fired
I was fired from my job after being poked with a HIV positive needle, first time ever and this was by a top hospital in Florida. I filed a complaint
warm smile
I had a young adult pt who was diagnosed late with cancer who declined rapidly and passed away quickly. Seeing them go from having such a vibrant smile and sparkle
flashlight
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
lucky
Early covid I was circulating in the OR, and one of the surgeons’ eye protection fell off their face INTO the surgical field. The collective gasp I’ll never forget. Luckily,
leaky
Had a woman come in for a head injury from an accident. It was winter, and she was behind a box truck that didn’t de-ice the top. The sheet of
ostomy
I walked in on one patient (IP psych unit) having relations with the other patient’s ostomy. The patient with the ostomy was reading a book, so I could see head,
code pink
When I first started nursing, doctors could get away with yelling, screaming, throwing stuff; the works. We developed a Code Pink. If one was called, it meant a nurse was
blue
Did home health for 20 yrs, the strangest was an elderly man living with his wife with alzheimers. Man wore dark blue pj’s and moon boots, which he hadn’t changed
jaw
I worked in an inner city ER and was hit by a patient. I sustained bilateral mandible fractures. He hit me so hard on my left jaw that it literally