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?

[Nepenthe Sea]

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.

OMG!!

[RNcDreams]

I have learned never to leave a yellow plastic bedpan filled with urine on top of the trashcan.... you will inevitably forget that it's full., and then flip it onto your pants when you step on the lever to open the trashcan.......

[beachbum3]

Try to keep your irate confused tube feeding patient calm when doing anything (flushing, giving meds etc) with the gtube. The pt screaming obscenities = stomach contents everywhere.

[tencat]

When the blood specimen tube quits sucking the blood out of a syringe, don't force more blood in.....top will pop off and squirt blood everywhere....

[lovinthebabies]

Removing an arterial line from a deceased patient will still make a HUGE bloody mess! The patient had been deceased for over two hours. I removed the arterial line holding a cotton ball on it . Needless to say there was a huge puddle of clotted blood under the patient when putting her in the body bag. This is not funny, but the big clot reminded me of a placenta. :smackingf