Yay!! I get the poop magnet award!! Who else is so fortunate?!

[RunninOnCoffee]

Yay!! So today after I sent my umpteenth patient out to the hospital via EMS I was told I am the surgery center's poop magnet. Apparently I have managed to send out more patients to the hospital in the last 2 months than the center has in years!! Yay me!! Today's gem had new onset A Flutter, hypotension, and lethargy before we even started anything.... :/ To the ER you go, do not pass go!! Who else has been so fortunate to get this award?!? I know y'all are out there :)

[Here.I.Stand, BSN, RN]

I was the "Afib fairy" when I worked in CVICU. I watched allll the numbers like a hawk, checked lytes as soon as I started seeing any increase in ectopy... but I had pts go into rapid a fib all. the. time. And of course their BP never tolerated it enough to just watch it either; we'd have to start drips and/or cardiovert.

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

I'm a feces magnet....so much that when my Dad was in the hospital my sisters jokingly said they wouldn't eat with me....for 3 days in a row...a guy near us choked, we when to a local restaurant and a guy coded and the third person had a seizure right next to my chair when he dropped. I went outside for fresh air....as I was walking in the "garden" area the security guard made this guy with a fancy sports car move...as he peeled out of the circular drive I though that guy's gonna kill someone...as he flipped his car over when he hit the curb. This was all in 2 weeks.

I'm a feces magnet.

[ponymom]

LOL, that's not exactly the scene in mind I had when I read the term "poop magnet" ... carry on y'all

[RainMom]

I seem to be a magnet for pts with domestic relationship issues the past few weeks: a spousal abuse case, pt with a stalker, & most recently a potential death threat to pt from an ex....

[NurseOnAMotorcycle, ASN, RN]

What a "poopy" couple of weeks, Esme!!

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

What a "poopy" couple of weeks, Esme!!

It was.....but Dad recovered after a valve replacement and all was well.

[meanmaryjean, DNP, RN]

You all may be poop magnets, but I claim the title of Poop Whisperer.

Got a kid who hasn't pooped in a week? Just pencil my name on the assignment sheet, let the clock pass 7:30 and .....well, you can just imagine! No mirilax/ milk of mag/ enema needed. Just assign 'em to me and the poop will arrive. And arrive. And arrive......

[ceebeejay]

You all may be poop magnets, but I claim the title of Poop Whisperer.

Got a kid who hasn't pooped in a week? Just pencil my name on the assignment sheet, let the clock pass 7:30 and .....well, you can just imagine! No mirilax/ milk of mag/ enema needed. Just assign 'em to me and the poop will arrive. And arrive. And arrive......

HAHAHAHAHA! I thought this only happened to me! It gets so the parents anticipate me coming because they know their worrying will be over.

[VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN]

I was once known as the Angel of Death at my LTC when nine residents on my unit died over the course of two months, most of them on my shift. I got to be rather paranoid about it after awhile. Thankfully it stopped when Spring arrived!

[Call me Al]

Here lately, I seem to be a crazy magnet. When I was in nursing school, I determined psych nursing was not for me, but it cannot be escaped. I work in hospice but the last few weeks I have had pts and family that have been off the charts in their paranoia, anxiety and even aggression. Maybe I am carrying a full moon in my back pocket. I think I rather deal with poop. :-)

[Morainey, BSN, RN]

We recently had a lady on our floor who hadn't pooped in 5 days. She was being discharged to the nursing home but of course we can't send her complaining that she is constipated. She got MOM, a Dulcolax suppository, and a Fleets. Oh boy, did she go. Nonstop. Lakes of loose stool. The ambulance crew came to pick her up for transport. The bedpan was so full I just chucked it in the garbage. It slopped out on the wall. Eeeeeuuuuugh.