Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

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Rule is: One sentence. Random thought. Silly is great. Funny would rock. If you're going to be judgmental, GO TO ANOTHER THREAD! FUN ONLY HERE!

Fomite is my new favorite word because it sounds like a sandwich spread.

Specializes in ortho, hospice volunteer, psych,.
Me last week:

"Mr. X dropped his bar of soap six times in the shower this morning...where does he think he is? Prison?"

Oh swell! Now I'll have an image from Lockup burned into my brain! :nailbiting: :arghh: :wacky:

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Why do I see OR nurses wearing scrubs on their way home from work?

I saw an OR nurse going home from work at the gas station the other day. Still in her scrubs with bouffant hat on and tied face mask hanging from her neck. I thought to myself, what...were you in SUCH a RUSH to leave that you couldn't take TWO SECONDS to take off your hat and mask?!?

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Specializes in Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty.

It's a fashion statement! LOL

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Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
I saw an OR nurse going home from work at the gas station the other day. Still in her scrubs with bouffant hat on and tied face mask hanging from her neck. I thought to myself, what...were you in SUCH a RUSH to leave that you couldn't take TWO SECONDS to take off your hat and mask?!?

She probably forgot about the mask because she was so used to wearing it. As for the hair -- after you've worn a bouffant all day, your hair is nasty and icky. She probably left the bouffant on because at that point, she didn't want anyone to see her hair.

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Discovering the following items in a patient's dufflebag: a disgusting plastic bag of rotten shrimp that was leaking through the plastic bag, a homemade knife, a mouthwash bottle with filled with vodka, several pieces of rotten fruit, several lighters, lottery tickets, and beaten speakers held together with duct tape everything wet with shrimp juice.

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I was a brand new nurse and ran into a patient's room I had never seen before after hearing a loud crash and saw the patient trying to get out of bed who pointed at me and yelled "and you, PALE FACE, you lie most of all!!"

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Specializes in LTC, CPR instructor, First aid instructor..

To the man who came in our place covered in body lice; "Eeeeew, now I feel itchy all over."

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.

To the RT who was looking at co workers behinds instead of suctioning pts and giving respiratory treatments:

"The Grim Creeper..."

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Specializes in Psychiatry, NICU.

I was working a night shift (something I wasn't used to at the time) and charted on a manic teenager who kept us busy all night. A small part of charting should have read "Patient was seen jumping around room...". Instead, my half awake self charted "Patient was seen humping around room...". :facepalm: Everyone, including myself, had a good laugh about it though. lol.

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Specializes in ortho, hospice volunteer, psych,.
Discovering the following items in a patient's dufflebag: a disgusting plastic bag of rotten shrimp that was leaking through the plastic bag, a homemade knife, a mouthwash bottle with filled with vodka, several pieces of rotten fruit, several lighters, lottery tickets, and beaten speakers held together with duct tape everything wet with shrimp juice.

EWWW! :sour: :barf02: :dead: And to think my husband used to wonder why I undressed on my way through the kitchen and up the back stairs after tossing everything including my undies in the washer first.:wacky:

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OMG - enormous code brown the other night...patient on bowel prep and INSISTED on walking to the bathroom instead of using the BSC - goes to sit down and just unleashes...not 15 seconds before that I was holding him up (with his butt facing me) as the aide unplugged his IV. After the incident, the aide said to me - "what would you have done if he hosed you down"...my answer "stripped where I stood and walked across the hall to OB in my underwear for scrubs"....

icing on the cake (because after that we all had the giggles considering the poor man repainted the wall behind the toilet with his excrement), housekeeping comes up, takes one look at the mess and flies out of the room exclaiming "I don't have rags big enough for that" - cue laughter so hard one was snorting and crying!

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Specializes in ortho, hospice volunteer, psych,.

I was reading the above post and my husband (who was getting ready to go give a final exam) read over my shoulder. He asked, "How can you just go right on eating that chunky peach yoghurt and read that?" :barf02: :scrying:

Answer? Because it's **** funny and I've been in a similar mess. :whistling:

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