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In appreciation of all our readers and in honor of our
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energy during a shift or for an exam)
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This story comes from my grandfather who was a Marine in WWII. He told us how they were given all sorts of immunizations prior to being deployed overseas, and some of the Marines would give the female nurses a hard time while going through the immunization lines. This was back in the day when syringes were made out of glass and only the metal tip was disposable, so, if a nurse was unhappy with how the Marine treated them, they would twist the syringe in such a way that it left the metal tip in the Marine's arm. The unsuspecting Marine would then move on to the next immunization, and, since nurses have to stick together, the next nurse would do the same thing. Thus, by the time the unsuspecting Marine had finished his immunizations, he would have a whole row of needles stuck in his arm... That'll teach him!
ReplyDeleteBack in the day, when we still did paper charting, I was working a long, slow nightshift and was so tired I could barely keep my eyes open. I had a very young patient with a serious lung condition. His mom brought his lung percussion device (which they called their "vibrator") from home to use at the hospital. The mom performed the treatments herself and I charted this.
ReplyDeleteAt the end of my shift, before going home, I reread my narrative charting for the night. Horrified, I realized that in my sleepy state I had charted, "Patient's mother using home vibrator with respiratory assist." Whoops.