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Working in an inner city ER and a young woman came in complaining of a bad smelling vaginal discharge. No belly pain. On exam she REALLY did have a putrid
Had a patient say they were allergic to Narcan. When we asked what happened when they took Narcan, they said they lost their high.
I work in residential nursing homes and you are subjected at times to physically abusive residents. Nothing is ever done to stop their behavior UNTIL that behavior is experienced by
When I was in school for my CNA, my instructor told me how they were not required to wear gloves. There was no regulation stating gloves had to be worn
I had a lady as a newbie CNA in the memory unit of an ALF cuz I was only 1 with the training. This TINY old lady , who we
I had a resident who was actively dying and she was moving her hand back and forth like she was swatting a fly away. I asked her what she was
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.
A patient made me cry this week and the administrator called me into her office and told me to stop crying and have a thicker skin.
Physicians “protect” each other. Nurses are brutal, but MDs will let an unsafe physician keep practicing because it’s “one of their own”.
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
Me: Why do you take metoprolol? Patient: Which one is that? Me: It’s the one that’s called metoprolol. Patient: What is it for? Me: We use it for a lot
I work in a cardiologist office, a patient walked in not feeling well and collapsed in a cardiac arrest in the waiting room. A full on code the crash cart
I once had a patient in for pancreatitis, and his wife stayed for the whole stay. I don’t think she ever left the room or even knew there was a
I walked in on a patient awaiting emergency surgery giving her significant other a blow job. That was awkward.
My very first IV start as a paramedic intern during clinicals was on a retired fire medic. The second I walked in the room he was like oh you’re new
I worked in corrections/jail as a nurse. My first day, an inmate showed me his penis. I was warned I would be “tried” my first week to see what I
Ugh, labor nurse here. Once cared for a 24 week pregnant patient with premature ruptured membranes. Walked into her room to find her significant other on top of her having