I thought that nothing phased me (especially after seeing a nephrectomy complete with squirming intestines during my OR Rotation in Feb.) anymore when it came to blood guts and gore. After a day of...
Adam D. RN2005 replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in Nursing Humor
You're absolutely right about that. This was actually the first time that I was able to watch the doctor remove something from me. All the other times, they have been on my back and such. But I can...
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My first semester of school, I had a confused patient in her 90's who gave answers to questions that made it difficult for me to hold a straight face. To the orientation questions, "Can you tell me...
Adam D. RN2005 replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor
In my Nursing class, our instructor introduced us to Go-Litely by saying "it does anything but make you go lightly. It makes your pt go heavily, go oftely, and you go quickly when your patient rings...
I chose nursing because: 1. To be there for the patients first and formost. whether it is to give them a shoulder to cry on or an encouraging word on taking the first step after a long debilitating...
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From my first semester of nursing school (Fall 2003), while researching my patient for clinicals, the doctor's handwritting that I was trying to decypher was so terrible that entire sentences looked...
Adam D. RN2005 replied to Jabber964's topic in Nursing Humor
Hi, I new to the boards but have been reading them for months. Well, I have to throw in my two cents on bloopers! On the clinical floor two weeks ago, my patient had an axillary temp of 100.4 F. My...