Most ridiculous question asked by an intern

[christinejane19]

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Ok guys... i can totally relate to some of the ridiculous things nurses have called interns and residents about at 3 am... But as a current RN, and future MS1 in august.. i have a little rant...

today in the MICU, the respiratory therapist and i extubated a stable patient that i was taking care of... after primping him and making sure everything (O2 sat, breathing, etc) was legit, i leave the room...

as i leave, the intern walks into the room, looks at the patient for 10 seconds... then glances at the call bell about two feet away...she proceeds to walk out of the room and interupt me as im running into my other patient's room... who, mind you, is now bradying down to the 40's and is a full code.. she looks me in the eye and say "uh, we just extubated your guy, can you give him his call bell? thanx"


now theres someone i will remember NEVER to emulate when im an intern...

 

[gwen]

in the middle of a code...
pt flat-lines...
RN says "we're in asystole"...
intern asks "what's asystole?"

 

[tigershark]

in the middle of a code...
pt flat-lines...
RN says "we're in asystole"...
intern asks "what's asystole?"

The nurse probably mispronounced it.

 

[deleted59964]

another from ICU

patient 10 days post multi-trauma, multiple # all fixed, multiple organs all failing. ventilator, nitric oxide, swan, inotropes, haemofilter all insitu.

Ortho resident walks up to bedside : so is he still on the ventilator?
Me : uhm ... yes

Ortho resident : so will he be on the ward tomorrow ?
Me : WTF ?

 

[cdclled]

So we were stiching up some gun shot wounds in this one guy, and this intern walked in and we said he had bullet wounds to the abdomen and the intern was like "What is an abdomen?"
Hahahaha, lolololol...ROFL!!! It was hilarious, interns are teh dumb.

 

[DrNick2006]

Thats the best stuff that can be said about interns? I'm sure we do funnier stuff than that.

 

[drPLUM]

So we were stiching up some gun shot wounds in this one guy, and this intern walked in and we said he had bullet wounds to the abdomen and the intern was like "What is an abdomen?"
Hahahaha, lolololol...ROFL!!! It was hilarious, interns are teh dumb.

I was repairing this this guys body and the intern walks in and is like "What is a body?" Man that guy was crazy dumb.

😕

 

[APACHE3]

Originally Posted by cdclled
So we were stiching up some gun shot wounds in this one guy, and this intern walked in and we said he had bullet wounds to the abdomen and the intern was like "What is an abdomen?"
Hahahaha, lolololol...ROFL!!! It was hilarious, interns are teh dumb.

Dude, you're outa your league...isn't there a code brown you should be doing? 😀

 

[mmmmdonuts]

once an intern asked if we should ever pay attention to what a nurse said. we all had a good laugh at that one and he turned pretty red and didnt really say much for the rest of the month. at least he learned.

 

[phllystyl]

I am positive that interns do some stupid, funny stuff, and Im sure I will in a few months as well.

But so far this thread has been seriously lacking teh funnay.

Bring it or go home. for serios.

 

[Mumpu]

An intern (early in the year) is a med student with a long coat and a drug license. The only reason the quotes would be more "stupid" is because of the interns' higher authority and responsibility which therefore makes them an easier target.

 

[gwen]

the fact that these aren't funny may mean that doctors aren't nearly as stupid as nurses. oooooooooooh, can't wait to hear from that "doctor woctor" nurse.

honestly, if interns really did something that stupid, they'd be kicked out of the program...there'd be a lawsuit. if nurses did something stupid, it would just end up on SDN. that's the difference...

 

[Plastikos]

This whole thing is stupid, but reminds me of this:

Whats the difference between an intern and a pile of sh1t?

-People go out of their way to not step on a pile of sh1t.

 

[Blade28]

This whole thing is stupid, but reminds me of this:

Whats the difference between an intern and a pile of sh1t?

-People go out of their way to not step on a pile of sh1t.

So true. Thankfully, only 3 more months!

 

[radonc]

This whole thing is stupid, but reminds me of this:

Whats the difference between an intern and a pile of sh1t?

-People go out of their way to not step on a pile of sh1t.

thats hilarious.

 

[APACHE3]

This whole thing is stupid, but reminds me of this:

Whats the difference between an intern and a pile of sh1t?

-People go out of their way to not step on a pile of sh1t.

awesome! finally a funny one!

 

[Amy]

So true. Thankfully, only 3 more months!

Hey Blade, what are you doing next year? Did you find a 2nd year spot?

 

[Gut Shot]

Intern to M4: "Would you like to watch me remove Mrs. Fluffernutter's staples or would you rather go home?"

 

[Apollyon]

Not an intern, but PGY-2 in surgery - guy from South America, pretty smart, but does NOT set the world on fire.

Patient comes in exsanguinated - has had breast cancer, and has open wound on right side chest - good wound care, is scheduled for plastic sx to flap it next week. Pt probably eroded through internal mammary. So, we're coding this lady - she's so dry, can't even get a femoral line in - the attending puts a subclavian in the left side. Our plastics housestaff are fellows, and, with one exception, all are PGY-7 or better - this specific guy who came is a PGY-9 - very squared away. He offered general surgery advice, and we worked this lady for a while (about 40 minutes), then called it. Although having been paged at the onset, this is when the PGY-2 shows up. Everyone has cleared the room, and there are only 2 nurses left, who are cleaning up a few things, I'm standing away from the body, and there is an ET tube in the patient without a BVM attached. The patient looks like anatomy lab.

The PGY-2 walks in and says, "Is she dead?" And one of the nurses says, "No, she's dancing a jig!"

 

[chic]

So we were stiching up some gun shot wounds in this one guy, and this intern walked in and we said he had bullet wounds to the abdomen and the intern was like "What is an abdomen?"
Hahahaha, lolololol...ROFL!!! It was hilarious, interns are teh dumb.

ok...sounds funny except that if the word "abdomen" was pronounced correctly so that the intern understood the word to mean "abdomen", i don't believe the story. there isn't one intern in a residency program anywhere in the united states that has passed steps 1 and 2 that does not know what an abdomen is. period. you may as well have said that the intern asked "what is a doctor?"...or..."what is a spoon?". i'm sure the problem is simply miscommunication between the nurse and the intern, not ignorance on the part of the intern. the intern was probably questioning the nurse's pronunciation of the word.

 

[pseudoknot]

ok...sounds funny except that if the word "abdomen" was pronounced correctly so that the intern understood the word to mean "abdomen", i don't believe the story. there isn't one intern in a residency program anywhere in the united states that has passed steps 1 and 2 that does not know what an abdomen is. period. you may as well have said that the intern asked "what is a doctor?"...or..."what is a spoon?". i'm sure the problem is simply miscommunication between the nurse and the intern, not ignorance on the part of the intern. the intern was probably questioning the nurse's pronunciation of the word.

I'm pretty sure that post was a joke, intended to make fun of this whole thread.

 

[Blade28]

Hey Blade, what are you doing next year? Did you find a 2nd year spot?

Staying here next year, then...not sure. 🙂

 

[RonaldColeman]

Well, as a 4th year, I always find the "Should I let you out now?" question kind of ridiculous. As if I'm really gonna say no!

 

[punjabiMD]

This whole thing is stupid, but reminds me of this:

Whats the difference between an intern and a pile of sh1t?

-People go out of their way to not step on a pile of sh1t.

HAHAH... I love it.