Craziest Things You've Done to Stay Awake on a Night Shift
I'll go first, an anecdote a 'friend' told me, to stay awake on the drive home, roll your window up on your hair so if you doze off mid-drive you get a quick hair pull......YOUR TURN!
The Most Disgusting Thing in the ER
Resurrecting one of our popular posts (and most disgusting/gross) from the archives. Nothing's changed, nurses face some of the grosses, weirdest, and seemingly normal functions of humanity.
What's the most disgusting thing you've had to do / seen in your travels as a nurse?
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Some interesting and disgusting submissions, thanks....I think. A recent submission from a nurse working ICU. --- We had a patient who had an undiagnosed mental illness on top of the reason why he was admitted to ICU. We were doing routine visits to his room when we noticed the patient was coughing due to obstruction(s). As he was hacking up out comes numerous scabs from the sores on this body. Well if that wasn't enough, he sat in the bed as he, and we, looked at his discharge in his hand, and instead of inquiring where he could dispose of his....sores....he promptly slurped them back into his mouth and ate them.... Yes, I've seen many things, but that made us yell out, &…
What's the most disgusting thing you've had to do / seen in your travels as a nurse?
Addition:
Some interesting and disgusting submissions, thanks....I think. A recent submission from a nurse working ICU. --- We had a patient who had an undiagnosed mental illness on top of the reason why he was admitted to ICU. We were doing routine visits to his room when we noticed the patient was coughing due to obstruction(s). As he was hacking up out comes numerous scabs from the sores on this body. Well if that wasn't enough, he sat in the bed as he, and we, looked at his discharge in his hand, and instead of inquiring where he could dispose of his....sores....he promptly slurped them back into his mouth and ate them.... Yes, I've seen many things, but that made us yell out, &…
After working many long night shifts in the ER I have learned that rolling all the windows down, turning the AC on high and singing at the top of my lungs keeps me awake. No matter the weather....rain, snow, sunshine. And I don't care who sees me!
ReplyDeleteI turn the music up really loud and slap my leg to the beat of the music
ReplyDeleteOr just take transit......LOL
ReplyDeleteHahaha. For me, the excitement going home keeps me wide awake and wired. I'm like a zombie yawning every 5 mins, but as soon as I clock out, I'm wide awake. Arrrrg!!
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