What FUNNY but IMPORTANT things did you learn this semester in nursing school?

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This forum seems to be fraught with serious and anxious posts about studying for finals, taking finals, final grades. I am calling for something a little lighter. Share any and all funny things that happened to you or that you learned in lab, clinic, etc... I'll start:

When practicing enemas on the mannequins, don't actually instill the solution into the mannequin (my lab partner did this, not me!)

There is no therapeutic communication technique to use with your mannequin client when his member accidentally detaches from his body while inserting a foley catheter DURING YOUR COMPETENCY

Don't squeeze the foley cath tubing so tight with one hand so as to pinch it closed when trying to inject the water into the balloon. The resulting pressure will kick the injection port off the hub of the syringe and squirt water all over you, your mannequin and your instructor

Don't rely on your Alzheimer's afflicted resident during your nursing home clinical to accurately report that they are no longer experiencing N&V before taking them to breakfast

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

I don't have much to offer, but thanks for the laugh!! :D

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Specializes in Neuro.

Don't go out with friends the night before your 6 am clinicals. You will fall asleep at the nurses station, and you fellow nursing students will roll you into a empty room. You will wake up disoriented and run into a door. The resulting bruise will be the cause of laughter until it fades.

Don't pull another nursing student into the bathroom with you because you need to vent. Especially if the other student is of the opposite sex. If you do this in front of you clinical instructor you will be teased mercilessly for it.

Don't accidently announce to the entire class that your lady parts is "textbook" according to your gyno. I was tired, and when i'm tired my brain moves slower than my mouth.

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There is no therapeutic communication technique to use with your mannequin client when his member accidentally detaches from his body while inserting a foley catheter DURING YOUR COMPETENCY

This was during foley practice in our lab...my group had finished with the 'female' mannequin and the instructor said, "let me see if I can find another member so you all get a chance to practice." How do you respond to that? I think we managed a collective, "okay," then couldn't look at each other because we were all trying so hard not to bust out laughing!

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Specializes in SNU/SNF/MedSurg, SPCU Ortho/Neuro/Spine.

I learned not to put member on a female dummy (by mistake) when a student is just about to make a head to toe asses.

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Specializes in Intensive medical care.

Don't get nervous if a physician asks you a simple question (i.e., how much did you empty from the Foley), and because you're so nervous and think it's taking too long to answer - don't yell it at the top of your lungs once you find your voice. :imbar

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Don't ever, and I mean never, inject anything into a patient's member!

Not that I did this, but I had a pt. who I had to give insulin to, and he was MOST concerned that I not use this particular site!

It got me wondering: who had done that to him in the past? Yikes!

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Specializes in NeuroICU/SICU/MICU.

I learned that when DCing an IV, make sure the catheter is completely free and away from the gauze before you lift it away from the patient. You will catch the end of the catheter on the gauze, and it will flick blood droplets all over your forehead! :chuckle:eek::bugeyes:

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Specializes in Hospice / Ambulatory Clinic.

Don't wear your stethoscope around your neck when rolling a disorientated patient towards you. *choke* choke* He'll grab each end in stead of the rails

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Specializes in Hospice / Ambulatory Clinic.
Don't ever, and I mean never, inject anything into a patient's member!

Not that I did this, but I had a pt. who I had to give insulin to, and he was MOST concerned that I not use this particular site!

It got me wondering: who had done that to him in the past? Yikes!

I know one student in our class to inject a patient's member with something to stop his priaprism so maybe it was this dood lol

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There is no therapeutic communication technique to use with your mannequin client when his member accidentally detaches from his body while inserting a foley catheter DURING YOUR COMPETENCY

I don't have much to offer, but... :chuckle

"How does this member-detachment make you feel?"

Thanks for making my whole day... :chuckle

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I don't have much to offer, but... :chuckle

"How does this member-detachment make you feel?"

Thanks for making my whole day... :chuckle

"Is this normal for you? Does member detachment run in your family?"

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