Here’s another one of my funny experiences drawing blood at our nursing home next door. For privacy purposes, I will… Continue reading Bad Timing
Category: LOL Moments
Urgent: Patient Needs to Smoke
I work in a microbiology lab. Currently we are swamped with covid testing. On the covid requisition, there is an… Continue reading Urgent: Patient Needs to Smoke
It Kept Clotting
We had a nurse who stuck her patient SIX times before calling a phlebotomist. The phlebobomist noticed the patient's veins… Continue reading It Kept Clotting
Screaming Prank
A middle-aged guy came in for blood work one day. He's the chatty type with some pretty good stories to… Continue reading Screaming Prank
The Mustard Prank
One time, I put mustard in a stool specimen container, went upstairs, and sent it down the tube system. It… Continue reading The Mustard Prank
Karma’s a Bitch
When I was a teenager, my first boyfriend dumped me for another girl. Broke my heart! 20 years later, I… Continue reading Karma’s a Bitch
Bad Sample
This is an SOS —send help! I work for a hospital—-and they hire nurses here. Called because I had some… Continue reading Bad Sample
Inseparable
Had a patient who was mean and rude, and I had to draw blood on her. She actually threaten to… Continue reading Inseparable
Clotted? That’s Impossible!
While working in hematology, I received a microtainer from our newborn nursery with orders to perform a CBC. As per… Continue reading Clotted? That’s Impossible!
Culture It Now!
It was the last month of my internship days and I was assigned in Microbiology department. I love it here.… Continue reading Culture It Now!