naked and free
We had an Alzheimer’s patient get out & go a few blocks down from the nursing home buck naked at about 11pm & she proceeded to pop out of the
cultural competence
Thad a patient pass. In his culture/religion no one was to touch the body for 4 hours to allow the spirit to properly pass into the afterlife. The hospital supervisor
ambu-what
I walked into a patient room, a mom just had a baby, and was using the ambu bag for a breast pump.
prize fighter
Back in the day I was working in the ICU recovering open heart patients. I heard a commotion coming out of a fresh heart’s room who had just been extubated.
headlocked
I was helping a patient back to bed, after him using the bathroom, I went ahead of him pushing his IV pole and out of his way, then he grabbed
narcan allergy
Had a patient say they were allergic to Narcan. When we asked what happened when they took Narcan, they said they lost their high.
stitches
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.
glove and ky
As a young nurse I worked in a hospital on a cardiac floor, but we did have some overflow patients or patients with a Gl consult. This one Gl doc
allergic
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
call if
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