when I was orienting for my first nursing job, I asked my preceptor what she thought of malpractice insurance because she had been a nurse for almost 40 years. She
Had a patient say they were allergic to Narcan. When we asked what happened when they took Narcan, they said they lost their high.
Had a patient come in for vaginal drainage (green pudding-like), itching, odor with her boyfriend. Walked in on them having sex. Calmly told him he will need antibiotics for the
I was taking care of a man dying of cancer, and we did everything to keep him comfortable. He was asleep most of the time towards the end. The daughter
In the ICU, we had coded the guy for about 10 minutes after a few PEAs MD called it. The doc left the room, the RT pulled the patient from
I had a patient who was on Ambien 6.5 mg. When I went to give her the medicine, l could not find it anywhere on her medication chart. She replied,
I’m a NICU nurse & admitted a newborn from home, there were LIVE fleas INSIDE its diaper. I jumped 5 feet & we bagged ALL their blankets as they were
I used to work at a jail, and while the female inmates were showering, all hell broke loose. Turns out one of the sex workers had money in her hoo-ha,
Patient: “I impulsively took a handful of blood pressure pills to hurt myself then I changed my mind so I made myself vomit by putting my fingers down my throat,
Patient asks, “What happens after I die?” As your hospice nurse, you would be bathed from head to toe, you would be lotioned, you would have a fresh gown put
Me: working in a pediatric urgent care for 7 years… Parent: hey we’re back. So I started my child on the antibiotics like 3 hours ago, and I’m here because