Bedpan? Why not a Poise pad?

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I work on a med/surge unit and all day long, men can lay in perfect comfort to urinate in a convenient urinal. But WOMEN with horrible injuries have to be rolled to the side in extreme pain then have to sit on a bedpan and basically pee all over themselves anyway. We even put paper chucks on TOP of the bed pans because the bedpan just sticks to their skin and we cant get it out especially with heavy women. For a women to pee, we easily will use 2 full chucks and if a drop of urine makes it way on to the sheets, we have to do a bed change too.

Please tell me why we just dont hand them a Poise pad or even a toddler's pampers diaper to urinate easily, cleanly and comfortably? I have used both in emergency situations and they work AMAZING!!! Why O why are we still using bedpans for women?!?!?!

You asked the initial question in a manner which is offensive to many patient advocates.

If you cannot tolerate a bit of push back on your initial post then we are quite alright with you looking "someplace else" for your answers.

I find it unfortunate that your OCD about cleanliness would cause you to think that it might be better to simply encourage your patients to be incontinent when there are other options. I would rather that your OCD was centered around maintaining dignity for your female patients IF it has to be expressed in the workplace at all.

I honestly do not see anything offensive. Funny how we just had a thread about how people can interpret things so differently on the internet.

A bedpan, to me, is horrible and undignified. And you still get wet or can still get feces on your peri-area.

If the goal is no mess, then we are in a heap of trouble if the patient cannot get out of bed.

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I wish people in health care would stop calling ADULT briefs diapers, baby diapers, toddler diapers,

I was taught in CNA class to call them briefs or depends. Never diapers

I definitely agree with this. Don't call them diapers. That is humiliating to the patient.

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Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.
I wish people in health care would stop calling ADULT briefs diapers, baby diapers, toddler diapers,

I was taught in CNA class to call them briefs or depends. Never diapers

Have posted this before, but I call them "just-in-case" pants. It goes over well with the 80-90 year old group."I know you don't NEED them, but they are for just-in-case."

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Specializes in Oncology.
I wish people in health care would stop calling ADULT briefs diapers, baby diapers, toddler diapers,

I was taught in CNA class to call them briefs or depends. Never diapers

I try calling them briefs with patients and people have no idea what I'm talking about.

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Specializes in MICU, SICU, CICU.

The bottom line is that we are looking for solutions to helping immobile and continent female trauma patients and post cath pts urinate while minimizing spills and the related embarrassment.

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Specializes in MICU, SICU, CICU.

If NOADLS shows up...I win the internet for today.

wait for it....

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If NOADLS shows up...I win the internet for today.

wait for it....

NOADLS won't know the answer as NOADLS doesn't do bedpans.

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Specializes in hospice.
along those lines - nothing is crueler than an 80 mg dose of lasix at 2200 in an 85 year old woman with limited mobility and no foley

You're giving me flashbacks to the horrible tele unit I used to work on.....

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Specializes in Oncology.
You're giving me flashbacks to the horrible tele unit I used to work on.....

Bonus points if they got Ambien at 2100 and then the Lasix at 2200. And then management asks why fall rates are high.

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The urine needs to be wicked away from the area A pad is NOT "clean".

You're on the right track though... a female urinal could work.

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The urine needs to be wicked away from the area A pad is NOT "clean".

You're on the right track though... a female urinal could work.

Would you have to wedge it in there like a fracture pan?

I could not use a bed pan. I just held it. Finally the nurse got me up and walked me to the bathroom. That was a C section, so no biggie.

As a nurse, I've always hated bedpans, but I know patients don't like to "wet the bed" on a pad or a diaper either.

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That would be sweet! :)

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