That awkward moment when....

[BSNbeauty]

Sometimes nursing drains the living daylights out of me. However, I love what I do. It is never a dull moment. However, lately I've had some pretty awkward moments and thought I'd share. Feel free to add yours!

-That awkward moment when I had a patient that haven't urinated in 8 hours, so I pulled the curtain and started to gently massage his bladder and got overly excited when he voided. ( that meant no foley!)

-That awkward moment when a patient poops or passes gas I shout " Oh, this is wonderful" . (Patient usually gives me that " she's nuts" look)

-That awkward moment when a discharged patient walks in on me when I'm using the Bathroom close to the hospital entrance. ( I wasn't no where near the employees rest room, and a girl had to go).

-That awkward moment when you are trying to find veins on a drug user and you try your best to politely ask where to go, without offending them. ( although most volunteer to expose what is left).

- That awkward momemt when you have a patient who we found PCP in his urine, and his wife is at the bedside 9 months preggors and have no idea( shaking my head).

-That awkward moment when you have to assess a male patient who is extremly attracted to you, and says "helllllooooo nurse". (yuckers!)

These are just a few. I'm sure I have many more.... thats all for now folks.

[Preciouslilywhite]

the worst EVER was in nursing school where I had to "prep" a man for a cath...shaving the "area" when he was aroused and I nicked his N*&s and to top it off, his wife was in the room![/quote']

Ouch!

[SoldierNurse22, BSN, RN]

-That awkward moment when you have an A&Ox3 male patient fully capable of washing his own man parts but throws back the covers, grins and tells you he wants you to do it for him.

the follow up...the awkward moment when you say "no"!

[Preciouslilywhite]

That awkward moment when the MD writes an order to "be careful with this patient. He is very combative."

[Preciouslilywhite]

-That awkward moment when a patient states in front of another nurse that he would rather have you as his nurse because you're the good one.

Oh I've had this happen to me and also an MD who would rather give me orders than the "brainless nurse" that paged him in the first place. Temperamental docs...

[VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN]

That awkward moment when you ask your 78-year-old resident if there's anything else he wants while you're in the room, and he says: "You, and those boobs. In my bed. Right now!"

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

... when the old lady who had been telling you for months about her beloved Mama and Papa becomes more confused and incontinent, and her butt gets broken down, and as you are cleaning her she says, "No, Father, no, stop, Father, that hurts, Father, no ..."

[NICUmiiki, DNP, NP]

... when the old lady who had been telling you for months about her beloved Mama and Papa becomes more confused and incontinent, and her butt gets broken down, and as you are cleaning her she says, "No, Father, no, stop, Father, that hurts, Father, no ..."

This hurt me.

[whichone'spink, BSN, RN]

... when the old lady who had been telling you for months about her beloved Mama and Papa becomes more confused and incontinent, and her butt gets broken down, and as you are cleaning her she says, "No, Father, no, stop, Father, that hurts, Father, no ..."

I've had that a few times when doing peri care or inserting a foley on little old ladies with dementia. It makes me wonder what in the world happened to her when she was younger.

[LTCNS, LPN]

... when the old lady who had been telling you for months about her beloved Mama and Papa becomes more confused and incontinent, and her butt gets broken down, and as you are cleaning her she says, "No, Father, no, stop, Father, that hurts, Father, no ..."

How terribly sad

[NICUmiiki, DNP, NP]

That awkward moment as a new nursing student giving a male a bedbath for the first time and pulling back the foreskin wasn't as smooth and easy as you thought it would be.

[Preciouslilywhite]

That awkward moment as a new nursing student giving a male a bedbath for the first time and pulling back the foreskin wasn't as smooth and easy as you thought it would be.

Same thing when you're doing a Foley on a male with foreskin and you have to keep rolling it back trying to keep a sterile field...eek...

[Kdrenee]

That awkward moment in CNA clinicals when you are trying to do peri care on a little old man, and you can't find the member anywhere and your teacher is standing behind you tapping her pen on the table!