On a home health visit, I saw something out of the corner of my eye, and I said, “Do you have a kitten?” He said,” Oh, it’s probably a packrat.”
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Physicians “protect” each other. Nurses are brutal, but MDs will let an unsafe physician keep practicing because it’s “one of their own”.
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
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 was working in a nursing home, and our dementia patient had the habit of roaming around naked and showing his matchstick to everyone. I happened to be walking in
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
I was a CNA before I became a nurse and I was washing a patient who had a trach. And he says to me as I’m washing him he reaches
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
My patient had a stroke and failed their nursing swallow screen. I educated family that she was NPO and why. Documented this education. An hour later he runs into the
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
I worked with a doctor who used to have a temper and would throw charts at staff. He tried that on me and I threw the chart right back at
We were coding a pediatric patient once in the ICU with glass doors so the mom next door knew what was happening. I was the runner getting needed supplies she
Once I had a patient give me the tooth he pulled out of his mouth all by himself. He was so proud when he handed it to me. Teeth and
I once dropped a pill on the ground. Was bout to pick it up to toss it and get another one. Patient hopped up and grabbed it, and swallowed it
