Things you learned the hard way? (funny)

[tryingtohaveitall]

I'm sure we all have many stories to tell on ourselves how we learned something the hard way.

The first one for me was learning that it's not a good idea to squat down to a little boy's level when you're assisting him with a urinal. Also, that leaving a gown down as a 2nd barrier isn't a bad idea either.

Good thing urine's sterile, right?

[Florence NightinFAIL, BSN, RN]

Last night I've learned the hard way that just because the IV bag says infuse over 60 mins does not mean you have to follow it (I was recently hired as employed student nurse). I found my patient with a swollen forearm a few hours later.

Ugh! Good lesson though.

I'm more of follow the rules kinda gal and I forget sometimes that there are exceptions...so always ASSESS AND ASSESS AGAIN.

[homenurse12]

I have learned that when a hospice patient tells you when they are going to die, they are usually right!

[tattooednursie, LVN]

When you are giving a tube feeding via kangaroo pump, and it is not flowing correctly, it is probably the pump. DON"T SQUUZE THE DARN BAG!!! I had a yucky, stucky, nasty shower of jevity. I had to go home and wash my hair!!!

While doing a rectal tube. HOLD ONTO IT!!! It almost took out a window (true story).

When your patient is having loose stools and you have them turned helping the CNA clean them. . . DON"T MAKE THEM LAUGH!!! They might shoot the person in the danger zone. . . or anything else in the way.

If a patient say's they are going to vomit . . . you better believe it. Grab the closes bucket, or else you'll have to clean it up.

Always expect the worst case scenario. When you don't, thats when it will happen.

[JessLPN001]

you know the first time i read this i thought "well duh" uhm 2 wks later i forgot to do this and was covered in NS.

[JessLPN001]

I have a bad habit of throwing away carpujects. So I always just draw the medication up.

Do not inject air into a carpuject cartridge. Morphine is very, very stinky.

im not sure if we are talkin bout the samething here we call it a tubex. either way who knew the rubber stopper would fly out the end?? and your right morphine does stink. and dont you love it when after this happens 3 nurses say "oh you never put air in those"

[erroridiot]

when the coworker with explosive personality disorder starts throwing furniture you can crawl under the desk to survive

[ITALY123]

Never ever push a syringe of blood to fill a blood test tube completely! I learned the hard way. One day I thought my coag tube needed to be filled to the top so I forced the blood from the syringe into the tube untill it was to the top....then....BOOM! Blood everywere! lol now I warn newbies that when the tube stops filling do not force more in!!!

[ozoneranger]

I learned that some patients with projectile vomiting view the condition as a sport.

Patient: "Can I hit her from here?" URRP!!! "Yes! score!!.....oh, she's stepping backwards, can I hit here again,...? Yes!! 2 for 2!!!

commentator: Alright! the nurse is taking further evasive action, surely he can't....wait, YES....he scores from the 3 point zone and has firmly taken the lead in this competition tonight.

We end the 1st round of tonight's competition with a score of:

Patient: (positive for 5 out of 7 drug classes): 4

Nurse (currently covered in puke): 0

:eek:

[sharpeimom]

i learned that some patients with projectile vomiting view the condition as a sport.

patient: "can i hit her from here?" urrp!!! "yes! score!!.....oh, she's stepping backwards, can i hit here again,...? yes!! 2 for 2!!!

commentator: alright! the nurse is taking further evasive action, surely he can't....wait, yes....he scores from the 3 point zone and has firmly taken the lead in this competition tonight.

we end the 1st round of tonight's competition with a score of:

patient: (positive for 5 out of 7 drug classes): 4

nurse (currently covered in puke): 0

:eek:

i'm still laughing! i just finished cleaning up the mother of all hairballs, so the timing of this post was absolutely perfect!

earlier this morning, i babysat our next door neighbor's 4 month old. his nickname (which he more than lived up to) between my husband and me is vesuvius... :chair:

oh well...

kathy

shar pei mom:paw::paw:

[RNforLongTime]

When unspiking a bag of blood that still has blood in it, be sure to invert the bag first otherwise you end up with blood ALL OVER the place!

[RNforLongTime]

when the coworker with explosive personality disorder starts throwing furniture you can crawl under the desk to survive

Oh you work with one of those too? My coworker throws charts, phones and tele boxes at people. And she also bites!

[Seth304]

I had a friend tell me a girl in his class thought condom catheters required the member to be firm and erect in order to put it on....you can fill in the rest.