Wiping Butt...

TrudyRN · Dec 30, 2006

I think she is smart to consider whether or not she will enjoy nursing, all aspects, including cleaning poop.

Personally, I knew it was time to get away from the bedside when I began gagging while de-pooping my patients.

I really admire and appreciate those of you who love Nursing, including butt wiping, and do it all in love and sincere desire to serve other people. God bless you.

TrudyRN · Dec 30, 2006

I got annoyed reading this question, because I've dealt with nurses who have this attitude. I've heard comments, "I graduated nursing school I don't have to deal with the s**t anymore", the best one yet, "I hate touching patients". If you don't like dealing with bodily fluids or touching people, nursing is not your calling.

not totally true, Roseynurse345; She can do plenty of Nursing, just not at the bedside.

TrudyRN · Dec 30, 2006

Some of our surgeons will even help clean up a pt. without even being asked.

Marie, surely you :jester: .

:rotfl: Your docs must be :saint: 's. :roll :chuckle :eek: :eek: :eek:

:uhoh21: Seriously, do they really clean up poop?

spookygirl · Dec 30, 2006

87.6%

i LOVE IT!! :rotfl: :roll :lol_hitti :lol2:

RNfromMN, BSN, RN · Dec 30, 2006

I think she is smart to consider whether or not she will enjoy nursing, all aspects, including cleaning poop.

:yeahthat: I agree...nursing is not for everybody. The way the question was worded might have been offensive to some, but really....this girl just want to know what she's getting into.

By the way...had I known how much of my time would have been spent wiping butts, I proabably never would have gone into nursing. Point being: I still know how much butt I'm goint to have to wipe, & I still love it!

lauralassie · Dec 30, 2006

if a pt. needs peri -anal care because they are sick and need my help, i am happy to do it for them. some day you will need peri-anal care, hope the nurse doesn't think your butt is a topic for discussion. the butts's that are truley painful for me are those of jacho, pres-gainy and a nurse manager that treats staff like warm bodies rather than prof. nurses. perhaps you should look at what nurses really do, we do care for critical patients, use critical thinking, care for patients when physicians are not around and go to length to improve our knowlege base and skills. wiping butts is a time that is very painful for most patients. they are ashamed, depressed that someone else needs to do this for them. most pt's have raised family, worked many productive years and were independant during their life. if you can't see the humanity aspect of "wiping butts' , i would say, go work at mcdonalds, we don't need you in nursing !:caduceus:

LydiaNN · Dec 30, 2006

It also all depends on what type of nursing you do. I wipe no butts, so for me the answer is 0%.

SarasotaRN2b · Dec 30, 2006

Well, when you think of just wiping butts, yeah it's not too inviting, but when you think of the personal care that you are giving to your patient that he/she can't, it means so much more. I think this became more of a reality to me when my mom was in the hospital for surgery due to both colon and ovarian cancer. There were times that she was incontinent and I know that it made her feel uncomfortable both physically and emotionally. It's very difficult for a normally independent person having to rely on someone to help with the most basic need, but it needs to be done. As a nurse, you need to take yourself out of the equation and realize that you are there to help the patient and make it easier for them, not easier for yourself.

Lovely RN · Dec 30, 2006

Providing peri-care to patients isn't that common on my unit as a nurse because we have 3 CNA's on the unit. However if the CNA's need help I have no problem with "wiping butts", feeding patients, etc.

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Dec 30, 2006

Marie, surely you .
:rotfl: Your docs must be 's. :roll :chuckle :eek:
:uhoh21: Seriously, do they really clean up poop?

We've had it happen when we go to move a heavy pt. over to the bed while the Dr. is writing up his post-op orders, and someone will say 'oh we have a code brown.' The doc tosses his pen down, goes out the door, gets wet washrags and towel and cleans while we're holding the pt. on their side.

And they are very respected, because they always pitch in where needed. I don't know what i like most about it, the fact that they DO it or the fact that they don't have to be asked to help.

muffie, RN · Dec 30, 2006

i don't "wipe butts"

i cleanse my pts

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Dec 30, 2006

Does anyone except me think that this question is a joke?

Well, no, because there really are people out there that really think once they become a nurse that they'll never have to do it, or my favorite line "that's not my job."