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Old Feb 24, 2008, 05:12 PM
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Re: What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

I was feeding an elderly man and when he finished I left the empty bowl in front of him as I was told to go check on another elderly patient and the care givers would pick up the plates. As I was in the next room I heard a vomiting sound so I went back into check on the elderly man.

He had vomited his dinner back into the empty bowl and was now eating his vomit with his fingers.

My friends all dry wretched when I told them that!! I have a strong consititution!

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Old Feb 24, 2008, 05:22 PM
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Re: What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

Ewwwww!! Yuck>>yuck>>yuck!!!!

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Old Feb 24, 2008, 09:21 PM
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Re: What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

Originally Posted by Dayray View Post
I was a new CNA in the nursing home and feeling very proud of my first step in my chosen career.

A nice littel old man in a wheel chair waved at one of my co-workers (a pretty littel 18 year-old, fresh out of high school sugar and spice type of girl). He said "honey come over here please" as she bent down to talk to him. He moved the blanket covering his legs and SPLAT! he ejaculated right in her face and mouth. I never saw her again and thus my nursing career beagn...........
are you serious you gotta be pulling my leg...lol

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Old Feb 26, 2008, 03:36 AM
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Re: What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

Originally Posted by Shenanigans View Post
I was feeding an elderly man and when he finished I left the empty bowl in front of him as I was told to go check on another elderly patient and the care givers would pick up the plates. As I was in the next room I heard a vomiting sound so I went back into check on the elderly man.

He had vomited his dinner back into the empty bowl and was now eating his vomit with his fingers.

My friends all dry wretched when I told them that!! I have a strong consititution!
Working in a paediatric ward, I saw something almost as bad. Had a 3yo child with asthma, and having regular nebulized ventolin. While on the nebuliser I nipped next room to see to another child. On my return I noted that the 3yo had vomited, and the vomit had collected in the nebuliser bowl....

YEP!!!! The child was inhalng NEBULISED VOMIT, with mum WATCHING and doing nothing.

EEEeeeeeewwwwww.

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Old Feb 27, 2008, 03:22 PM
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Re: What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

Originally Posted by Jessiedog View Post
Working in a paediatric ward, I saw something almost as bad. Had a 3yo child with asthma, and having regular nebulized ventolin. While on the nebuliser I nipped next room to see to another child. On my return I noted that the 3yo had vomited, and the vomit had collected in the nebuliser bowl....

YEP!!!! The child was inhalng NEBULISED VOMIT, with mum WATCHING and doing nothing.

EEEeeeeeewwwwww.
It's a wonder the 3 yo didn't get aspiration pneumonia.

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Old Feb 27, 2008, 03:25 PM
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Re: What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

Originally Posted by danissa View Post
Ok, I know that sounds gross to you and I, who are not in our 80's, but for the two eighty year old ADULTS, with the desire to go for it! WOW! Why would you interfere and tell them they couldn't "finish"?? They are not minors, they are elderly adults, and unless one of the pair was not of sound judgement, entering into the act willingly, then is it right to stop two adults getting it together, just cause we think they are past it? Sounds like an invasion of their privcy and the human right of choice, (adult choice that is!). JMHO! What an embarrasment for them, to be caught and chastised like two teenagers......

When I'M 80 something...hope I have the energy to do the same!!!
I was working in an alzheimers unit while in nursing school, and I heard the nurses question how to document an elderly man who they caught having sex with an elderly woman. Apparently (accordinh to them) they thought they were husband and wife.

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Old Feb 29, 2008, 11:29 PM
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Re: What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

Originally Posted by Mrs.A View Post
Gross, yucky , nursing story. Ok, one evening I had to cover a locked behavior unit. There was a geri pt. with dementia, hx. of violent episodes. He had done some serious damage so I kind of kept track of where and what he was was doing. I see him standing just outside the door of the recreation room. I walked over to see what he was doing and he flashed me a big smile. He had been eating his feces and his teeth were absolutely covered. I could feel my stomach turn as I tried to direct him to his room calmly. Then he reached out his hand towards someone in the rec room. I looked he had been passing his feces out to other patients and about 4 or 5 of them were having dessert with him. All that kept going through my head was "OMG, they are passing it around like a box of Russell Stovers" . It really did look like they were offering each other fine chocolate.Revolted, nauseated I don't think there is a word to describe what I felt. I called for an aide and it was the one time I pulled rank. I said they need to be cleaned , and left on my hour lunch. I felt awful not helping but, there was no way I could do it. For a whole week, I'd get that "like a box of chocolate" thought in my mind and there went eating for the day. Even now , my husband was watching me on computer and said what are you writing, your face is all screwed up. LOL after all these years retelling the story makes me cringe.
Of all these stories this is the only one I couldn't finish reading. I was dry heaving. I might have lost my lunch over that one if I had witnessed it first hand. That story is just so wrong and disturbing.

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Old Mar 10, 2008, 07:09 PM
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I was doing a pelvic on a woman c/o vaginal irritation x 2mos. Let's just say it was... um, "not so fresh". But where else can you put your face when doing a pelvic? I did my best not to inhale.

When I opened the speculum all I could see was yellow discharge all over everything. As I watched it started filling up the speculum -literally rushing toward me in a river of milky yellow - AHHH! I did a swab real quick and got the speculum out, but it was dripping with her discharge. The smell was like musty unwashed underwear.

(This whole time I'm making small talk with the patient like nothing is wrong)

I went for the trashcan but before I could get it in a big glop of discharge fell on my shoe and sock. I didn't want to freak in front of the patient so I got her out of the stirrups, praying she wouldn't notice, smiling before I ran outta there like nothing.

Turned out it was trich - I could see them swimming on the slide (ewww!). Had to wear the sock for the rest of the day. Scrubbed the shoe, but it still had that musty discharge smell. For the rest of the day I was so paranoid other people could smell it (I sure could). I swear it's not me!

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Old Mar 11, 2008, 01:24 PM
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Re: What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

The one about the pelvic exam was the one that made me say Eeeeww


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Old Mar 11, 2008, 02:32 PM
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Viva RN,

That was a great entry. Since I was an office Ob/Gyn nurse for a loooong time i can really appreciate and relate to that one. Yikes!

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