advice for selecting a nursing field to enter

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I am a male RN student and will be finished in another 15 months. I was wondering what fields of nursing, if any, I can pursue that will minimize fecal exposure? I have no problem with blood and guts, but I can barely contain myself from throwing up when I enter rooms with patients (most I have treated thus far were elderly) who have fecal incontinence. Any recommendations? I know some will say try another field all together, but was wondering if there are any fields of nursing that I might be able to handle better? I can't honestly see how anyone would want to be exposed to some of the environments I have been in thus far ever day of their lives, even if they do care.

Specializes in ER OR LTC Code Blue Trauma Dog.
He who finds the poop, cleans the poop.

It's been practised by every manager that I have ever worked under. How would you like yourself or parent or child to be left waiting in poop until the "patrol" arrived?:mad:

Well I am not one of those types of individuals who would leave a pt stranded in a sea of poop. Rather, I prefer to think of myself as a turd burgler.

You see, I am most vigilant in utilizing my nasal cavity receptor cells to monitor the ongoing contractual peraistalsis process involving my assigned patient load. :p

My Best,

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Specializes in Med Surg, ER, OR.

I don't know about you guys, but I LOVE POOP!!!!!! And, I am so disappointed when I can't play in it more and more!

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"Poop is funny" -Frank from Sunny

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For the last 5 years I worked in a hospital setting for a local Hospice provider. I have been to ALL the hospitals in San Diego County. And I've noticed that the tides are changing. There are some hospitals that are figuring out that the RN is MOST important when it comes to charting accurately, dispensing medications accurately, accurate order taking and assessing patients accurately. It seems that if an RN is busy cleaning poop some of these other responsibilities might suffer. I noticed that this particular hospital has RNs(that support the patient/MD), LVNs (that support the patient/RN), CNAs (that support the patient/LVN/RN), and Techs(that support CNA/LVN/RN/patien) This model works great in my eyes as the RN is there to guide the patient's care and to make sure all the needs are met.

Poop is rarely an RN's concern.

Guess where I want to work? LOL.

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