Category: LOL Moments

We had a nurse in Germany insist on getting results of a urine culture after one hour. After explaining that the culture has to incubate 24 hours at 37 degrees, she said can't you turn up the heat and make it grow faster?   She called back and was told it is still negative after an… Continue reading Turn Up The Heat

I got this story from my roommate who works as a home health nurse. She has a patient who is needy as can be. Each time she gave her a visit, she would have a long list of demands and “chores” for her to do. One day, an unfortunate turn of events happened and she… Continue reading Wrong End, Grandma

Had a nurse hand carry tubes down holding the bag with both hands and telling me to be very gentle with them. I laughed, and she said "You think I'm joking but the doctor specifically said to be gentle with the specimens because he didn't want them hemolyzed. The last tubes drawn had an elevated… Continue reading Please Be Gentle

I cut a very thin slice off of a rubber band and pricked my finger so that the Hemoccult card would show positive and smeared a bit of chocolate on it to look like poo. I ran to the doctor and said I think this patient has a worm in her positive hemocult card!! I… Continue reading Hemoccult Prank

Gentleman comes into the lab for a semen analysis collection. We showed him where to go and told him there was erotic material if he needed it. We said to bring his labeled specimen up back to the lab after he obtained it. Later, the red faced subject came back to the lab but the… Continue reading Ready…Aim…Open the %#@& Lid !!!

One of my fellow Phlebs was drawing a gentleman for a PSA. She got his name and DOB, and turned to get her supplies ready.  He asked what a PSA was, and she replied a blood test for his prostate. He proceeded to drop his drawers! She needed to tell him that we could use… Continue reading It’s a Blood Test!

Real phone calls that make the difference in pay hurt for real… RN: I have a gold top here and I’m concerned that it looks clotted. Me: Yes, that’s what a gold top does. RN: But it looks nothing like my green or lav top. Me: That’s good, because your green and lav should not… Continue reading It Looks Clotted

During my clinical rotation, I was sent to draw a 90+ yr old man. I came in the room and introduced myself. He said nothing. I noticed he was nodding his head and shaking a little. Thought maybe he couldn't talk, maybe stroke,idk. I verified his arm band, verbally explaining to the man what I… Continue reading Is He Stroking?

I had a Doctor call down looking to see if we had any methylene blue. When we asked why they needed it they said they were going to give it to the patient so that they could find where the leak was in their feeding tube. We were all like "ummm..... no, nothing in this… Continue reading Methylene Blue

I once had a nurse call and ask me why she was drawing a patient because the test code said “NA, not applicable.” I sat in silence for awhile to stifle my laughter and then informed her that she was drawing a sodium. Submitted by:Kristi SommerMedical Technologist/ScientistUSA