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I cared for a little old gentleman with moderate dementia.He was in his 90's and still walking,mod assist for adl's and had frequent "accidents" He would come to the nurse's station to tell us he had "poopa in his doopa" whatever that meant.He was cute
Was he possibly Polish? Dupa in Polish means....butt, rear end, bottom. Actually it stands for a**, but you get the idea. :wink2:
Oooh, I've got a funny brief story! Or at least its funny to me! Had one of "those" husbands always coming to the ER with his wife and her migraines. Very demanding, arrogant, rude, even intimidating when the stay would start getting too long. Very manly man...tough guy...didn't take squat off of anyone but was always dishing it out and bullying everyone on staff.
Then one day it was his turn. Must not have been expecting a trip to ER for sutures, Td, and antibiotic shot when he got dressed that morning. And he must have forgotten he was wearing that pair of hot pink Hanes Her Way panties when he let me give the antibiotic shot in front of his coworker! God has a funny way of delivering justice....and I LOVE IT!
I had to smile at the sweet lady who, unfortunately, had dementia, and decided she would "just wash out a few things"--go back to her room a few minutes later to find her briefs soaking wet, hanging from the shower bar to dry. She had washed them out in the sink and hung them to dry. As y'all know, those things are filled with that gel that absorbs moisture and consequently end up weighing a ton! Bless her heart, she was doing the same thing she had done her whole life, she just didn't know the technology has changed!
thunderdan
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What is your funniest briefs story? My aunt is a nurse and I plan on entering the field next year. Once she said she was changing a patient but they just couldn't control themselves and kept going everytime she went to put on a new brief. She went through 4 until it was finally under control. :chuckle