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I was given 3 patients in the CCU, one was an attempted suicide, which needed a sitter 1 on 1. Of course, no sitter was available. I was unable to
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
One time a patient came in with bed bugs she just kept talking about her bed bugs I instantly showered her clothed her in a gown and baged her clothes
My patient said there was a “sparkling” silver string coming from the ceiling. She said it was connected to her chest. I’ll never forget it. She looked happy. Peaceful. It
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 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 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
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 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
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.
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
Physicians “protect” each other. Nurses are brutal, but MDs will let an unsafe physician keep practicing because it’s “one of their own”.
I walked in on a patient awaiting emergency surgery giving her significant other a blow job. That was awkward.
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
When I was a grad many years ago, an elderly partially blind man took exception to me asking g questions and threw me into a set of windows… we had