What Freaks You Out?

SmilingBluEyes · May 17, 2002

Wharton's jelly: the inner gelatinous connective tissue of the umbilical cord of the baby. It is TOUGH and is CHEWY when clamped and CUT ......feeling kinda gross when you cut the cord. Does that help????

petiteflower · May 17, 2002

Amen to the doctors. EEEEEEWWWW

Goofball · May 17, 2002

Originally posted by SmilingBluEyes
Wharton's jelly: the inner gelatinous connective tissue of the umbilical cord of the baby. It is TOUGH and is CHEWY when clamped and CUT ......feeling kinda gross when you cut the cord. Does that help????

Ok, sorry I asked. But wait...how did you know that it is CHEWY? Hey do any of you boomer nurses remember when it was the fad amongst the cultish 'earth people' types to have home births, and grind up the placenta and cook and eat it? Placenta burgers with Wharton Jelly secret sauce,

yum.

OBNURSEHEATHER · May 17, 2002

STOP IT!

Cord talk is soooooooo gross! The problem is, the father's NEVER cut the umbilical cord short enough. They leave 2 freakin feet hanging on there. Who trims it up? ME!

I'm seriously sick now

Heather

allnurses Guide · Jun 10, 2002

Originally posted by Cindy_A
OK, I am curious. What was that procedure for? Sounds awful!

Just to relieve the pressure from a massive sinus infection, she was hospitalized for IV antibiotics. The pressure was too much.

soon2bLPN · Jun 10, 2002

this stuff is really nasty, but the only thing that really bothers me is vomit. I cant stand the smell, to hear someone vomit, or see it actually happen. I will be right there beside them telling them to share the space.

SmilingBluEyes · Jun 10, 2002

geez, after cutting so many cords, i think nothing of it. to me, anything to do w/snot is much grosser by FAR. cord cutting? like cutting thru tough wires to me, nothin more.

OBNURSEHEATHER · Jun 10, 2002

Originally posted by SmilingBluEyes
geez, after cutting so many cords, i think nothing of it. to me, anything to do w/snot is much grosser by FAR. cord cutting? like cutting thru tough wires to me, nothin more.

I can't explain it, it just freaks me out! Now me, I live with 2 boys, so snot is nothin to me!

Heather

SmilingBluEyes · Jun 10, 2002

LOL heather...you make good sense. but adult snot grosses me out...i could NEVER be an RT. EVER

eak16 · Jun 10, 2002

I am a student nurse and work as a tech weekend days. I know you all have seen tons of post mortems, but this was my first one.

The night shift had been busy and no one had cleaned up a woman who died around 3am.

"just go bath her, do incontinence care, and close her nouth and eyes" the charge nurses said, as if it was that easy. The bed bath was the easy part, no dry heaving there. Heaving the stiff, cold legs apart for incontince care was not something I would wish on anybody, but I did it gently, with repect for the womans body.

But I could NOT get the mouth shut! I pushed and pulled, and started to lose it. I called a nurse in to help, who (of course) flipped it shut easily and then said "you need to shave that stubble off her chin" and left.

Shaving the gray , cold chin left me heaving at the sink.

I guess I need to toughen up.

skwirm · Jun 11, 2002

Not much freaks me out, but I did get quite squeemish when watching an orthopedic surgeon drill someone's bone marrow out of their femur during a hip replacement surgery. O U C H ! ! !

REDWOMANRN · Jun 11, 2002

Well, poop doesn't bother me, vomit, doesn't either. but sputum does!!!!

And as far as procedures...i will stand on my head for hours before i will assist with a cardioversion!!!! i do realizeit's importance, but, i cannot stand to be in the room!!!!! i will sit at the telemetry and watch!!!!!!! i know i am chicken!!!!!!