She/He Did What?!

A recent post has got me thinking:

What's the craziest thing you've ever seen/come across from a nursing student/coworker?

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I know that there is a thread for both of those... someone will post the link as I forgot the titles.

That if we keep putting each other down, then there would be no one left to build up.Words matter and words hurt and knowing we have students on board should make a difference. I see threads on bashing nursing student/coworker, I am yet to see one on praising a nursing student/coworker,who did something well or made your day easier.Let's buildup and not tear down

What's the craziest thing you've ever said or done?

Quote from Katie5That if we keep putting each other down, then there would be no one left to build up.Words matter and words hurt and knowing we have students on board should make a difference. I see threads on bashing nursing student/coworker, I am yet to see one on praising a nursing student/coworker,who did something well or made your day easier.Let's buildup and not tear down

Quote from Katie5That if we keep putting each other down, then there would be no one left to build up.Words matter and words hurt and knowing we have students on board should make a difference. I see threads on bashing nursing student/coworker, I am yet to see one on praising a nursing student/coworker,who did something well or made your day easier.Let's buildup and not tear down

Wow, these stories are crazy.

Quote from MulanWhat's the craziest thing you've ever said or done?

Quote from walkingonthestarsWith all honesty, I didn't start this to humiliate or embarrass anyone. I've always been fortunate enough to have wonderful nurses take care of me. And a recent post got me wondering whether or not some nurses mess up or do anything not "normal."Sorry if this offended anyone.

I don't really think the OP was meaning to bash other nurses. Also, sometimes comparing the mistakes of others is something we can learn from. That being said, there are many threads that are almost the same and they have plenty of stories to browse through

Since the OP started two threads with similar themes, I think it's a valid point. I would never potentially embarrass a co-worker by posting about him/her on a public forum. I'm sure I've made some bone-headed mistakes. I'd hate to come here and read about myself and know people were getting a laugh at my expense.

Quote from OCNRN63Since the OP started two threads with similar themes, I think it's a valid point. I would never potentially embarrass a co-worker by posting about him/her on a public forum. I'm sure I've made some bone-headed mistakes. I'd hate to come here and read about myself and know people were getting a laugh at my expense.

This happened while working with an older experienced foreign RN. The place I worked had a plethora a foreign nurses and some of the things that happened were pretty unconventional to say the least.I will tell of this time when a patient who was passing had an order for sc morphine as a comfort measure. Ok, the guys huffing out 48 breaths a minute and an aid gets me because she knows the nurse assigned to him will not give the morphine (after all we could get him addicted) anyway, after I go assess the man I go to the nurse and alert her to this man's plight and her duty to give this man relief via the morphine or I will report her. I don't like to resort to threats but this man was in obvious distress and there was absolutely no reason for it.Long story short she drew up the morphine with me as the witness for sign off and we proceeded to this man's room (I didn't trust her to actually give it so I trailed her the whole way). So, she wipes his deltoid with the alcohol swab and prepares to inject ... she barely puts the needle in sideways maybe 3 mm in and starts to inject. She continues to put the whole fluid amount of a half cc/ml in that position. The man although he was fighting for every breath started to moan painfully in between breaths. I was shocked that the skin did not burst under the pressure.The bubble that resulted looked like a small balloon sitting on his deltoid. I couldn't quite believe what I just saw and waited until we went out of the room to say anything. I asked her what the blank was that? She said that the order called for it to be sc/sq not IM therefore that's how a subcutaneous is given. I went back in the man's room with a warm compress and eventually the medicine went down and the surface was flat again. Come on ... I couldn't quite believe but I saw it with my own eyes. Poor guy, a bruise resulted from the incident and I ended up writing her up anyway with recommendation for an in-service on administration of sc medications.As for insulting new grads ... I believe these types of stories help everyone out. It alerts to the potential things that can happen. I didn't take the OPs post to be harsh or picking on anyone at all, in fact the opposite. Some people need to lighten up a bit for their own sakes. These stories hold solutions for many.