Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

Jrnalist2RNinOR · Feb 14, 2004

New socks, no shoes+linoleum floor=not a "Risky Business" moment was had. (Was walking quickly on the kitchen floor, slipped and fell)
Wound up in the ER at my hospital with a sprained ankle, and a cracked tailbone. I think that was more embarrassing because i knew the staff there.

Yeah, I did a similar one - walking through the room and sort of "dancing" as I was going along - fell wrong (I am such a klutz) and broke my knee...it's funny looking back on it...

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Feb 14, 2004

lol I wasn't dancing, that was the sad part i was walking fast, slid a little, then slid across the floor like Tom Cruise in 'Risky Business' only i came to a stop after my foot got caught under the stove and fell flat on my butt. Wish i'd had a video camera, that 10,000 America's Funniest Home Video's prize would have come in handy for that bill.

FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I · Feb 14, 2004

Not to test a fart to see if it really would produce methane by lighting a match as it's being produced. You might just get more than a little hair singed.

lol I wasn't dancing, that was the sad part i was walking fast, slid a little, then slid across the floor like Tom Cruise in 'Risky Business' only i came to a stop after my foot got caught under the stove and fell flat on my butt. Wish i'd had a video camera, that 10,000 America's Funniest Home Video's prize would have come in handy for that bill.

Ariko · Feb 14, 2004

It came to me last night, that there is a Japanese proverb to cover this thread. I forgot the original, something like "Baka ni wa, kusuri ga nai." But the English is right to the point.

"There is no medicine to treat the idiot."

Deb123j · Feb 16, 2004

OMG, I'm thinking about become a nurse and some of these stories are just too much. People are too stupid. Ewwwwww...Grooooossss...Yucccckkkk...Hhhaaaaaa!!!!!

:uhoh21: :imbar :eek: :chuckle

happystudent, RN · Feb 16, 2004

learned something "new" last night,

DONT go to a third world country with your 3 friends because liposuction is cheap there. You will come back with a punctured lung, ulcers all over your abdomen and back, a trach, esophageal varices (sp?) and a peg tube, but your three friends are fine. :uhoh3:

jkaee · Feb 17, 2004

Here's one I have from a family member--

Do not, the day you come home from the hospital after having a C-section, smoke pot, drink some wine and then pop a couple of Percocets because you are "feeling jumpy" and then have your boyfriend call your sister in law (the nurse) at 7 in the morning because you were up all night shaking, crying and feeling panicky. You're lucky you were feeling anything at all after doing all of that, esp. after major abdominal surgery. And don't tell me you took all those things and then ask me, "WHY DO I FEEL LIKE THIS?" And don't tell me you smoked pot when you were pregnant with both your kids because you felt sick to your stomach. And when I flip out, don't get defensive and say "Well, it helped!"

DUH!!!

It never ceases to amaze me the things people do to themselves, and how confused they get when their bodies react to it.

Yes, I married into this. Someone help me.... :chuckle

Jrnalist2RNinOR · Feb 17, 2004

Here's one I have from a family member--
Yes, I married into this. Someone help me.... :chuckle

It's ok jkaee - sometimes I think that if we dont "marry into it" our lives would be too boring....

(coming from someone whose family is just, well *sigh* nevermind)

I guess you could say you never know what is going to be said on a phone call though...it's always so interesting...

...and family get togethers....wow

enfermeraSG · Feb 17, 2004

learned something "new" last night,
DONT go to a third world country with your 3 friends because liposuction is cheap there. You will come back with a punctured lung, ulcers all over your abdomen and back, a trach, esophageal varices (sp?) and a peg tube, but your three friends are fine.

And I thought all you had to worry about was not "drinking the water"!!! As a wise person once said, "If it is cheap, be suspicious!" duh, 3rd World Country and liposuction....what's wrong with that picture? SG

Lindz · Feb 18, 2004

If you want your baby to drink breastmilk, maybe you should come in so you can breastfeed your baby. Don't look insulted if the nurse laughs when you seriously ask why your baby is drinking formula when he's been here for two days without a parent.

nurseT · Feb 18, 2004

never buy viagra in mexico,, they mix it with mexican jumping beans!

ktwlpn, LPN · Feb 18, 2004

never buy viagra in mexico,, they mix it with mexican jumping beans!

Sounds like a great idea to me......

A never ending erection with a vibrating component....they just may have something there....