Area of nursing with the least amount of vomit?

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I know all areas of nursing have sick patients or patients who can get sick at any time. but what areas of nursing would you be in with the last amount of vomit?

Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.

Poor little reviled maggots; they're just doing their job like the rest of us.

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
Poor little reviled maggots; they're just doing their job like the rest of us.

They work very well on multiple drug resistant MRSA wound infections. Especially if noncompliant with treatment and tend to get drunk and sleep in the woods. Creepy and fascinating at the same time. Maggots did better than the big gun IV antibiotics for that fellow.

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Lmao! Ok mommy!! Would you like to spank me now of should I wait until after dinner? :D

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:rolleyes:

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I know you didn't mention a fear of vomit, but I'm assuming that's why you're asking this, so I will share my story:

I used to be very, very emetophobic. To the point where I would begin to shake if someone even said they were nauseous. If someone was actually vomiting, forget it. A completely hysterical panic would ensue; ironically enough, I would make myself ill by worrying about becoming ill.

I got over it to the point where I have willingly put myself in the line of vomit-fire and taken care of nauseous and vomiting people, even when I didn't have to. I'm great as long as I know its nothing contagious. And if it is, I can deal as long as I got my beloved PPE.

My point is, you can overcome this too. Honestly, being repeatedly exposed to it is what did it for me, and eventually I was able to control the panic. It might work for you too.

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Specializes in Mental Health, Gerontology, Palliative.

yea but they have to be specially bred for the purpose. Standard maggots will eat healthy as well as diseased tissue

They work very well on multiple drug resistant MRSA wound infections. Especially if noncompliant with treatment and tend to get drunk and sleep in the woods. Creepy and fascinating at the same time. Maggots did better than the big gun IV antibiotics for that fellow.
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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
yea but they have to be specially bred for the purpose. Standard maggots will eat healthy as well as diseased tissue

These were from nature in this case. No RX needed...same guy first person ever arrested for DUI on a bike in the area

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Dead people don't vomit.

Forget the vomiting...dead people don't talk back!!

Someone mentioned not working in NICU. My first thought was that baby vomit really isn't as bad as adult vomit. I've been hurled on countless times by babies and it never bothered me.

But parents (especially fresh post op ones) of babies vomit too! It has happened several times in the NICUs I have worked at.

I think you're really never in the clear if you work at a hospital.

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Specializes in NICU, Telephone Triage.

NICU has very small amounts of vomit compared to adults. Advice nursing would have no vomit unless the nurse next to you threw up!! lol

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Specializes in ICU.

Yeah but the thing is with some NICU vomit, you're getting what basically amounts to someone's breast milk all over you (because babies are really good at barfing ON people). And that's some real hard core yuck. I've also seen parents projectile vomiting in the unit for various reasons.

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Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.
Yeah but the thing is with some NICU vomit, you're getting what basically amounts to someone's breast milk all over you (because babies are really good at barfing ON people). And that's some real hard core yuck. I've also seen parents projectile vomiting in the unit for various reasons.

YIKES! :eek:

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