a good idea. Well, maybe if I added, "Do you have any questions about it?" or "Do...

  7. CNA's Aide the nurse... right!

    alcrab01 replied to CNA_Timmy's topic in General Nursing

    You know what? That was really crappy of her (pun intended). Don't worry, karma will catch up to her. Coming from an ICU where our brilliant management team recently got rid of all our CNAs due to...

  8. Patient freaking out

    alcrab01 replied to alcrab01's topic in General Nursing

    TiredMD- Hahaha this is very true. Afterall, this is a woman who washes out her Doritos bags with soap and water before she throws them away! And in case anyone complains about my lack of...

  9. Terms we will not admit to using

    alcrab01 replied to gwenith's topic in Nursing Humor

    TFFTB- Too F-ing Fat To Breathe TSTL- Too Stupid to Live TYTB- Too Young to Breed PRATFO- Patient Reassured and Told To F-

  10. nurse doesn't believe in life-sustaining measures for herself

    alcrab01 replied to shelly304's topic in General Nursing

    I went to nursing school with a girl who is exactly the same way (maybe it's the same person!). We had a very similar conversation once in which she told me that if she was ever diagnosed with a...

  11. Caught stealing drugs

    alcrab01 replied to vonxojn's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with one RN who was caught digging through the sharps container to get bottles of Fentanyl that people had not thoroughly wasted. Another RN I worked with followed a friend of mine into the...

  12. Random rant

    alcrab01 replied to anggelRN's topic in General Nursing

    This reminds me of the way our radiology techs practice... I now go in the room and babysit when they are anywhere near my patient. All too many times, I have followed them to find the patient's HOB...

  13. from RN to Pharmacy tech

    alcrab01 replied to neatnurse30's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my gosh, don't do it! I have never been so disrespected in my LIFE as I was working as a pharmacy tech at Walgreen's. I actually had a customer tell me that he was going to go home, get his gun,...

  14. Funniest Complaint on Press Ganey Scores

    alcrab01 replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    This isn't really a Press Ganey issue.. but the managers on my Critical Care Unit have fired all our our secretaries and nursing assistants because "our budget no longer allows for ancillary...

  15. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    alcrab01 replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    O.A.R. - Night Shift "Its 3 a.m., I wanna go to bed I got a lady running through my head Ran outta money, i'm lookin for a night shift It's 3 a.m. and i wanna go to bed" The Verve- Bittersweet...

  16. Funny things that pts say

    alcrab01 replied to jRN4now's topic in Nursing Humor

    I love alcohol withdrawal patients. They never fail to keep me laughing. One night, I had an old man who was a pill! I ended up having to put him in 4-point restraints. Despite my efforts, he...

  17. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    alcrab01 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I worked as a pharmacy tech at Walgreen's, and old woman called and asked to speak to the pharmacist one day. I could tell by his reactions that this was a very interesting phone call. This is...

  18. Have you ever...

    alcrab01 replied to alcrab01's topic in Nursing Humor

    OMG you totally hit my funny bone. I can't stop laughing.:chuckle I guess I'm one of those demented people. Anytime I hear about farts I crack up. Hope your patient doesn't call you on it later....

  19. Have you ever...

    alcrab01 replied to alcrab01's topic in Nursing Humor

    Haha, Csantos, that's hilarious! I'll never forget this conversation in nursing school: Me: What's heparin four? Instructor: It's a blood thinner. Me: No, what's heparin FOUR? Instructor: That's...

  20. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    alcrab01 replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was sitting in on a swallow evaluation for a developmentally delayed 2-year old. The resident performing the eval. was very nervous and was known to stumble over his words. He was using a bottle,...

  21. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    alcrab01 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work as a pharmacy tech at Walgreen's, and we had this guy who would always call to ask for an order on his "hi-DRAW-con-ee" Translate as hydrocodone.. haha "O2 stats" kills me! I always...

  22. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    alcrab01 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Don't let your boyfriend dip your 2-year old daughter's feet in a turkey deep fryer and tell us that "you think she fell in." Don't let your boyfriend visit the PICU that night. Don't let your...

  23. Docs yelling at nurses....

    alcrab01 replied to ClassQ1's topic in Men in Nursing

    I have been yelled at once by a neurosurgeon, but I managed to remain calm and seated as he repeatedly slammed the chart on the counter in front of my face... He had every right to be upset, but he...

  24. Funny things that pts say

    alcrab01 replied to jRN4now's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I worked in the PICU, I once took care of an infant with severe hydrocephalus who kept having seizures. The mom and dad (both 17 and first cousins... yeah, I'm from Kentucky), kept astonishing...

  25. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    alcrab01 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was a CNA at the time this incident happened. I'm a critical care nurse now, and I have never been as grossed out as I was by this... A woman in her 40's who had had a colostomy for several years...