Stinky Butts!!

jnette, ASN, EMT-I · Apr 18, 2003

There are also these little "golfball looking things" that are sneaker deoderizers. Just stick them in your shoes overnight or in your extra pair in the locker. They really work !

ShelleyERgirl, LPN · Apr 18, 2003

:uhoh3: :uhoh3:

You guys crack my up! My first foley was on a um... hygienically challenged patient who was also, fun for me, on her period. Talk about smell! We couldn't use our exam room the rest of the day and this was in a busy ED.

LaVorneRN · Apr 18, 2003

It's SO weird but reading this.....I suddenly can't get a funky foot smell from my nose! Everytime I inhale...there it is!!! You ever have a pt. so funky you go home and the smell is lingering in the lining of your nostrils? You have to light an incense and let the smoke fill your nose! Okay, I've never done that BUT I HAVE wafted the aroma from a freshly lit blue"candle scents by glade" into my nostrils for 5-10 minutes. Depending of the strength of the funk.

renerian, BSN, RN · Apr 19, 2003

I can't say about the behinds but I know I have the most God awful smelly feet I have ever smelled. My family will agree with that LOL. Especially if I wear nylons.........PEWWWWUUUU

renerian

yougohelen · Apr 19, 2003

I am not saying Ok. has the "Stinkiest Butts" Its' just that here

lately,we seem to be having more than our share of them. I would

also like to say, I DO NOT mean those poor unfortunate pts. that

CANNOT properly care for themselves. I never bat an eye when

taking care of them. That may be me one of these days. But, hey

now, I'm talking DINGLE BERRIES on some of these healthy,

well dressed people. Thanks for all shaving cream tips!! Also, I

lived in Las Vegas for three years and all those waitresses told

me to ALWAYS have two pairs of shoes at work and change them

mid-way thru your shift. I tried it, and it works for me. It seems to

save my feet from hurting so much. Bless you all! Helen

Hardknox · Apr 21, 2003

Originally posted by RN2BeIn2005
this is actually a thread?

I see you are to be an RN in 2005. You'd better read the hints on this thread very carefully. They will help you in your RN duties. This will be your life.:chuckle

nrw350 · Apr 21, 2003

Originally posted by jeannet83
Not to gross you all out, but the stinky feet, smelling butts, intoxicated breath, fartatious smells I can handle. It's those extremely rare cases of folks who haven't taken off their shoes in AGES that they have maggots chewing on their feet. Now that will definitely turn my stomach!

Hope no one is munching on anything right now!!:)

Jeanne

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[passes ou on floor at the thought of that]

DAMN! How could anyone stand that?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

nrw350 · Apr 21, 2003

Originally posted by AlaskanRN
I wasn't aware of the shaving cream to the feet trick, but shaving cream works wonders to get dried feces off of stinky butts.

Especially in those situations where the pt has been setting/lying in it for a long time and it is nearly impossible to remove. A thick layer of shaving cream will make it easier on both you and the pt.

ya think it would also smooth or make less callous the skin on the bottom of the feet? LOL:roll

Honeysundun · Apr 21, 2003

Originally posted by yougohelen
O.K. I'm venting here. I am disgusted by people that do not
know how to properly clean thier behinds after a BM! :( I am
not talking about people with special needs or handicaps.
I do not understand why someone would go to a doctors office
or hospital and smell like "poop" What is up with that? Or is it
something I am making a big deal over? Anyway, I
can handle odors from illness or wounds. But, this bugs me!!
Thanks for listening!! Hugs to all!

Hi Everyone!! Ohhhhhh I sooooooo agree with this! Sometimes I think our titles should change to Licensed or certified butt wipers:D Ican understand a person who is over weight and has trouble with getting themselves clean. But the average Joe??? :shrugs: Sometimes I am tempted to teach them how to properly wipe their butt! lol

flashpoint · Apr 21, 2003

I agree that some people are unable to care for themselves or to clean themselves properly, but it is the ones who just don't that we are talking about. We have a patient who we see quite often and she just stinks all the time. She is a very large lady and I know it's hard for her to get ot all of her parts. When I have her as a patient, I'll use the lift and get her in the tub and let her soak all day. I change the water a few times and get out a bunch of wash cloths and q-tips and scrub every inch of her. Then we slather on a bottle of baby lotion and powder her bum and under her breasts and just wait for her to come in the next time. It frustrates me when we are swamped and I don't have time to do this for her, but there are a bunch of us who will stay late to do the bath for her! We also scrub her hair (delouse it sometimes) and deep condition it and comb it until it shines. It's sad that she cannot do all of this for herself.

As for the patients who just won't keep themselves clean, not much we can do about that. I carry a sample sized jar of Vicks Vapo-Rub in my pocket...people think I always have a cold. LOL.

One of our ER docs recommends warm tub soaks for just about every patient he sees. He even buys bottle of bubble bath on sale and gives them out to the patients who really need a bath. He'll order warm soaks for everything from back pain to headaches to nausea!

RadRN2 · Apr 21, 2003

What a nice person you are, cotjockey! And the bunch who will stay late to help you give her a bath, also!

Jvilleredhead · Apr 24, 2003

Shaving cream has been suggested to me by CNA's when I was doing clinicals for the peri area too....it really really gets rid of the smell.

Don't know what the "policy" is on putting shaving cream "down there" but man...like I said, it works on everything.