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what is the funniest thing Posted: 05-14-08 18:18pm
What is the funniest thing that has ever
happened to you while on the job?
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nana2twins
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Emergency in room 245 Posted: 05-21-08 20:23pm
I am an R.N. in a small community hospital
in a very rural area of East Tennessee.
Recently I was caring for an elderly lady.
Her son (an only child) was very
concerned. Her admission diagnosis was
dehydration from a recent bout of nausea
and vomiting. The patient was in the room
the farthest from the nurses' station. As
I was charting I heard a loud commotion,
looking up I saw the patient's son running
at break-neck speed yelling loudly, "I
NEED A NURSE, I NEED A NURSE IT IS AN
EMERGENCY". Please let me describe myself
at this point. I am a 5 foot, 50 year old
fat nurse. I began running as fast as my
short, fat legs would go until I got the
to room. Upon entering the room I had no
shoes on because I had kicked them off as
I ran down the hall (I could run much
faster this way. The sign of a true
hillbilly!) The son was so out of breath
he could not say anything. My quick
assessment upon entering the room told me
nothing serious was wrong. Finally my
heart climbed back up from my stomach and
my breathing became regular. I ask in my
calmest, nicest voice what was the
emergeny. The son still panting (he was
no young skinny-minnie either)stated the
IV pump says "air in line and I think mom
got some in her veins because she has the
hiccups". I did not know where to be
angry or relieved. I poitely told him
thank you, turned the pump off, flushed
the IV line and returned to the desk where
I could finish having my mental breakdown.
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StacyHoll
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Re: Emergency in room 245 Posted: 05-21-08 20:41pm
nana2twins
wrote:
I am an R.N. in a small
community hospital in a very rural area of
East Tennessee. Recently I was caring for
an elderly lady. Her son (an only child)
was very concerned. Her admission
diagnosis was dehydration from a recent
bout of nausea and vomiting. The patient
was in the room the farthest from the
nurses' station. As I was charting I
heard a loud commotion, looking up I saw
the patient's son running at break-neck
speed yelling loudly, "I NEED A NURSE, I
NEED A NURSE IT IS AN EMERGENCY". Please
let me describe myself at this point. I
am a 5 foot, 50 year old fat nurse. I
began running as fast as my short, fat
legs would go until I got the to room.
Upon entering the room I had no shoes on
because I had kicked them off as I ran
down the hall (I could run much faster
this way. The sign of a true hillbilly!)
The son was so out of breath he could not
say anything. My quick assessment upon
entering the room told me nothing serious
was wrong. Finally my heart climbed back
up from my stomach and my breathing became
regular. I ask in my calmest, nicest
voice what was the emergeny. The son
still panting (he was no young
skinny-minnie either)stated the IV pump
says "air in line and I think mom got some
in her veins because she has the hiccups".
I did not know where to be angry or
relieved. I poitely told him thank you,
turned the pump off, flushed the IV line
and returned to the desk where I could
finish having my mental
breakdown.
Awe thats so CUTE! Poor you!
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^Serenity^
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Posted: 05-22-08 06:35am
That's too funny...
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Tmddyan
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Posted: 05-22-08 12:50pm
that is hilarious--and well written. you
should write short stories on the side
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Aunt WeeWee
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Re: Emergency in room 245 Posted: 05-22-08 13:37pm
nana2twins
wrote:
I am an R.N. in a small
community hospital in a very rural area of
East Tennessee. Recently I was caring for
an elderly lady. Her son (an only child)
was very concerned. Her admission
diagnosis was dehydration from a recent
bout of nausea and vomiting. The patient
was in the room the farthest from the
nurses' station. As I was charting I
heard a loud commotion, looking up I saw
the patient's son running at break-neck
speed yelling loudly, "I NEED A NURSE, I
NEED A NURSE IT IS AN EMERGENCY". Please
let me describe myself at this point. I
am a 5 foot, 50 year old fat nurse. I
began running as fast as my short, fat
legs would go until I got the to room.
Upon entering the room I had no shoes on
because I had kicked them off as I ran
down the hall (I could run much faster
this way. The sign of a true hillbilly!)
The son was so out of breath he could not
say anything. My quick assessment upon
entering the room told me nothing serious
was wrong. Finally my heart climbed back
up from my stomach and my breathing became
regular. I ask in my calmest, nicest
voice what was the emergeny. The son
still panting (he was no young
skinny-minnie either)stated the IV pump
says "air in line and I think mom got some
in her veins because she has the hiccups".
I did not know where to be angry or
relieved. I poitely told him thank you,
turned the pump off, flushed the IV line
and returned to the desk where I could
finish having my mental
breakdown.
Awwwww, that so funny! My
brother is a RN in the Emergency Room and
he always has crazy stories to tell, but
also some very sad ones too. But thats
cute!
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Posted: 05-26-08 13:20pm
that's cute.
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worrywart01
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Posted: 05-28-08 11:31am
during cna clinicals we had to shadow
other cnas while they did their job and we
were asked to help...well i was walking
down the hall to catch up with another
class mate and i heard this woman
screaming "HELP ME HELP ME! PLEASE PLEASE
DONT WALK AWAY HELP ME!" well, i kinda
freaked out and ran to the cna i was
shadowing and told her there was something
wrong, turns out that woman does that ALL
the time, it freaked out one of the other
cnas and she rushed in to see what was
wrong and the lady just ignored her and
started trying to have a regular
conversation...haha poor thing just wanted
to talk but if you'd heard this woman
screaming, you would think something was
really wrong with her!
Poor you!
My
brother is a RN in the Emergency Room and
he always has crazy stories to tell, but
also some very sad ones too. But thats
cute!
