EP 63: Code Cringe | The Hospital Moments I’ll Never Live Down
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You wake up dreaming of McDonald's hash browns. McDonald's breakfast comes first. Working in LTC long-term care, I was adjusting a foot pedal on a resident wheelchair when they decided to kick at me. It was enough force for their diabetic gangrenous big toe to fall into my shoes. Oh my God.

That's a karma for you, bitch. Hey, besties. It's your favorite caffeinated, medicated, and never hydrated nurse, Nurse John. And welcome back to your favorite podcast. I beg your pardon. Bestie, how are you doing? I miss you. We're back for another week of therapy session with your favorite bestie, Nurse John. Hey, bestie.

You guys, am I the only one that feels like February went so quick, quicker than January. January felt like a whole year and February felt like a one whole week.

I don't know. But yes, oh my God, I miss you so much, Bestie, wherever you're listening right now. At home, at work, doing grocery shopping, taking care of the kids, sitting down on the couch, whatever you're doing right now. I just hope that you are good. I just hope that life is treating you well. And if it's not...

And things are not okay. Remember, Bessie, what I always tell you. It's okay as long as you believe in yourself and you remember that there's always another day to make things right. That is right, Bessie. And before we continue with all of this...

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I am so happy to be back here with you guys, having a conversation again, chatting with you guys and know that so many has happened this past few weeks. First of all, let's talk about Plane Situation.

I am so damn scared flying. And I have been flying so many times every single week to different places. And all of this plane crashes has just been a mess. And it's giving me so much more anxiety. And I don't know if this is just another distraction from all the things that's happening in the world right now. But for some reason, every single week, there's another plane crash or plane situation that's been happening. But a pilot told me once that...

that like listen this always happens it's just so weird that now they're broadcasting this like it's an everyday thing but they they're saying how like flying is still the best and safest way

to go to places that's all I know but still I have anxiety of like flying because of all this crazy stuff and so like I pray every time I get into a plane because I was like please I just want to make it to a theater near my bestie so I can perform for them but also like I just want to be safe and I don't want to die on a plane because that would be the worst thing

Ever. I think the last thing I want in my head before I die is knowing that my plane is crashing. Yeah. No, no. Knock on wood. Knock on wood. Anyways, Bessie, this week's topic is share your most awkward moments.

experience that you will never forget in your health care job. So you guys have all submitted different life stories of your most awkward moment in health care or in your job and I'm going to be reading that to you. So get ready, get your coffee ready, get your medication taken, drink some wine or drink the coffee and let's get into this. All right you guys our first submission. In the early

Okay.

I turned to face a patient and he was butt naked on the exam table, arms behind his head with the biggest, hardest erection I had ever seen in my life.

sticking straight up. I don't know how I kept my composure, but I did and got him ready anyway. I kept my eyes above him so I couldn't see it or I will start laughing. When the doctor came in the room, they both started laughing at me and he said he has a rigged panel implant and they put it up to see what I would do. That is insane, you guys.

To pull a prank on someone like that is insane. I would never work with this doctor again. I'm kidding. But like, this is so awkward, you guys. I mean, like I have had situation in my career as a nurse where like, let's say I was visiting my patient like early in the morning. And for men, usually like early in the morning, you get boners. I don't know if someone can explain that to us, like why or to me, like why men get boners.

boners early in the morning for some reason anyways i have had those situation where like patient literally has an erection sometimes like you have to check their catheter or like everything else that's like surrounding their groin area and when you do and they have an erection it's just so awkward because you don't know how to react in that very situation and so you just proceed and like force yourself not to laugh in that situation otherwise it's going to be just such an awkward like

you know conversation and moment with that patient but that is so so awkward and funny next i was a nursing assistant for three years on a med search floor i regularly took care of a cdif patient most who were incontinent so a lot of changing and turning all day long well one day i had tacos for lunch this doesn't sound good anymore my stomach didn't care for this i had tooth

It is what it is. Didn't think anyone would notice, you know? Well, while I was changing a man, he stopped, grabbed my wrist and said, what died? We had a really good laugh and I realized maybe I just have to hold those toots in from now on.

no it's still such a funny memory i swear god sometimes you guys i just had to let go of some some of the most diabolical toxic farts in front of my patient because sometimes they're sedated you know what i mean like please bestie you're lying if you never blame your patient from a fart that came from you and not from them you're

And my reasoning to letting go a fart in a specific patient room is like, I was like, listen, it already smells like that in here anyways.

So why not? But it's just so awkward. Next. Literally this morning at the clinic, there was a patient that started jumping while getting eye surgery and he had to be held down by four people. By the end of it, the MA and the nurse were holding hands and thought they were holding the patient's hand. And this is what you call trauma bonding. Okay.

that is so funny and that's when they became best friends and that's when they survived each shift together period and honestly that's how you make friends in healthcare you guys just goes through so much shit together that let's say even though you guys hated each other from the beginning or like didn't like each other or never spoke to each other from the beginning of your careers and

And you just happen to have a shitty fucking shift together and all you guys can do was team up and do it together. You get to like that other person. You get to hang out with that person and know that that person is an OG and that person is someone you can count on to and someone you can get mimosa after a crazy, chaotic, shitty shift. And.

And that's how we actually make friends in healthcare. That's why I don't believe when people are like, oh, you cannot be friends with people at work. I was like, bro, I see these people more than I see my friends and family. So yes, I think we will be friends like forcefully. And honestly, like,

I've made some really good friends in my career in nursing and I have these memories of us going through some tough times together and that will be forever the funnest way to remember those moments with those people. Next.

Many years ago, working in LTC long-term care, I was adjusting a foot pedal on a resident wheelchair when they decided to kick at me. Well, they made contact with my shin, only lightly, mind you. But it was enough force for their diabetic gangrenous big toe to fall into my shoes. Oh my God. That is the most awkward and...

That's a karma for you, bitch. Kind of situation. Like, holy shit. Imagine your patient just kicking you and their fucking toe falls off. I don't even know what to do in that situation. I'm probably going to be like, are you supposed to apologize to them for losing that toe? I mean...

I mean, I would not even because I was like, first of all, bitch, you literally just hit me. That's abuse. And now you're suffering from the abuse because you lost your only living foot. Oh, it's not living anymore because it's gangrenous, but like your only existing one, period. Oh my God, that must... Did you pick it up, Af? I mean, yes, you did, but like...

That must be so awkward. Like, what did he say? He must be so pissed, like extra pissed already because not only he hit you very lightly and it didn't like pain you, but at the same time, they lost that toe.

I cannot imagine this. Oh my god.

I explained to the daughter that sometimes breathing slows down and people don't move much towards ends of life. I also asked if I could bring her anything. She stated, no, that's okay. Dad has been deceased for almost two hours. Oh my God. She was just lying in there with the dad. I mean, awkward. Yeah, that is absolutely awkward. I mean, yeah.

You basically like explain a bunch of shit she didn't have to know anymore because the dad has been gone for a while. Two hours. I mean, yeah, I probably wouldn't be back at that room anymore because I would be so embarrassed in my whole life. Oh my God. Yep. Rip. Literally.

Next, I don't know if this is just for nurses or for everyone, but when I was a preschool teacher, listen, teachers, social workers, and nurses are...

are triplets born together separated at birth had the same fate shitty fucking jobs so yes you are part of us healthcare okay teachers we love you guys so much thank you for all that you do but when i was a preschool teacher i got a christmas gift from a parent the child decided to slip in a little something extra he found in his mother's bedroom giving it back to her was quite interesting oh my god what was it

Condom? A dildo? A vibrator?

That is the most awkward shit ever. Listen, moms, dads, hide your toys from your kids. Hide them. Lock them away. Because these kids are innocent. They don't know what they're doing. They just want toys. And if they see something vibrate, oh, God. Yep. That is the most awkward shit ever. Like, imagine giving the mom her vibrator back. I'll probably be like, hey, mom.

I have the same one. Just to make it less awkward for them. Probably. Oh my God.

Next, new grad working license pending at a nursing home. Had an old guy who loved to put newbies to the test. Put on his call light and went to see what he needed and he flips the cover back and show me his erection and say, what are you going to do about that? I blush from my head to my toes. Then I saw the tissue box of a corner of my eyes on his bedside table. So I quickly grabbed the tissue box.

plop it on his chest pull the drape around his bed and told him to call me when he's done no not you not you like giving him the chance to do what he's not supposed to do no you're not supposed to give him tissue and ask him to do what he's probably not planning to do that's not what he was trying to make you

see or experience. No, he's not masturbating in front of you. Oh my God. That's so funny. That is the most awkward shit ever. I mean, like, honestly, these older people are so horny. Sometimes they be saying things to you like, oh my God, you have the juiciest ass. Like an 80 year old lady told me that. And I was like, thank you. But honestly,

Okay, I don't need that comment from you, okay? I'm your nurse, you're my patient, we're not doing this.

Next. Wow. Surprise. Okay.

No, bitch, you don't have to cancel anything. The man's life was canceled already. Am I supposed to even say that? Why? That is so awkward. Like, duh, of course, cancel the appointment. They passed away. Of course, the patient isn't making it to the appointment next week.

I couldn't believe I asked that and listen you might be just so tired and you probably had one brain cells and that's totally fine but yes please cancel the next appointment oh my god that is so awkward next I asked a female patient one time if she brought her sister with her while pointing to the other female in the room the patient quickly responded with she's my wife I

I have never made assumptions about who is in the room since then. From then on, it was, who do you have with you today? That is right. Because honestly, guys, you'll be shocked at the things that they will respond to you or like the relationship of your patient and that

visitor mm-hmm so just never assume just like ask them like hey what's your relationship with my patient and that's the best way you could handle it and you'll still be shocked okay but at least it was not an assumption from you one day I was taking care of a patient in ICU and he was a bit confused or

Or as the nurses on our floor would say, NQR, which stood for not quite right. He had a visitor in the room when I asked him if there was anything I could do for him before I left. He told me he would feel better if he could put his feet on my shoulder. What? Needless to say, that didn't happen. I mean, some patients are so weird, man. They ask you for the weirdest freaking request and you're just like, um...

Let's not. Like, I'm not doing that for you. I'm not getting paid enough for this, okay? Already, I don't have time for shit and you're asking me for some weird ass freaking thing. Absolutely not. Next. I was a new grad in L&D and learning to circulate for a C-section. I had to scrub the patient's abdomen with betadine. The betadine wouldn't come out of the bottle so I look inside it and squeeze. It came out alright in my face.

It was everywhere. One of the attendings just looked at me and they rolled his eyes. I was so embarrassed. First of all, I'm so sorry, Debbie. It's giving very new grad, very traumatizing. But I didn't like that the one of the attendings rolled his eyes because like we all make mistakes. And I'm pretty sure that attending has had made many mistakes in his career or her career. And they better not freaking shame you for that. Next, Widow here.

Starting my shift in a great mood. See police officer, co-worker, yell out down the hall, damn, I'd hit that. Dead silence. Knowing full well he is married and he being as hot as he is, I would never have a chance. We are good friends and I meant no disrespect, but oh my freaking gosh.

There.

Damn. I mean, y'all always fall for the peace of nursing, for all the toxic. And again, you don't date no policeman, no firefighters, no paramedics, no physicians, no transporters, no military. You guys, those are not good fit for us, you guys. Those are toxic people. And I'm not saying they're toxic people, but like two healthcare together is toxic. Again, that's not love. That's trauma bonding, period. You don't.

But yes, they are hot Police officers are hot Paramedics are hot Firefighters are hot Damn They got them juicy, juicy ears or something

Next. I work in a manufacturing four years ago. There was this guy first day on the job. He was really anxious. He was responsible for stocking up the assembly line that I work at that time. Throughout the day, he was sweating like crazy and he was shaking really bad. He was asked if he was okay and he was saying, yeah, I'm fine, but was always sounding like he was out of breath. Well, as he was turning away from the assembly line towards the stock room, the whole ass end of his pant was brown.

So I went up to him and was hit with a shitty smell that could rival my three-year-old son. I said to the guy, you okay? Because you just shit yourself. He turned to me and was crying. Ran up to HR and never come back after his first day. Oh my God.

God, he was probably so nervous. He was probably having a hard time and like he shot himself. Oh my God. I mean, like I've shot myself when I was like 18, I think I was in the bus, but not because of nervousness, just because like there is no stop in the bus and I'm a people pleaser and I don't want to bother other people. So like I literally shot myself and

And it was the worst thing ever because people can spell it, I know. And that was the most awkward, most embarrassing situation I've ever been. But like poor guy, he quit after two. Oh, I'm so sorry. But yeah, that was really freaking awkward. I would not know what to do either in that situation. I would probably again leave the country.

Find another place that I could live at. Rebrand because I don't want people knowing what just happened to me in that workplace. Next. That would be when my organic brain syndrome patient forgot to flush the toilet. I reminded him he needed to flush. He smiled, squeezed my boob and made a flushing sound. You guys, that is assault. That's not funny. But...

But that is actually funny, but that's not funny because that is assault. Patient cannot just grab your private parts and make a flushing sound out of it. That is insane. They just like...

but that's not no that's not funny you guys kim i'm so sorry that that happened to you i hope you reported that patient because that's not good that's not right next i was a fresh new grad in the late 1980s oh my god we got we got ourselves some boomies in here the day nurse report to me that mr x was scheduled for a right inguinal hernia repair the next morning

I was to shave the area really well as the surgeon was very particular. I go and introduce myself and explain I needed to shave that area. As I pulled the blankets back, I see that the man is very hairy. So it took a considerable time to shave him. But I did a very good job and was very, very proud of myself. The next day, as I come on an evening shift, the day staff are laughing so hard at me. They informed me that Mr. X was scheduled for an umbilical hernia repair.

umbilical hernia repair that is so funny and they question why i shave his whole right side from mid abdomen to upper thigh and pubic area well i never heard the last of that during the christmas party the same surgeon sang a song about how i shaved the wrong area that is so funny that's why it's important that you guys listen to report

and confirm again what like confirm it with someone repeat the same thing that you just got as an information and make sure that it's the right one because that's the problem in healthcare is that you will always make a mistake in healthcare and the last thing you want is to harm someone this did not harm that person but I'm talking about like in situations where it includes like medications and stuff like that you have to be really careful you need someone as a witness you need to make sure that

It's the right dosage, right medication, right patient, right time. All of this is very, very important. That's why it was taught and was pushed to us during nursing school. Because this will save you, someone else's lives, and your license too. Next. Walking into a couple room while they were getting busy. Apparently, doggy style is the last trend in this position. Still can't see it in my head. Oh my god.

I don't understand why people would choose to have hex in the goddamn hospital where people have died, people are suffering, people are quiet, people need to have peace. And y'all decided you're going to F in the goddamn room.

Like, please, y'all got to stop having hex in the hospital. And like, that's the most awkward shit we could ever like, oh my God, imagine and see as providers. It's like, I am not going to go back to your room because I will document that shit and make sure y'all don't see each other anymore until like the patient is discharged because that is just insane to me.

Okay, this is not awkward. This is scary as fuck. I mean, oh my god.

this is what hospice nurses do do hospice nurses really do have like third eye like do you guys all see like oh my god i cannot work in hospice it's just so sad and i know like the hospice nurses are gonna be like no it's not sad it's like the happiest part of their life where they can enjoy everything and stuff like that but for me it's like

I'm a lifesaver, okay? I'm not a life taker. Ooh, I'm kidding. But like, I rather like save lives. And I know you guys are saving their lives too from like suffering and stuff like that. But I just can't like, you know, oh, like I'm just going to feed my patient pizza because it's their last wish, right?

before they die like for me that's too much like i don't like that part of nursing that's why i stay in surgery i stay in chaos i don't want nothing like that but that is scary not awkward that's yeah awkwardly scary period there you go next

After weight loss surgery, I dropped 150 pounds. I was happy to be wearing scrubs I had purchased several years earlier. They just didn't feel right at my previous weight. I was walking toward a male co-worker who was walking towards me when I felt a breeze. I feel like I already know this. His eyes bug out and his jaw fell to his chest. My pants fell off.

Had fallen to my ankles Fortunately Losing weight also made me colder And I was wearing tights Under my scrubs The next day My husband took all my scrub pants And used a sewing machine To put darts in the waistband

First of all, congratulations for losing 150 pounds. But secondly, you're probably going to have to change your closet or find something that fits you well before that happens again, because I wouldn't want to see my patient naked. You guys, my last request is that if I am...

ever in a emergency situation my only request is please bring me in a hospital where i don't have any co-workers or nobody knows me because the last thing i want is my co-workers seeing my genitalia or them touching me or anything like that please i work with these people already too much and the last thing i want is for them to see me naked or anything else that's my last request okay next

When I was a baby nurse, I had to give a patient an IM injection, intramuscular injection in her glute. As I was coming down with the needle, she yells at me to stop and proceed to ask me to smack her booty first before. Eczema isn't always obvious, but it's real. And so is the relief from Evglyss.

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Ha ha ha!

She asked you to smack her booty first because it desensitized it and make it not hurt as bad. Me being naive and not really knowing what to do in this situation, I obliged. 18 years later, that still haunts me. You smack the patient's booty as a request.

I mean, like, I cannot blame you. See, the stuff we do for the people that we care about, you guys, we would literally go above and beyond. We would even smack your booty if that helps you feel better about getting an intramuscular medication. That is insane. I would never smack my patient's booty, okay? Like...

But I'm sorry. This is so awkward. I cannot do this. I cannot do this. Next. This guy had a very dry and flaky skin. I walked in and the skin was all over the floor. I didn't realize it was skin. And I said, oh my, you have been snagging on here. Look at the crumbs on the floor. Baby, that is not crumbs. That is snowflakes. Actually, grated Parmesan cheese. That...

Ew. That is so nasty. That is my biggest ick in healthcare. Snowflakes. Like parmesan cheese. Like dead skin flakes. Oh my god. Like I can't.

I can't. Like, I can't. I can't handle it. Like, it's so nasty. And like one, one deep breath from your nose, one inhale, bitch, you will take at least like 10 pounds of that shit in your nose and it's in your body. Now you have pneumonia. I promise you that is the most insane shit ever.

Next.

I mean, some people, you give them the basic instruction and they still don't follow what you say. And they'd be like, damn, this is not working. I was like, baby, did you follow what I just told you? Did you follow the instruction that was just given to you? Some people are just very, very slow. But for this reason, I think she just didn't know. But like, yeah, that would literally hurt if you did not remove the cap because that cap is like full on plastic. Oh my God.

I hated it.

See, and this is why I talk about self-care is self-love. You prioritize yourself. Lead this freaking people screaming. Listen, they're not even supposed to scream. Patient don't have patience.

Their rights to scream at you, to abuse you, or to threaten you. That's not something that they should be doing because they don't have that right. I am not getting paid enough for this shit and I am not dealing with this shit. And you just went above and beyond for this person. And oh my God. Next. Taking care of an elderly patient, wiping her bottom. I thought there was a bit of poo stuck. Started tugging. The poor woman shrieked. That's my pile.

Oh my god, holy shit. What a day that was, lovely lady, when you're not pulling piles out of her bum. Obviously, I apologized profusely and all was forgiven after I did her lunch and a good brew. Oh my god, you were tugging on her cooch. Baby, that must have hurt. But, I mean, the...

Awkward.

It's a story I now tell my student in which they find great joy. I mean, you're right. That's why I tell people nursing school lied to us. Because you know why? There's so many stuff that you're going to experience and only will experience when you start working in the floor and as a nurse. Because a lot of the stuff that you read in the books are just basic shit. I promise you the real life only happens during your career in nursing.

And that is very awkward. Yeah. Oh my God. And you're a nursing clinical instructor. Cheers twins. Next. Putting a foley in my hubby's best friend's death. Yep. That's absolutely awkward. And I don't think I would do that. I would be like, this is a conflict of interest. Please find another nurse to do this situation because I don't want to be doing that to my, yeah, hubby's best friend. Absolutely not. Next. Was taking care of someone who was considered unwell

hospice care cancer everywhere they were telling me a story i was frustrated they couldn't remember part of it the vibes were good family and patient were cool and funny and they laugh it all and said it's okay haha i call that some timer deadpan looked me in the face and said i call it brain meds that is so awkward i would not know what to respond on that oh my god not them were saying brain meds i'll be like uh

Yeah. Yeah. Awkward. Next. I was helping another nurse turn an elderly man who was contractured. He called me over to the bedside to ask me to ask his nurse to please come when he calls. His last ounce of dignity was that he wanted to use a bedpan and not go...

on his chucks. Two hours later, I hear the nurse scream. We run in the room only to discover that his nurse, who had apparently not heeded the request, discovered he was forced to do a BM on his chucks as she didn't heed the call. When the nurse had finally entered his room, he used all of his strength and power to hurl said BM and set it land perfectly in his nurse's face and hair. Dignity restored. First of all, okay.

Let's debunk this. Very awkward, okay? But first of all, the nurse didn't respect the request of the patient, but the patient didn't have to hurl the goddamn BM to the nurse. That's assault again. You guys, that's not funny. And that is not something to be taken lightly. That has to be taken some... That needed some real action because that shit's bad, okay?

Oh my god. Awkward and bad. Next. I was taking care of an obese patient who had just been admitted to us by the ambulance. His phone started to ring and we were checking all his bags and things he came with but couldn't find it. We started to move him from the ambulance gurney to the hospital bed and when we rolled him to the transfer, his phone popped out on one of his belly folds like a projectile object and shot across the room. What the fuck? Projectile?

Like, like it regurgitated from his belly flaps. Wasn't it like moist? Wet? Like, wouldn't it be like, was the phone like water resistant? Like I, what the fuck?

I couldn't. Oh my God. Like that was crazy. Okay. We have two last stories. I had a 16 year old Baker act. And when it was time to remove piercing and jewelry, her nails were too long to remove her own cleat piercing. So her mom had to remove it. Mom didn't know she had it. So awkward for both of them. Clit piercing. I mean, I'm not surprised this and I worked in the ER for a bit and the shit I've seen and I wasn't even there for long and

I do believe there was a clip piercing and I am not removing that. Somebody got to do that. And good thing that mom did because that would be awkward. Okay. Lastly, dressing old lady's diabetic foot. Gave to a good clean. So good it came clean off into my forceps. Oh, what the fuck?

Another diabetic situation. Newly qualified, I was panicking. Covered the forceps and looked for the ward. Sister, I was mortified. Sister laughed and said, well done, dear. You've saved her an anesthetic.

That is insane. Oh my God, you guys. This true to life awkward situation stories that you guys submitted are literally insane. I hope you guys had a good laugh with us because that is... Oh my God, those awkward situation. Listen, it will haunt you forever in your career and it will be something that you will never forget. You know why? Because it's...

it's basically a PTSD situation for you because you will never repeat that thing again. Okay. And I mean, we've all had awkward situation. One thing we have to realize is we are human first nurse second. And,

and things would just happen. You just have to get through it and maybe quit the job, move to another city, rebrand, like I said, or just accept that and move on, come to the ship the next day and pretend that nothing happened. Because honestly, I think these are the things that will...

Yes, it causes PTSD, but at the same time, things that we can laugh at when we're feeling down or like going through something in our career. Because honestly, that's how we can bond. And that's why I have my comedy tour is because like people would come to the comedy tour. They would listen to all my stories and people are just laughing, even though it's the grossest, shittiest story.

scariest, funniest situation that ever happened to me is because I think in healthcare, the funnest thing in healthcare is that we all share the same experience. Like you cannot have a unique experience in nursing. Honestly, like one nurse with one experience probably was experienced by 200 or a thousand more nurses because honestly,

That's why everywhere in the world, nurses just get it. And that's why my community grows from more than just North America. It's in Asia. It's in Europe. It's in Australia. It's everywhere because everyone just relates to the whole situation that we all experience because collectively, we are all just underpaid, undervalued, underappreciated, and short-staffed.

That's why you guys, you should definitely come and see me on my tour at the shortstop comedy tour shifts getting real. You better get your tickets at www.nursejohn.com and thank you so much Bessie for listening to this episode of your favorite caffeinated, medicated and never hydrated nurse, Nurse John in your favorite therapy podcast.

I beg your pardon. Thank you again so much, Betsy, for listening to this episode of the podcast. Make sure that you follow us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Share this episode and make sure that you leave us a five-star review. And again, Betsy, I will see you once again next week for another week of...

of craziness, of gossip, or fun, sad, angry, scary, anxious, provoking shit that we all experience in healthcare. And we will go through it one coffee at a time. See you, Bestie. Love you. Bye.