Hospital Humor

[thefrogprincess]

The post about passing the time in the hospital made me think of some of the jokes I've played on the nurses. When my brother was in the hospital getting his g-tube we would smear vasaline on the door handle then page the nurse. It was funnier when your'e 10. My favorite though is if you know they are going to want a urine sample tell them you jsut went and ask them to leave the specimen cup. Then dump your apple juice in. When they come back to get it they almost say something like "It looks funny" so you say "Really? Let me see." Take it back and say "Better run it through again" and drink it! One nurse almost passed out at Children's in Seattle!!

 

[thelizardqueen]

Ohh...that sample one is good! I don't think I'd have the guts to do that. LOL. I dunno, I can't think of any jokes that I've pulled. I've only been in hospital a couple of times.

 

[HairGirl]

That's funny Jessi! if I have the guts to try it I will! I can't think of anything right now that I've done, just sayin' thanks for sharing!<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[CowTown]

The apple juice story is hilarious! I don't have the guts to actually freak someone out like that on purpose, too shy. I always enjoy witnessing them though!

 

[Emily65Roses]

Ry did something like that. Put orange juice of some kind in a urine cup and drank it. Haha. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

 

[Tess]

Well, it wasn't much of a joke but it sure happened......

I met a guy who's also a CFer at our Maritime's childrens hospital... We became good friends while in the hospital
together and on day we were playing in the linen closet...
yeah I dunno why .. there where same toys in there and
books mostly we were climbling around the linen cart...

Anyhow the nurses were apparently looking for us bad enough
that they had security out looking for us and they called our parents... One nurse had finally opened the door .. and we were there sitting on the floor playing with some toys that had been in there .... We were on the floor and being good we didn't see the big deal .......

 

[littledebbie]

You knows those little party popper things well when my RT was leaning in to listen to my lungs when he put the stethescope on me I opened my fist and popped it, he jumped about 2 feet clutching his chest...he was PISSED. Looking back it does seem a little mean but man I thought it was Fuuunnnyyy then.<br><br>I have also ambushed RT staff with water guns.<br><br>I used to draw bad caricatures of my RT's with dumb stuff about them (usually critizing fashion choices) written all over them and tape them to my door, the nurses thought it was hilarious and started adding stuff onto them.<br><br>You know how sometimes you really just want privacy and to be left alone for an hour or so well I discovered the only place I can get that in my hopsital is in the icky shower so I would take the longest showers ever. so in doing this one day I guess my nurse forgot where I was and went looking for me couldn't find me, called whoever had them scouring each floor for me so when I stepped out of the shower all clean refreshed and peaceful I heard my name being paged over the hospital intercom to return to my room. I thought it was funny.<br>i have found it is usually better to harass Rt's than your RN's as you rely on your RN's for more and you are stuck with them for 12hrs, RT's come and go quick <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">

 

[katyf13]

Two things:
1) The last few times Mike has been in the hospital they've given him a laptop with a webcam. Oh the things you can do with a webcam!! He's very particular about his things and the nurses know that, so he left it on when he was in the shower one time and a couple of nurses came in to move his stuff around and play a joke on him. He printed pictures of them looking all guilty and sneaky and posted them in the employee locker room.
2) Another source of amusement. When the nurses come in to check vitals and they ask the all-too-personal question "Did you have a bowel movement today?" Mike always asks "Did you?" and waits for an answer. The regular nurses are used to it, but the occasional perdiem nurses look mortified.

 

[JazzysMom]

I taped the receiver button down at the Nurses station & dialed the extension. So when the Nurse answered, the telephone kept ringing. I was laughing so hard because my room was close enough that I heard her saying....HELLO, HELLO not realizing the phone was still ringing!


P.S. I owe this idea to a fellow co worker from my last job. It worked great on someone at work so I thought it would with the Nurses. I would never do it when they were busy tho. I have some respec!