Things that make you go hmmm....

[duskyjewel]

I saw a weird combination of objects at work last night, and it made me wonder. What are some of the oddest combinations of objects you've seen that could really only happen in a healthcare setting?

Mine was a book of Rodin sculptures propped up on a bedside commode.

[VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN]

Ugh. That reminds me of the NH resident who used to wash her dentures in her (full) bedpan.

[chiandre]

Patient on NPO drinking from the toilet bowl....Ewwww!!!

[APRN., DNP, RN, APRN, NP]

Patient on NPO drinking from the toilet bowl....Ewwww!!!

That would not make me go hmmmmmm......THAT would make me go (hurl).

[toomuchbaloney]

Toes in the potted plants for the win! *jaw dropped*

I know, right? That is potentially the creepiest thing...ever.

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

NPO drinking from the toilet bowl, the mop bucket and his roommate's urinal.

Three packages of saltines in an old woman's lady parts.

TV remote stuck in the enormous butt crack of a 400 pound patient -- her husband was thrilled -- it had been missing for weeks. He grabbed it without so much as wiping it off and stuck it in his shirt pocket. EWWWWWWWW!

Artificial eye stuck in lady parts. (She was afraid the nurses would steal it when she took it out for the night.)

LVAD controller stuck in patient's size 52 H bra. (Her cell phone was in the other cup).

[sissiesmama, ASN, RN]

A 400+ pound woman's bottom dentures pressed into the flesh of her left buttock.

A commode bucket with an enormous BM in the shape of an exclamation point.

A plant pot with three dead toes pushed into the dirt. (They belonged to one of my assisted living residents who believed that they would fertilize the plant. I don't even want to talk about how she lost them.)

I'll be back after I've jogged my memory for more.

Ugh! Toes?? Gives me the heebie jeebies!!

Anne, RNC

[Wheels28]

I'm grossed out,yet enjoying this thread. Nurses always have such interesting stories, another reason why I think nurses are so cool...

[BSNbeauty, BSN, RN]

Resident drinking from his urinal

another resident washing out her dirty diaper in the sink..... just gross

[CT Pixie, BSN, RN]

LTC resident who was 100% with it...

serving spoon (bigger than a table spoon) in her orifice, with only maybe 2-3 inches of the handle showing . She came walking out of her room, dropped her pants and yelled.."well since you wouldn't disimpact me I did it myself and now the damn thing is stuck!"

She was notorious for always wanting to be disimpacted by the nurses even though she had a BM x1 each day that staff had seen so we know she was going. FWIW, it was proven she was not impacted nor did she have any obstructions or blockages...she just had this weird, creepy obession with wanting things in her bottom...she went on to insert all sorts of things even after the serving spoon incident.

[proud nurse, BSN, RN]

LTC resident who was 100% with it...

serving spoon (bigger than a table spoon) in her orifice, with only maybe 2-3 inches of the handle showing . She came walking out of her room, dropped her pants and yelled.."well since you wouldn't disimpact me I did it myself and now the damn thing is stuck!"

She was notorious for always wanting to be disimpacted by the nurses even though she had a BM x1 each day that staff had seen so we know she was going. FWIW, it was proven she was not impacted nor did she have any obstructions or blockages...she just had this weird, creepy obession with wanting things in her bottom...she went on to insert all sorts of things even after the serving spoon incident.

Unfortunately, I think this might be common in LTC. I had several residents (male and female) who had fascinations with a spoon and their orifice.

[Biosciencegeek]

I want to vomit, yet I can't stop reading.

[rubato, ASN, RN]

A patient with "chocolate" on his bedside table that he had been removing from his stoma. We kept finding the ostomy bags on the floor. He was saving this candy for his sister who was coming to visit.