OK. Whats the oddest thing you've ever heard by an instructor or another medical person (nurse, doc., EMT, whatever).
Mine is easy. An instructor explained the broncial tubes/nasal passages like this:
"We have two nostrils just like we have two bronchial tubes. Each nostril serves the bronchial tube on the same side. Someone who occludes one nostril or the other for too long depletes air supply on that side. This is much like sleep apnea."
Dont ask me where the sleep apnea thing was going. Its a wonder anyone from that class passed NCLEX. We all stopped paying attention to her and studied on our own whatever chapter was being covered in class.
This happened to a friend of mine... she went to the ER for what she called "severe" abominal pain. And as the doc was giving her a digital exam, the poor thing couldn't help but to shift around and yelp out in pain a little. Well, apparently the doctor responded with "come on, now... I'm sure you don't yell like this when you're having sex." What the????
Umm.... can you say inappropriate?? (Oh and btw it was only gas. )
Just this weekend...I suggested to the RN that the pt ,that was just transfered from unit that day, needed his order of lasix started. She told me the pt didn't have an NG tube so he couldn't have the lasix!!! (he had multiple IV's) And, he went back to the unit the next day after gaining 5 pounds overnight!!
This happened to a friend of mine... she went to the ER for what she called "severe" abominal pain. And as the doc was giving her a digital exam, the poor thing couldn't help but to shift around and yelp out in pain a little. Well, apparently the doctor responded with "come on, now... I'm sure you don't yell like this when you're having sex." What the eff????
Umm.... can you say inappropriate?? (Oh and btw it was only gas. )
I once worked with a nurse who was deathly afraid of her patients having fevers. She was fixated. Once she said to me, "Didn't your tech say your patient's temp was 100 degrees?" to which I calmly answered, "Yes", and she said, "Aren't you going to call the doc? What are you going to do if the patient has a seizure?"
I had to give her a little basic lesson on fevers actually being beneficial, etc, when not too terribly high. She looked at me like I was crazy.
A new male nurse came to me after having difficulty putting a foley in a female patient. He went with me while I inserted the catheter with no problem. Turns out he didn't realize, and I quote, "there are three holes down there in women." I can only guess where he thought urine came out of.
Nothing against male nurses, being a good nurse has nothing to do with gender.
When I worked in an OB?GYN office, I once had an RN who had three children BTW, ask me how many trimesters there were in a pregnancy! Seriously. Um, three?:icon_roll
Just last week, I'm getting report from a local community hospital ER on an admit I'm getting. 4wk old, intubated, HR 200....... so I ask whats the blood pressure? She tells me " oh... he's much to young to have his blood pressure taken":eek: Ummm..... get the dopamine ready!
A new male nurse came to me after having difficulty putting a foley in a female patient. He went with me while I inserted the catheter with no problem. Turns out he didn't realize, and I quote, "there are three holes down there in women." I can only guess where he thought urine came out of.
Nothing against male nurses, being a good nurse has nothing to do with gender.
This reminds me of a story from when I was in grade school, when my friend and I were playing with her male cousin (same age), and he told us "girls have three holes 'down there'" We were, of course flabergasted and shocked that he would say such a thing. We actually told him "You don't know what you're talking about, boys are so dumb!"
I had another RN say to me come on be honest, don't you sign for things you really have not done. RN stated there is no way a person can get every eye drop. She shocked me, this type of nursing never crossed my mind. Now that I have worked awhile it makes me alittle sick.
I had to call a Dr about a women who got several units of R insulin in the morning. I held the insulin because she had not been eating and her BG was real low. Dr told me she is insulin dependent give her the insulin. He would not listen to the whole story and hung up on me. Needless to say I did not give it. Family switched doctors thank God, Everytime I talk to this Dr I am reminded of behavior and am use alot of caution when working with him. His order could have killed her.
Specializes in Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health.
i rather lost my respect for those nurses (and fundamentalist christians in general) during that time.
i hope you didn't lose your respect for all fundamentalist christians, at least not permanently. i'm one of those "fundies" myself, and i do not buy into the nonsense of cleansing the world of homosexuals and ivda. i sincerely believe that jesus would rather have me comfort a patient dying of aids or educate about how to prevent aids than pass judgement or avoid those with the disease.
When I used to work as a unit secretary, the hospitalist asked me the cause of death on a recently expired patient. She said "Did she stop breathing?" I would assume so.
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jstbreathe
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wow!