Weirdest nursing thing you've done in "real life"?

From a layperson's point of view, what do you think are some of the weirdest things you've done in "real" life that was nursing related?

Several years ago, one of the kids had stitches that were going to be ready to be removed during our annual camping trip/family reunion. No biggie...I brought along a suture removal kit from work and some superglue just in case. Removed said stitches on the appropriate morning while everyone was milling around eating breakfast...and looked up to see that I had a captivated audience. I found it hilarious that everyone was so impressed.

A few nites ago one of the older kids got a nosebleed that didn't want to stop. (During our weekly family dinner @ the in-laws, with about a dozen people there.) I wrapped my pinky up in a kleenex and shoved it up his nose to get pressure to the right spot, other more conventional attempts having failed. Kidlet asked me if we'd have to go to the ED if it didn't stop, I told him "Nah, I'll just stick a tampon up there for a while and see what happens if this doesn't work." Again, look up to see stares varying from amused (the women present) to horrified (the guys). And it just got worse when I attempted to explain what "rhino rockets" are as an explanation. Luckily the finger up the nose worked, but we had a handful of tampons that were offered from varios purses in case they were needed.

Sometimes I think about stuff like that, that a group of nurses wouldn't even bat an eyelash at, and have to just giggle.

[FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I]

From a layperson's point of view, what do you think are some of the weirdest things you've done in "real" life that was nursing related?

Sometimes I think about stuff like that, that a group of nurses wouldn't even bat an eyelash at, and have to just giggle.

Haha, Me too.

[noreenl]

"Rhino Rockets?" that's a new one for me!!

[ErinS, BSN, RN]

My grandma talks to me in detail about her poop. And I don't even care. I actually encourage it (trying to keep her regular)...She's actually not even my grandma- she's my husbands.

The family also thinks it's strange I cut her toenails (doesn't it gross you out?, they ask).

I also lanced a cats abscess and started him on antibiotics and he lived for another 3 years!

[KimO peds]

Lol ErinS.. I once changed a dogs dressing (and applied ointment) on his leg after he had gotten in caught in a bear trap

[FranEMTnurse, CNA, LPN, EMT-I]

And although my father forbade me to care for their old German shepherd's wound, when he and the family left one day to go shopping, I filled her deep wound A&D ointment. That ointment healed her wound and she lived a lot longer too.

[Turd Ferguson]

Not really weird, but I wash my hands like a pro

I think it's funny when you get to talking with another healthcare worker and the conversation effortlessly drifts to topics that make bystanders gag

[MurrR]

Not really weird, but I wash my hands like a pro

I think it's funny when you get to talking with another healthcare worker and the conversation effortlessly drifts to topics that make bystanders gag

Like when some of my fellow CNA students and I were discussing the BMs we had seen before lunch that day in clinicals...While ordering our lunches at the teriyaki place down the street! The guy behind the counter looked absolutely horrified.

I guess if you don't know that poop can be so many different colors beforehand, you might be horrified at first...

[hecallsmeDuchess]

I find that I cannot stop staring at people's veins, the juicier the better. Help me!!:uhoh21:

[kool-aide, RN]

I find that I cannot stop staring at people's veins, the juicier the better. Help me!!:uhoh21:

Do you really, REALLY want help?! lol

[camarogirl512]

I find that I cannot stop staring at people's veins, the juicier the better. Help me!!:uhoh21:

I do the same thing, even while watching baseball on tv I will tell my husband that player has really nice veins and I get this weird look from him.

When I was in nursing school, the conversations we would have while eating lunch would send most people to the bathroom, but we don't even flinch. Same thing goes in the break room during lunch.

My husband has also told me that I will wake up and start talking in the middle of the night about blood pressure and other nursing duties. This would happen more often when I was in school and learning about new things.

[JustaGypsy]

I once had an officer show up with his canine partner that had a nose lac after a pretty intense chase thru the woods. Cleaned, dressed and closed with dermabond; now have a permanent "pass" with this PO...