I didn't see a thread similar so I decided to make one. Share your strange coworker stories! It's all in good fun.
A long time ago I was training with a nurse and before she started her med pass she goes "the most important med pass is one I do for myself" She began pouring random vitamins from the med cart into a cup and took them.
I have an aide that talks to herself. It's on the NOC shift but sometimes she works my shift and I'm always wondering "who is talking like that?" It's her. Full conversations.
One time I walked into the break room and a coworker was googling "how to cast spells on awful boss"
I worked with a high-functioning autistic nurse who would ask me fifty eleven questions during report. She kept a little notebook that she would write her clock in and clock out times on. She kept track of EVERYTHING. She was kind of robotic and didn't show much emotion, which took a long time to get used to.
Report took forever, and woe betide the nurse who didn't know the last BM and have every i dotted and t crossed.
She was one of the greatest resources we had, though. Her mind was like an encyclopedia and she would jump in and help anybody.
I can't think of anything strange but I know a nurse (I'm assuming any day now she won't have a license) who got arrested in the middle of her shift. She was talking to people she shouldn't have been. It was a huge converstation piece at our facility for a long time.
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I have epilepsy & part of it is my eyes roll back [into my head] when I'm tired. It's not a big deal, it doesn't mean I'm about to seize, it just happens. So, I was working with this particular nurse who thought I was overcome by a demon & starting praying over me to get this demon out of me. It was awkward & weird as all get out. After she was done I quickly left the pharmacy.
Ha! I worked with an aide kinda like that when I was an aide myself. This resident, a man, was asking me for me a milk shake and I told him to give me a few minutes so I could ask the kitchen for some. Well, he was like, "no, not from the kitchen. I just want a milkshake" so I started to tell him again that I was going to go and see if the kitchen had some when the other aide came into the room and proceeded to smush his face with her boobs, as in his face between her boobs (as much as the scrub top would allow) and I just stood there confused. Then he had the nerve to tell when he raised his face up to breathe that that was the milkshake he was talking about. Whaaaaat!???
I work with a CNA that thinks everyone should make the same wage, have the same size home, wear the same clothing, eat the same food, etc. She read Agenda 21 by Glenn Beck and thinks it is a good idea. She even wrote a letter to corporate asking that they revise the wage scale so that everyone makes the same money.
Another CNA draws out her vowels when she speaks. "Flaaashpooooiiiint, Maaary waaaants graaaaape juuuice." She also checks the placement sheet fifteen or twenty times during a shift. When she gets bored with something, she just stops. She will call for help when getting someone dressed and just leave when help arrives. She will pass water to half of her hall and then just stop and move on to something like checking the placement sheet. :-)
The most crazy that I can remember was a CNA named David. He was an awesome CNA. One day he didn't show up for work. He had been pulled over for speeding or something like that and they found that he had escaped from prison in Arizona (I think it was Arizona).
The most crazy that I can remember was a CNA named David. He was an awesome CNA. One day he didn't show up for work. He had been pulled over for speeding or something like that and they found that he had escaped from prison in Arizona (I think it was Arizona).
Ha! I worked with an aide kinda like that when I was an aide myself. This resident, a man, was asking me for me a milk shake and I told him to give me a few minutes so I could ask the kitchen for some. Well, he was like, "no, not from the kitchen. I just want a milkshake" so I started to tell him again that I was going to go and see if the kitchen had some when the other aide came into the room and proceeded to smush his face with her boobs, as in his face between her boobs (as much as the scrub top would allow) and I just stood there confused. Then he had the nerve to tell when he raised his face up to breathe that that was the milkshake he was talking about. Whaaaaat!???
I have epilepsy & part of it is my eyes roll back [into my head] when I'm tired. It's not a big deal, it doesn't mean I'm about to seize, it just happens. So, I was working with this particular nurse who thought I was overcome by a demon & starting praying over me to get this demon out of me. It was awkward & weird as all get out. After she was done I quickly left the pharmacy.
Laughing so hard at this! I must say, I'm a little surprised that a nurse's first thought would be demonic possession rather than medical issue.
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This is a great thread...can we get this moved over to the general forum so lots of people make comments. Please/Thanks