We all have lots of stories to tell. I thought it would be fun if we shared a few of our funniest patient stories with each other.
Here's mine...
I keep remembering a particular incident a few years back. It wasn't even my patient.
I was heading down the hallway on the CCU unit in which I worked. I was minding my own business, heading down the hallway and I just happened to glance into a patient room...
I couldn't believe what I saw...
An older gentleman, who clearly was having some post-op dementia after open heart surgery....
he was sitting up in the middle of his bed and with knees bent and feet braced at the bed rail for extra support....
With both hands...
HE WAS PULLING on all of his CHEST TUBES with ALL OF HIS MIGHT!!!
Needless to say, I sprang into action along with all the surrounding nursing staff. It took security along with all of us to restrain this man so he wouldn't hurt himself. Though it wasn't funny at the time....I can't get this picture out of my mind and find it amusing to remember.
I used to work in a MICU as a PCA (NA) & we had a man that had been there for a month or so, & he was actively dying. He had his good days , but despite what he was going through , he always kept a great sense of humor! We were turning him and cleaning him up one day and in mytop scrub pocket was a snickers candy bar. (The nurse that I was assisting is always a riot to work with) I'm holding the man over and the nurse was cleaning him up, I had told the man "Let go of my snickers, please" The nurse says to me : Is that ebonics for tits, or something...?", when the nurse looks up & sees the man with a tight grip on my snickers bar---we all (pt., too) start busting out laughing. I finally got my snickers back!
Had a confused pt today . . . hmm, everyday. I had started him on ice chips post extubation. I had just explained to him about his Magnesium Sulfate replacement that I was hanging. After a pause he asked if he could have another magnesium please. As long as the day had been he made me chuckle as I told him no, but offered him another ice chip instead!
Specializes in ICU, ER, Surgery, Med-Surg, Pediatrics.
When I worked urological surgery it wasn't uncommon for the Anethesilolgist to change the patients anesthesia before surgery. Many times a patient would have an epidural instead of a general esp if the patient might need lithotripsy for the stone removal. Well this particular time we prepared a patient for surgery placing his feet in the stirrips. The male scurb tech lifted the sheet and turned about and hit me in the arm. I turned to look and almost feel out. The mans entire member was tattooed! We had to bite our cheeks to keep quiet because this patient was alert. Well, in walks the Doc, thinking we had a sedated patient. he sits down and announces "Holy ****, I hope he was drunk!" That wasnt even as funny as when the Doc jumped a mile high as the patient explained "Yeah, but it still hurt like hell!"
Specializes in pediatrics-gen., ICU/CVICU, home vent.
It is possible to have more than 16 teeth in each jaw. Many people get wisdom teeth, but I've never heard of 2 sets of wisdom teeth in the upper jaw alone, so I agree that it doubtful that the patient had 20 teeth in the upper jaw.
I hope your state boards don't read that. Tied him to a sink and a rail? Those are restraints, obviously. Not allowed where I come from. The have the right to fall.
this happened during school, the first semester that we had clinicals, we were at a nursing home. we all tried to be thorough in everything, including showers. My frien was giving a shower to a lol in a shower chair. she kneeled down underneath to give a good scrub to the underside. just as she crouched down to make sure she got it all, the pt had explosive diarrhea in her face!!!!!:roll :lol_hitti classic!! to this, she calmly stated in a professional manner- "maybe I should go wash my face now" LOLOLOLOL
for graduation, we had a slide show complete with baby pictures then, now style. her baby picture was one of her first birthday with choc cake smeared on her face and she signed it S#**face!! i still have that picture in my scrapbook!!!
anotherone, not quite as fun, but fun nevertheless... i work in a psyc home. its more of a residential place. we had the cutest lol there, about 4'7" and skinny as the day is long. she was always concerned about her bowels and how they were working. many times we had to visualize her deposit in the toilet cuz she claimed she had diarrhea. everyday, we would look at it- what a joy tht was!! anyway, one day i was minding my own buisness, doing my job, hum drum. An alarm sounded as the door opened and a team of emts ran in. i immed. went to them to see what was up. they breathlessly told me they had recieved a 911 call from this address and came to help. well, i sensed nothing wrong . Out came this doll from her bedroom to greet them. I said- did you call 9-1-1? she matter of factly stated "yes I did, I have diarrhea!" well i couldnt hold it and laughed like a crazy woman, as i left i told the rescue team that i was sorry for the inconvience and will take steps to make sure this does not happen again....
I Was Charge One Night On A Tele Floor And I Got A Call From A Cna Who Told Me To Come To One Of The Rooms . As I Walked In, I Saw That The Pt's , Their Beds, And The Walls Were Covered In Ants.( Not Funny At All... ) As It Turned Out, The Floor Was Full And I Had No Place To Move The Pts As They Were Critical Enough To Need Outlets For Machines, Drips Etc.. So The Halls Were Not An Option. So, My Staff And I Had To Clean Out Our Storage Room And We Had To Move The Pt's And Their Families Into It While The Room Was Fumigated...
One Other Pt Decided To Take Off All Of Her Clothing, Tele Box, Iv Etc And Run Around In The Halls And Into Pt's Rooms. When Running Into The Rooms She Would Turn On The Lights , Wake Up The Sleeping Pt's And Shake Her Stuff... She Was Quick Too! It Took 5 Of Us To Tackle Her And Restrain Her.
We had an elderly woman in our Alzheimers unit who was German to the core. She was never fully dressed until she had her apron on. One winter morning after she was dressed for the day, she was rummaging in her things and came across some unwrapped chocolate candy she had received for Christmas. She filled her denture cup with the chocolates and then tried to pass out the candy from her "Easter Basket".
Student. Huge, roaring drunk and aggressive patient comes in through the ER. Doc, who is known as a butt-head, wants a UA. RNs say, "Great, who wants this one?" Me, dumb student, says, "What the hey, I'll do it." 4 RNs in the room, one on each limb. I get ready to prep him (currently passed out) and pull down his pants and can barely find his equipment. The RNs by this time are snickering at the poor student. I manage to get hold of him by two fingers and attempt to cath him. Now how tough can it be, right? Guys only have one hole. Wrong! This cath won't go in. Everyone is giving me advice on how to do it while holding him down (actually, he never did wake up during this process). Finally, I turn the member over and find another (very small) hole on the ventral side. This guy had hypospadies. No one had ever seen it before. We told the B-H doctor that if he wanted a UA, he could do the cath job himself. For some reason, he didn't feel he needed it. :monkeydance:
classic!! to this, she calmly stated in a professional manner- "maybe I should go wash my face now" LOLOLOLOL
anyway, one day i was minding my own buisness, doing my job, hum drum. An alarm sounded as the door opened and a team of emts ran in. i immed. went to them to see what was up. they breathlessly told me they had recieved a 911 call from this address and came to help. well, i sensed nothing wrong . Out came this doll from her bedroom to greet them. I said- did you call 9-1-1? she matter of factly stated "yes I did, I have diarrhea!" well i couldnt hold it and laughed like a crazy woman, as i left i told the rescue team that i was sorry for the inconvience and will take steps to make sure this does not happen again....
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I used to work in a MICU as a PCA (NA) & we had a man that had been there for a month or so, & he was actively dying. He had his good days , but despite what he was going through , he always kept a great sense of humor! We were turning him and cleaning him up one day and in mytop scrub pocket was a snickers candy bar. (The nurse that I was assisting is always a riot to work with) I'm holding the man over and the nurse was cleaning him up, I had told the man "Let go of my snickers, please" The nurse says to me : Is that ebonics for tits, or something...?", when the nurse looks up & sees the man with a tight grip on my snickers bar---we all (pt., too) start busting out laughing. I finally got my snickers back!