People who don't look before flushing (#2)

Nurses General Nursing

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Specializes in ER.

I had a patient come in the other day with abdominal symptoms. I was asking the usual questions, including what did his BM look like.

I'm surprised how many people don't look before flushing! Did something go wrong in toilet training? Did their parent or guardian instill a shame or revulsion to poop?

And what does Sigmund Freud have to say about this subject?

Sincerely Curious,

Emergent

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Oh, I gotta look. How else do you know?

I have encountered this reaction as well. Incredulous stares. Trying to make ME feel strange for looking.

Psh.

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Specializes in CVICU CCRN.

I'm not tryin to take selfies with it or anything (yay, selfie stick!) but I typically take a gander. And yes, I've had several patients look at me like I was from planet poop fetish when I asked similar questions. Yet I'm supposed to take this response as totally normal:

When asking a gentleman if he wanted to stop at the sink to wash his hands after a visit to the porcelain convenience for a bm, he stared at me for a second and stated flatly, "I didn't go to college or nothin, but I did learn enough in life to know how not to get $&?! (Poop) on my hands, lady."

What a charmer. I forced a wad of hand sanitizer on him anyway. He was less than enchanted with my efforts.

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Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.

How else do you take a picture to send to your friends?

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How else do you take a picture to send to your friends?

"Duuuuuuuuude! Check this out!!!"

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Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.
"Duuuuuuuuude! Check this out!!!"

My techs and I were a competitive bunch

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Specializes in LTC, SNF, Rehab, Hospice.

Haha...I always look...not necessarily to look at my pee or poop, but to make sure I didn't leave a drop or something on the toilet seat!

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LOL I just asked my husband if he looks at his poop before he flushes. His answer was "Uh...noooo...who does that?" This was in addition to the horrified look he gave me LOL!! Shows me, I thought everyone looked at their poop :whistling:

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Who would have known?!?! I thought everyone looked at their poop before flushing.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Precepting, Education.

I bet that people are too embarrassed to admit that they check out their own poop, boogers, and sputum color! There needs to be a sequel to the book Everybody Poops titled Everybody Looks at Their Poop. This could clear up a lot of taboos!

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My ex boyfriend told me he watches it go down because he got embarrassed before when he accidentally left a floater.

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