As a Nurse what are some things that make you sick?

[Josh.P]

Hey all!

Just wondering what are some things that make you quezzy? ie body fluids, poop, ect? and as a nurse do you feel bad about it since its your job to deal with it? Just wondering if i should feel bad if i see something and say eeww ( not outloud of course)

Thanks for any comments

Josh.P

[Josh.P]

Have you ever had to disimpact someone?? It is so humiliating and painful for the individual!! Bring back the warm prune juice and cascara!

well i was pretty "clogged up" and was on the verge of going to the ER but wifey went and got me an enama that i gave myself. not fun or the best smelling! So i can imagine doing it to someone else. i'll just have to get in there and get'r done and think about it later!

[AngelfireRN, MSN, RN, APRN]

The crack when you pull a tooth, and the smell of a lower Gi bleed. I've been in the field almost 8 years, an NP for nearly one, and I will heave every single time.

Even my dentist knew to put headphones on me if I had to have an extraction.

[Josh.P]

Well that just sounds nasty! I do hope i can get on a good team that will be willing to work around any defencies i may have. i havent been around much gore, other than my own accidents (cuts, exploded finger, crushed fingers, ect) not a big fan of losing a lot of blood tend to get pretty woosy lol

[Josh.P]

Trachs/vents the sounds of suction or if the pt coughs and dislodges the trach with secretions. OMG!

Brushing/cleaning someones dentures. EEWW

Washing someones feet. Gross

Oh inserting an NG tube.

Dont mean to sounds dumb, but whats an NG tube?

[Josh.P]

wow, my grandma is gone, but i couldnt imagine doing CPR on her and feeling her ribs crack, that would be so sad!

[sharpeimom]

dentures:barf02: dentures:barf02: dentures:barf02:

:chair::chair::chair::chair::chair: :eek::eek:

kathy

shar pei mom:paw::paw:

[tripp3horn]

i can deal with the bm, and even vomit, but i dont like snot, and i dont like to feed a resident pureed food, and see it come out the sides of their mouth, it just looks like disgusting baby food, ugh!

Hahahaha!! The funniest reply so far!!:lol2:

[SaraO'Hara]

Emesis. Oh, a thousand times emesis.

[scoochy]

Hey all!

Just wondering what are some things that make you quezzy? ie body fluids, poop, ect? and as a nurse do you feel bad about it since its your job to deal with it? Just wondering if i should feel bad if i see something and say eeww ( not outloud of course)

Thanks for any comments

Josh.P

Hi Josh,

Thanks for sharing your experience with enemas. Perhaps you are not aware of what disimpaction is...it is the removal of feces from the rectum by use of one's digits (fingers). 1000x worse than an enema....ouch!!!

[idahostudent2011]

probally one of the worst things for me is when anesthesia starts suctioning the pt and starts pulling out crusty old loogies out of little old people who can't cough properly (they love to show the whole room this, ick)

Another thing is people that don't take care of their teeth, breaks a jaw in a fight, comes in for a jaw wiring, has many cavities and some nasty halitosis, with a thick layer of plaque that the oral surgeon scrapes off and says ew look at this...They always wonder why I gag when I work with them...:barf01::sofahider

[blaquediamondzRN]

Dont mean to sounds dumb, but whats an NG tube?

NG=nasogastric tube goes down the nose.

[AimeeJo RN]

Don't get me wrong, I take the same great care of all of my patients regardless of their diagnosis and social habits, and I know this thread was meant to be humorous. That being said I have to say that the most disgusting thing encountered at work is the damage done by drugs and alcohol. When the same patients are admitted several times for various illnesses and injuries related to intoxication and years of self-neglect. Infections from IVDA, hepatic encephalopathy. And the unfortunate families that hold vigil at their bedside time after time.