Category: LOL Moments

I got this story from my roommate who works as a home health nurse. She has a patient who is… 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… Continue reading Please Be Gentle

Gentleman comes into the lab for a semen analysis collection. We showed him where to go and told him there… 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… 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… 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… Continue reading Is He Stroking?

I once had a nurse call and ask me why she was drawing a patient because the test code said… Continue reading Not Applicable

I had a Doctor call down looking to see if we had any methylene blue. When we asked why they… Continue reading Methylene Blue

I was doing inpatient phlebotomy at the time and went up to the cardiac step down unit. Basically, just people… Continue reading Hell No!

A patient needed to collect a stool specimen, so I handed out a stool kit along with some detailed instructions.… Continue reading Poop in Glove