how can i keep from vomiting?

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i used to have the strongest stomach!! Really. I never gagged in school during clinicals and i cleaned up alot of body fluids!! however... now that i'm a GN and on the floor... I find myself gagging often. not at the smells, because i don't breath through my nose, but from the sound of someone vomiting or from looking at vomit or diarrhea. any tips on how to toughen up? i'm starting to not be able to eat lunch at work!

thanks in advance!!

Specializes in NICU, PICU, PCVICU and peds oncology.

Oh my dear, you truly are not alone. I can handle many gross and disgusting things, but I have a strong reaction to puke. One of the benefits of working mostly with very sedate and intubated patients is that they don't often do that!! When they do, I'm trying desperately to suppress or ignore my own retching the whole time. Just writing this is making my gorge rise! Just do the best you can, like all the rest of us.

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