Medical Student Looking for the Nurse

It's a tale as old as time

Music: Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

[meganjohnson]

As a nurse I laughed so hard. The desperation to know if the patient had a bowel movement is accurate. May have been easier to ask the patient?

[ghulsey]

Just got out of the hospital. I had so many nurses, nursing assistants, and doctors constantly come in asking if I had a bowel movement that I started automatically telling everyone who entered when I did. Had a lady come in one morning and when I told her I pooped her reply was congratulations. She was a social worker just wanting to know if I wanted a newspaper or something to read. Was embarrassed lol

[polkastriped]

Poor med student doesn't even get called by name :') too accurate

[coolbeans]

I love how you made the unit secretary look and sound so dead inside. I have to monitor at least 40 different heart rhythms while answering the phone and also other peoples questions that mainly consist of “which nurse has patient *insert room number*. Only three hours into a shift and I already am just done with people.

[vikkitoria]

As a young blonde nurse wearing scrubs with a stereotypical white girl name, I feel so seen right now LOL. I often regret wearing my warm-up jacket with the name on my sleeve because I can't just hide and chart in peace.

[Crystalcats]

As a nurse who works with two other nurses with the same first name, I loved “I’m Kelsey with a ‘y’”

[boohwa]

This is accurate for anyone looking for the nurse (even nurses can't find nurses 🤣) and then they pop out behind you saying they were in the room you are asking about 😭👍

[jturtle]

My favorite was calling a surgeon to tell him his post-op had pneumonia, and instead of thanking me he stood there with his entourage and asked why is it that when I have his patients they always have complications?
I said do you mean "why didn't the surgery team catch it during morning rounds?"
It's not as if I was giving them pneumonia or other complications, I just apparently did better assessments.

[Briaaanz]

You forgot the nurse aide who is on break and won't answer any question until they're back on shift

[knitfulgrace]

As a nurse this is hilarious!! But we usually (at least where I've worked) say report instead of sign out (which is what the docs call it)!

[tejoned]

Ah, the fun of trying to get info from the night before when night shift RNs are all scrambling at the end of their shift, day RNs haven't gotten report yet, and end of shift charting hasn't happened. Good times.

[RadTechFred]

Genuinely spent at least a good thirty or so minutes total today, trying to track down the nurse I was shadowing.

Amazing how many places a person can hide on one floor.

[vkwest]

I laughed so hard at your video Doc Schmidt! As a nurse I sometimes historically have gotten annoyed at med students finding me and asking me a zillion questions… But over time I’ve learned to try to be patient… Because I know the struggle is real for them!😂🤣

[jgomez]

I remember those days, the worst is when you finally figure it out, you return victoriously to the residents room only to realize they had already figured it out.

[aleksap]

this is why I chart bowel movements as soon as I find out there was one. I ask my patients if they did a no. 1 or 2 every time they go to the toilet. you're welcome docs

[nishok]

So relatable. Nurses (and other doctors) giving you the vague "They're somewhere around here, go find them even though you've never seen them before" happens all the time.

[Mr.Ncro]

I had a GI doctor with a great sense of humor
(Right before a colonoscopy)
Me: Hey doctor, don't you think we're moving kind of fast, I mean we just met and now we're just jumping past first base, I mean could you at least buy me a drink?
Doctor: (laughs before asking me to count back from 10)
Me: 10, 9, 8, 7....
Me: (waking up in recovery, looks over and sees a cold diet coke in a bottle)
Doctor: Your colonoscopy went well.
Both of us: laughing and then I fart machine gun style.
Best doctor ever.

[Luverofmysoul]

Omg, legit though. That unit secretary is spot on.

[DoctorAzmain]

Bruh this is me still as a whole-ass doctor - some things never change 😂

[ndutz]

The enthusiasm of that med student… he just jumped up and ran 😂😂😭😭😭 thé unapproachable unit clerk …. The nurses …. I am finished ! 😂😂😭