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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

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

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

I knew a nurse in the 90’s, and everyone said they NEVER saw her use gloves. She had been nursing already like 30 years. It didn’t matter. Whether it was

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

Crying only works if you’re young and pretty. Once you’re past 30 you get labeled a “hysterical woman” and a 0 f*cks given attitude is the better choice.

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

Bed bugs are bad but there was this lady at my nursing home that had a colony of Roaches living in her fat. You would lift her tummy to clean

I’ll never forget I was holding a clotted dialyzer and lines, my PPE was covered in blood, and a patient asked me for a coffee with “two creams and one

I remember doing resuscitation for one patient successfully and afterwards she said she was hovering above us watching our efforts. She could tell me everything we said!!

A nurse I once worked with was a nail biter. We went in to help her patient get admitted. We did a skin check, she pulled off his socks without

I worked at a facility that was all dementia patients. One resident would ask have you seen my wife? I’d always tell him the wife and daughter went to the