The most embarrasing thing you've done at work!

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Ok, here's my story.

A couple of months ago, we changed from zip uniforms to poppers. So, last night I was with an intubated patient in CT and walked around the table, catching my uniform and giving everyone in the room a nice view of my bra :roll I'm still blushing thinking about it!

So what's the most embarrasing thing you've done?

Specializes in ub-Acute/LTC, Home Health, L&D, Peds.
How I got my nickname "Juicy J" my first 2 months out of nursing school!

Our hospital switched to all white pant scrubs back in March. One morning while I was taking my shower, I asked my husband to grab a pair of undies, bra, scrubs, etc. for when I got out of the shower....

So I hurredly got dressed and ran out the door. I worked all day of my 12 hour shift amidst snickers that left me perplexed and men staring eyes glued to my rear end in the lunch line. I know my butt is big, but it's no J-LO!

At the end of the day my preceptor says to me: "Juice!-What's up Juicy J?"

Of course I had no idea what she was talking about until she pointed out to me that the underwear my husband had grabbed for me that morning were a bright pink pair of panties with the words JUICY DRAMA QUEEN tattooed in Huge :lol2: bold black letters straight across my rear for God and everyone to see all day long! And the secretaries and nurses had been laughing at me all day!

At least now I know what the "freaky" man in the lunch line was looking at! LOL!

I am sorry that is hilarious!!!;) !:lol2:

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A few years ago there was a woman in her 30's who had had some kind of surgery, and postop she had a problem with urine retention. She came into the ER one day in acute distress with a full bladder, so I tossed her on a gurney and got a foley kit. My tech was with me, and I very quickly and expertly *buffing nails on shirt* opened the kit, got the pt set up, and went to work. The pt was moaning the whole time I was cleaning her and finding the urethra......can you see where this is going?

Got the foley in and got immediate drainage. The pt sighed and moaned at the same time and said very loudly, "You have magic fingers!"

I haven't lived that one down yet, and thanks to my tech everyone knows about it!

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Specializes in ortho/neuro/general surgery.

Last night I helped a LOM to the bathroom and stayed nearby, but just outside the bathroom with the door open while he went, since he's unsteady and sundowns. Most of the med/surg rooms have a wide window ledge that serves as a shelf. A few don't, including the one in this room.

I was about a foot away from the window and decided to lean back. :trout: Of course, I lost my balance and fell against the window and onto the floor, in full view of my very amused patient. I started laughing and my pt started laughing and said "better you than me" cuz I had been reminding him all night to not get up by himself cuz I didn't want him to fall.

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