Melissa
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| 06/19/2008 1:19 PM |
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I would love to share a story of mistaken terminology. I hope you can all appreciate this and have some more to share. A year and a half ago my youngest son, age 18 now, fell 24 feet and broke his back. He was in a turtle shell brace but fortunately still able to be mobile. Upon discharge from the hospital he recieved several prescriptions. He was curious and asking about most of them on the way to the pharmacy. I never dreamt he thought he had it all figured out. When the pharmacist gave us his bags of meds, he looked and said, "I think you forgot one." The pharmacist and I both asked what he meant, he said, "I looked at those papers and it said I was suppose to get a stool softner?" The pharmacist politely told him it was in the bag. He looked puzzled for a bit and asked how in the world was anything in that bag going to create a soft stool? I then realized he wasn't thinking stool as in feces stool, he was thinking stool as in chair. I laughed so hard! So did the pharmacist.
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| 06/19/2008 2:01 PM |
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| Too funny! Great story. I can't wait to hear more. |
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Melissa
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| 06/21/2008 11:34 PM |
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I also have a funny story about one of our facility Physicians. He is known for saying cute things to catch nurses off guard. I had just set a cup of apple juice on the station desk as he was reviewing charts. He quickly said he hoped I didn't get that mixed up with the urine specimen he asked me to get, before he could say anything else I quickly said, "No sir, I took a sip of each to make sure I had the right one for you." He laughed and said not many people come back at him and he enjoyed that.
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Jen at NT
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| 06/22/2008 12:08 PM |
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| Laughing out loud right now! That is so funny! May have to use this story as a "featured post" Melissa. I needed this laugh today. Keep them coming. |
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Melissa
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| 06/30/2008 2:26 AM |
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Not exactly a joke, but I found it humorous non the less. While at the small Family Practice I fill in at from time to time, a young boy was brought in. He had a very foul smell and his guardian was concerned his tonsils or something were rotting. After an examination, we found a dollar bill rolled up, wedged high into the boys nare and rotting. The boy asked for the dollar back once it was removed. He was only 3 years old.
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Jen at NT
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| 06/30/2008 12:04 PM |
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| Don't laugh, but that happened to my brother too.. it wasn't a dollar bill though, it was something he ate! |
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momoffive
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| 07/01/2008 8:44 PM |
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| Not to be morose, but I have to wonder how a 3 yr old got the idea to roll a dollar bill and put it in his nose? Bring anything to mind? |
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Melissa
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| 07/02/2008 4:29 AM |
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As a matter of fact that was the part of the story I wasn't going to share but since you brought it up...  |
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Melissa
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| 07/10/2008 3:36 AM |
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You Might Be a Nurse If
- When using a public restroom, you wash your hands with soap for a
full minute and turn off the faucets with your elbows.
- Your
favorite dream is the one where you leave a mess at a patient's
bedside and tell a doctor to clean it up.
- Everyone, including
complete strangers, tells you about each and every ache and pain they
have.
- You want to put your foot through the TV screen every
time you see a nurse on a soap opera doing nothing but talking on the
phone and flirting with doctors.
- You can almost SEE the germs
on doorknobs and telephones.
- You can watch the goriest movie
and eat anything afterwards, even spagetti with lots of tomato
sauce.
- You use a plastic 30cc medicine cup for a shotglass.
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cooooooooo
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| 07/11/2008 5:11 PM |
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Heres another great story:
I was honored to witness an incident on a television program, number of years ago, that showed the miracle of compassionate care: the precursor of ethics. It took place in a ramshackle building in Bombay India where Mother Teresa and her nuns had established a mission to rescue homeless starving children.
The camera focused in on a nun/nurse as she bent into a crib to pick up a starving hollowed cheek emaciated child. The child was alone, helpless and close to death. And at that moment, the nun/nurse, empowered by her spiritual ethical compassion, bent over and gently raise the child up from the crib and as the child ascended in the arms of compassionate love a wonderful glorious smile-that astounded me and brought tears of wonder to my eyes- came over the child's face.
I don't know how many time this miracle has happened but I am reminded of when Jesus laid hands on the sick and heal them. But we are not looking for miracles we are trying to find a code of practical conduct that will give the patients dignity and give the nurses integrity. |
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cooooooooo
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| 07/11/2008 10:28 PM |
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| Ms Melissa you have a refreshing sense of humor. Humor is an important part of life. |
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dmaytex
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| 07/11/2008 10:50 PM |
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I have to add to this one:
You wash your hands BEFORE you use the bathroom! LOL! Thank you for a good laugh, I needed this today.
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shovelhead
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| 07/22/2008 12:41 PM |
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A physician I worked with was being sued for wrong directions when prescribing a medication. The patient didn't know what PR was so asked the doc as he was on his way out of the room. Over his shoulder he mumbles, "You put it in your rear". Apparently the patient missed the second R as the medication was being put in the ear.... and for some reason, the PR Gravol wasn't having any effect. Not sure why the patient couldn't have read the instructions on the box that the pharmacist dispensed with the Rx instructions on it.
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Motorcycle racing make heroin look like a vague craving for salt. |
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Melissa
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| 07/23/2008 3:16 AM |
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That is so funny. After all the tension in the previous forums I read tonight I needed this. I can't imagine someone, especially someone grown, doing this. It makes me giggle like a little girl. I remember when we first went EMR at the iffice and our Nurse practioner accidentally hit insert vaginally for a blood pressure pill. The pharmacy got a kick out of that as they called to verify! All this said and my giggly self would like to apologize for anything that may have been inappropriately stated by me. I am here to learn and share experiences with other nurses, not to be bothered. I love all your wisdom Mr. Shovelhead so stay cool and keep your wisdom and more of this humour would be nice! |
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momoffive
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| 07/23/2008 10:57 PM |
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On December 13, 2005, my small hospital OR was going live with a new computerized documentation system. It had been in the works for 5 years and we were finally beginning. We were sure they had worked all of the bugs out of the system.
While my coworker was prepping the patient's arm for carpal tunnel surgery, I was documenting on the computer screen labeled "Tourniquet". There was a drop down with choices of the site of the tourniquet.
I was going down the list as such: thigh, calf, ankle, wrist, arm, ...... Imagine my surprise  when I read the next two choices for tourniquet placement,
neck, penis
Do you think maybe they had a little more tweaking to do? 
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Melissa
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| 07/24/2008 4:31 AM |
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No way that was really on option??????? |
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momoffive
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| 07/25/2008 9:45 PM |
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Honest, I swear, it was an option. Fortunately, no one chose to use those particular sites for tourniquet placement.  |
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jeremy
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| 07/25/2008 10:00 PM |
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I honestly can say there are absolutely two places where I believe a conscious patient might actually physically try to harm either the nurse or doctor if a tourniquet is being applied...and yes, you got both!!
Thats great...nothing like a little quality control on the system to work out the "kinks" |
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Melissa
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| 10/20/2008 12:09 AM |
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JUST FOR LAUGHS
MEDICAL DEFINITIONS FOR REDNECKS
BARIUM---WHAT THE UNDERTAKER DOES TO 'EM WHEN THE DOC IS DONE
CAUTERIZE---TO HAVE GOT NOTICED BY A WOMAN
CYST---TO GIVE SOMEONE A HELPING HAND
DILATE---IT SURE BEATS DYIN' EARLY
IMPOTENT---SIGNIFICANT AND DISTINGUISHED
NODE---TO HAVE BEEN ACQUAINTED WITH SOMEONE IN THE PAST
PAP SMEAR---TO INSULT OR BELITTLE YER OWN FATHER
PATHOLOGY---THE STUDY OF TRAILS
RECTUM---CRASHED 'EM AND TOTALED 'EM
TUMOR---NOT JUST ONE MORE
X-RAYED---FOR ADULTS ONLY |
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Jen at NT
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| 10/20/2008 12:42 PM |
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| Love it! "dilate"- better than dying early. now that's funny. |
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