That time when you're working the night shift when Daylight Saving Time starts.
And your *very insistent* patient demands that you adjust the clock in her room. Right. NOW.
And the clock slips out of your hand, falls to the floor, and on the way down triggers a Code Blue.
I can't make this shit up.
Oh well, everybody ELSE needed to be awake too, right? :-)
ReplyDeleteOur careers are made up of "You can't make this shit up moments."
ReplyDeleteWhich is why I'll never write a book about my career. No one would believe I didn't make it up.
Along the same lines: Working in CCU; the absolute moment the Timoptic eye drop landed on her eyeball, it triggered V-Tach. Almost immediately loss of consciousness occured, (but not long enough) as I immediately performed a precordial thump upon her chest and over her heart, which did, convert rhythm back to SR. What I mean is, she did not go completely out; therefore, this Elder, believed that I had just slugged her for no apparent good reason. Ultimately, we had to changed the nursing assignment, and I stayed out of her room for the rest of the night.
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