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"
My coworker and I were helping a woman use the toilet and the woman farted. My coworker kept chanting, "Mhmmm, release the gas...release your gas...gooooooood." The way she said it just sounded so goofy.
Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
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.
I kept trying to tell her it was my epilepsy but she either didn't believe me or wasn't listening. If she didn't believe me the fact that she was a nurse, that kinda scared me.
One nurse I used to work with went to jail for burning her house down for the insurance money, she said she was trying to pay off her student loans!
Way back when when I was a CNA at a LTC facility we had a new grad RN. One night a patient had died and the family came out to tell her. We went in to check the patient and she turns to look at me and says, in front of the daughter, "I've never done this before, is he really dead?"
Had a coworker who would corner everyone and ask what political party they were. This was when GWB was running for president. She would go on a rant about how everyone should vote republican. And said if you didn't you were going to hell. Worked with her for years prior and never knew she acted this way. After the election she went back to her sweet, helpful self. So strange! Surprised she didn't get canned for those rants.
Not a coworker, but when I was in RT school one of my classmates got busted for calling bomb threats in to the school during midterms. Guess he needed more time to study.
I used to work with a nurse who was featured on an episode of "Hoarders."
I currently work with a nurse in a correctional facility who constantly writes up other coworkers,management, guards, WARDEN, you name it, for no apparent reason other than to I guess make a name for herself. I graduated with this said coworker as well and even in nursing school she seemed a little off. She would do random things like come up to our study group and start talying about her 6 year olds crooked winker. Then during orientation at work she tells me and the other guards graphic details of her intimate life and if any of them, including myself, want to take a "go around and see for ourselves". Needless to say I no longer accept her invitation to eat lunch together and take at least a 45 minute shower when I get home from work :) :)
A former coworker of mine used to wear an X-ray apron around the unit (which isn't radiation, it's a med surg unit) because she was convinced the rooms were radioactive 😳 She also thought the computers and WOWs had cameras inside them monitoring us. She would say "be careful what you do, they're watching you!" Freaky!
A former coworker of mine used to wear an X-ray apron around the unit (which isn't radiation, it's a med surg unit) because she was convinced the rooms were radioactive 😳 She also thought the computers and WOWs had cameras inside them monitoring us. She would say "be careful what you do, they're watching you!" Freaky!
I worked with one nurse in LTC who was wonderful..she was sweet to the residents, very patient, and very helpful to me as I had ten thousand questions every time I worked with her.
Well, one day she comes in with about 12 stitches and a pretty gnarly looking laceration on her upper hand/wrist area. She bee-lines to me, asking if I'll throw a bandaid on it for her. As I was covering it up, I asked her what happened and she goes, "I was ****** off at my husband, locked myself out of the house with all the kids in the car, and punched out my window so I could get back in to get the keys."
I was like woah, please don't ever get mad at me. Haha.
I also had an aide who fractured a few bones in her hand when she tried to put it through a TV. Not at work, mind you.
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My coworker and I were helping a woman use the toilet and the woman farted. My coworker kept chanting, "Mhmmm, release the gas...release your gas...gooooooood." The way she said it just sounded so goofy.