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No. 50
from JennieBSN
Old Mar 17, 2001, 06:08 PM

Oh, man. That is so sad!! Okay, gotta give the folks an 'upper.' One of our nurses had a total vag. hys., and chose to have a spinal for her surgery instead of general. She and the CRNA decided to write 'GOOD MORNING, DR. ----!!' in giant black marker across her inner thighs...I hear the look on the MD's face when they put her up in the stirrups was priceless. Hee hee!! On the PID thing...one of my buds had a similar experience in nursing school when she rotated thru the VD clinic. A chick came in c/o smelly green d/c x3 weeks. The NP stuck the speculum in, asked for a sponge stick, and pulled out a 3 week old TAMPON, which just flopped open like a gutted fish when she laid it on the table. AAAAAAAAAAAHHH!! And who HASN'T worked the GYN floor and had the patient who forgot about her IUD 15 years ago and it was imbedded into her uterus. YUCK! We've seen 2 of those.
Eeeep!!
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No. 51
Old Mar 17, 2001, 09:25 PM

I have seen so many grose things that little bothers me....EXCEPT.....EYEBALLS! They are so nasty. Last summer we had a pt that removed both of his eyes with his fingers and thank GOD I was off but I had at least five different phone calls from people at work telling me about it...including the EMT-P that picked him up and a security guard at work! Thanks Guys!!!! Everyone knows I hate eyeballs and they are always trying to trick me into looking at things in eyes...sticks, bottle rockets, finger nails! What great co workers I have!
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No. 52
from LisaPRN
Old Mar 17, 2001, 09:44 PM

Working as an ER nurse I've seen many things but I have to say 2 things make me leave the room. One is definately penetrating eye injuries, the other finding maggots in decub's. uuuugggggghhhhhh......
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No. 53
from rosemarie
Old Mar 17, 2001, 10:00 PM

This topic is great!!!! The two things that get me is suctioning and mouth care when there is a lot of gross tings in the mouth like dried ichy mucous, espicially in the mouth of patients with g/tubes. Also any wound that is draining. I took care of a lady that had an infected toe, the MD came in and lanced it, pus and sangrenous material spurted out all over the place, it was gross. I had to leave the room, I was starting to get queazy, the funny thing is I had a student nurse with me that day, she loved it!!!. The doctor asked if I was alright after the procedure. The funny thing is after it was drained and dressed, I was fine.
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No. 54
from LPN2RN
Old Mar 17, 2001, 10:05 PM

Eww, that maggots thing is GROSS! I've been in Nursing for about 10 years, most of that time on a pulmonary unit.

What can I not handle? Suctioning plugs of mucus from trachs - gives me the dry heaves -weird thing is the feeling of accomplishment I have when I help them clear it...

AND slimy, green, algae like C-Diff stool. YUCK!
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No. 55
from PINKYE1
Old Mar 17, 2001, 10:10 PM

This is too cute, I'm rolling around laughing. The thing that freaks me out most is the smell of burning flesh in the OR when they're cauterizing. That is seriously STIIINNNNNKKK!!! Yyuuuuuccccccccckkk!
Anyone else grossed out by this??
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No. 56
Old Mar 17, 2001, 10:30 PM

The dog slurping got to me also. I just called my sis, ex ER nurse, to please post some of her stories. She told me one about a patient coming in with a horrible smell, had dead leaves in vagina (an herbal thing), that is hilarious. She was also Elvis's nurse, but she won't talk about it. Talk about ethics!
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No. 57
from Kaliko69
Old Mar 17, 2001, 11:24 PM

OH my gosh. you guys are really freaking me out. hahaha
and I am a student nurse.

oh what I have to look forward to.

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No. 58
from opie
Old Mar 18, 2001, 11:19 AM

OK Nursejanedough, I forgot to tell you of two other things that gross me out. The smell of dead and infarcted intestines. UGHH! When the surgeon makes the abdominal incision, everyone has to put oil of wintergreen on their masks to keep from puking. Also, I have come close to losing it when drunks come into the ER and start vomiting, it STINKS.
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No. 59
from snappy
Old Mar 18, 2001, 11:28 AM

one thing that makes me want to vomit is toxic sock syndrome!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot stand stinky feet, and homeless people in the winter are the worst

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