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Oct 23, 2009 03:09 PM

Gagging during the breif change... Help!


I am currently taking my CNA certification course and we have been to the nursing home 3 times so far. I'm getting worried though because everytime we change the brief and there is a #2 in it. I begin gagging from both the smell and the appearance. I really want to be a nurse some day but am worried I won't be able to get over this. Blood, guts and goo don't bother me but the brief def. does. I tried to breath through my mouth rather then my nose but that hasn't helped. Please help me get over this!

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from LovebugLPN
Old Oct 23, 2009, 03:36 PM

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If it is the smell you could try rubbing vapor rub under your nose. It will get better though and nobody ever really looks forward to the sight of poop.
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from topher-67
Old Oct 24, 2009, 12:01 AM

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Try strong breath mints or peppermints in your mouth. We have a small spray bottle of deoderizer that we carry around in our pockets that helps.
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from VivaLasViejas
Old Oct 24, 2009, 12:03 AM

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I used to barf whenever I merely heard someone else do it. And my son, a new CNA himself, used to retch miserably just picking up the dog's little tootsie-roll doots in the hall. Now, a mere three months after taking the training course, he works with residents who have C. diff, and GI bleeds, and infected draining wounds, and can hardly even muster up a gag anymore. If we can get over it, so can you.
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from sonomala
Old Oct 24, 2009, 11:08 AM

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I agree with the other suggestions. You'll get over it and one day you'll find yourself on a break with your uniform covered in bits of stuff and you'll be eating without thinking about it all. Of course thats also a sad day for some people
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from mimib
Old Oct 24, 2009, 12:15 PM

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Rub one of those alchohol wipes under your nose to help with the smell. The sight thing just gets easier with time. Good Luck
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from dscrn
Old Oct 24, 2009, 02:03 PM

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A friend who worked as a cna used to spray a bit of her cologne on her shoulders, everyday before going to work,,,that way she could whiff her shoulder, if doing something smelly...
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from nspector
Old Oct 24, 2009, 06:54 PM

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I use to be the same way, but I have been working as a CNA for 45 days now and I am use to it already, it hardly bothers me at all anymore. I chew juicy fruit gum sometimes.
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from b18c1
Old Oct 24, 2009, 07:30 PM

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1. get used to it
2. use the deodorizer spray
3. wear a mask
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from ~LingLing~
Old Oct 25, 2009, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by b18c1 View Post
1. get used to it
2. use the deodorizer spray
3. wear a mask
I thought we cannot wear a mask because of dignity...that's what I learned in CNA class.
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