My last placement in my second year was a ward for children with disabilities, which was brilliant. I can't think of any funny stories about this ward, but I do remember one of my friends who was working on female surgical, charging a redivac bottle. This was one of the old-fashioned glass bottles, which had rubber 'ears' that stood up when it was charged. My friend put the oxygen tubing into the bottle instead of the suction.... Apparently it took ages to clean up all the shattered glass! At least it was an empty bottle!
I also remember smuggling a hamster into the nurses' home. We weren't allowed pets, but somehow I managed to keep her and hid her away from the cleaner. Another student nurse decide she would buy a hamster too and we put them together in the cage to keep each other company, but neither of us realised that the other one was male. It was more difficult to hide 6 hamsters!
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