Share Your Most Memorable "What in the World" Moment Contest | Nurses Week

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During this pandemic many things have been said around the world. What is the most shocking thing you have heard regarding COVID-19? This could be from a patient, a child, celebrity, etc.

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Patient's that wear crochet masks!

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Specializes in Wound Care Nurse.

"I am offended by my own breath, that I am forced to smell through my mask"

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Specializes in RN.

People saying Covid19 is all political.

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Specializes in Hospice.

"I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning, because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs."

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Specializes in Psych, Substance Abuse.

"Summer heat will kill the virus."

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On 5/1/2020 at 10:40 AM, peachtreednurse said:

As catastrophic as Covid-19 misconceptions combined with exaggerated fear can be as deadlly:

The news report of a story of a. husband and wife whose decision to ingest an aquarium chemical, with a similar sound and spelling to "hydroxychloroquine" that resulted in hospitalization and demise.

Yes, and our President giving medical advice is not helping -- only the doctors should speak on treatments!

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"I'mma gettin' the feeling they be paying N's to say they got it, and if the paying N's to say they got it, pay me too, pay me to too!" -- Cardi B. saying she believes celebrities are being paid to say they have COVID-19, and that she wants to be paid too.

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Specializes in Emergency.

We had a psych patient who called my boss Omeprazole. The patient was not on this med and we had no idea where she got the idea or why. No matter how many times someone corrected her my boss was Omeprazole

She also called our only male CNA "Jarvis", and 2 nurses potato, and racecar

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Specializes in Skilled nursing- IV’s/complicated wounds.

Coronavirus isn’t real it’s a publicity stunt to discredit trump!

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Specializes in Skilled nursing- IV’s/complicated wounds.

Hospitals & healthcare facilities want all the patients to have COVID-19 and are falsely documenting COVID DX on patients charts & death certificates for the BONUS COVID $$ ?

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Specializes in Women's Health, Public Health.

The best thing, is off of Planned Parenthood's Instagram! There was a huge header that stated "CAN I GET COVID-19 FROM ORAL SEX!?" This was the best part of nursing week.

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/health-and-wellness/covid-19-new-coronavirus/covid-19-and-your-sexual-health

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Specializes in Orthopedics.

I can't breathe with this mask on. Can I cut a hole in it so I can breathe better?

This is just a flu. We've had it for months!

This is like chickenpox. Once and done - maybe we'll have corona parties in the future like we used to have chicken pox parties!

(That last one was only sort of said sarcastically)

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