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New grads- call the board of nursing and request a copy of your state’s nurse practice act. That way you will know what is in your scope of practice. Your

I had a 6’5″ man parading in the corridor wearing a gold lamè g-string, of his wife’s, and a frilly gown. He thought there was nothing wrong with his chokos*

I once had to change a foley on a 300 lb woman in a house where there was no electricity in 96 degree weather with a flashlight held by a

Walked in on a patient on her OnlyFans page and had to explain to the doctor what it was and what she was doing.

I have a scar on my forehead from a patient throwing their clipboard at me because they didn’t want to fill out new patient paperwork. Needed 5 stitches.

I remember a supervisor asking if my patient had died yet cause they needed the bed.

When I worked in SICU, there was a CT surgeon who had a page long set of “call if” orders. He yelled at the wrong night shift nurse and from

When I worked as a nurse tech we had a 62 year old cowboy who was involved in an MVC. He only had scrapes and bruises. He was going to

We have a patient on our floor that keeps assaulting nurses and staff. Patients are scared to walk in the hallways because of the fear of being assaulted. Been told

I once had to drag my patient in his wheelchair with an oxygen tank backwards across 5 lanes of traffic. He was an alcoholic and was trying to escape to

I once had a patient tell me she was allergic to alcohol. Her reaction: it made her laugh and feel funny. But she was committed and wouldn’t even let us

When I worked night shift, we used to have to walk through an old nursing home building to get to the new nursing home to do portable X-rays. One day,

Was physically assaulted by a patient. Tried to redirect him, but got thrown twice against the wall and punched in the face. Suffered low back injury as I had landed