It was a busy day in our pediatric office (what day isn't??) and I was running ragged, rooming patients, helping other staff, etc. and in between crises helping answer the phones-----I picked up a line that had been on hold for a while and chirped "Thank you for helping--can I hold you???" Needless to say, a good laugh was had by all.... :chuckle
Or the time I was working in the hospital and had walked in a patient's room. He was asleep; his phone rang and I answered it--it was his family, checking on how he was doing. My reply--"Oh, he's dead to the world..." (Southern for "He's sleeping peacefully"). "WHAT???" "Uh (prying foot out of mouth), I mean, he's fast asleep....".
Yikes!!! PLEASE make me feel not so all alone by relating some goofy things YOU'VE said....
Specializes in M/S, SNU, Office, and Private Duty.
The only type of job I have had before working in a hospital was as a cashier. One day I walked into a pts room and asked "Did you find everything OK?" He just looked at me and asked if I ever worked at Wal-mart. (which I had for a few years)
Can't think of anything I've said right now but how many of you knock on every door before you open it.....even the galley, the utility room, the supply closet etc!!! I always feel so stupid when I knock on the door of the break room before opening it to a room full of lunching staff all laughing at me!!!! DUH! :smackingf
HIPPA would be so proud of me I give EVERYONE and EVERYTHING full privacy!
I do the same thing!! I even do it at home. I have even been known to knock coming out of a room. It's a good habit to have, but a hard one to turn off.
I work at a facility which deals exclusively with individuals with mental disabilities...
I remember when I had just started, I was trying to change an attends and I couldn't find the switch for the light. I remember saying, "What am I, retarded?" ...
My supervisor and nursing staff where standing right there. They looked at me like I had just kicked puppies...:trout: and that's what I ended up feeling like... a kicked puppy. Needless to say, I have erased that word from my vocabulary... with the exception of this story...:uhoh21:
A doctor with an oriental accent came up to the nursing desk and asked for something. I wasn't sure what ,I thought he wanted a patients chart. So I repeated what I thought he said "Robert Bean?" He says no and makes circular motion around a stack of papers he was holding. Then repeats again his request. I finally figured out hewanted a rubber band NOT Robert Bean. We all laughed together!!!!:lol2:
Often, instead of knocking on a pt's door, I'll just say "knock knock" through the partially open door. Unfortunately, I act quicker than I think sometimes. I've caught myself saying "knock, knock" when I'm still 10 feet from the door. :trout: Gotten some rather strange looks with that one.
I Was Assessing A Coworker Who Was Having Stroke Type Symptoms. His Bp Was Sky High, He C/o The Worst Headache He Ever Had And Said He Was Having Trouble Remembering. So.... " What Is It That You Can't Remember?" Yeha!!
I work hospice, and in staff meeting we all sign sympathy cards for the families of deceased patients. I think it was one of my first staff meetings. Anyway, after signing something like the 6th card that day, I turned to a coworker and said very seriously "Man....why are they all dying?" She looked at me and said "Um......it's hospice....." then she said "Here's your sign!" :trout: We all did have a good, morbid laugh over that one.
I Was Assessing A Coworker Who Was Having Stroke Type Symptoms. His Bp Was Sky High, He C/o The Worst Headache He Ever Had And Said He Was Having Trouble Remembering. So.... " What Is It That You Can't Remember?" Yeha!!
*blinks* That's like when I lose something and someone asks me, "Well... where was the last place you left it?"... if I knew where the last place I had it was, it wouldn't be lost... now would it?:angryfire
I work hospice, and in staff meeting we all sign sympathy cards for the families of deceased patients. I think it was one of my first staff meetings. Anyway, after signing something like the 6th card that day, I turned to a coworker and said very seriously "Man....why are they all dying?" She looked at me and said "Um......it's hospice....." then she said "Here's your sign!" :trout: We all did have a good, morbid laugh over that one.
Oh wow.... lol. I have a morbid sense of humor anyway but that's pretty funny.
:chuckle 
"WHAT???" "Uh (prying foot out of mouth), I mean, he's fast asleep....".
Duckyaryj
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The only type of job I have had before working in a hospital was as a cashier. One day I walked into a pts room and asked "Did you find everything OK?" He just looked at me and asked if I ever worked at Wal-mart. (which I had for a few years)