What grossed you out the most in nursing school?

[WhatToDo]

I'm starting nursing school in June and I'm curious what grossed you out or surprised you the most the first time you did it. For example, I imagine that it will be hard for me to put in a catheter for the first time due to a horrible childhood experience with it.

I also did some job shadowing with a nurse practitioner in a teen health clinic earlier this year and was surprised at how embarrassed I felt over seeing people's genitals. It's not like I haven't seen it all before, just not a stranger's or up so close and personal wit touching. I almost felt like a peeping tom (I think it would have been better if the NP had asked the patients permission for me to observe of if I actually had something to do).

[AussieKylie]

I cant stand sputum, vomit, mouth breathers, coughers that bring up their lungs and those who dont cover their mouth. It is so sick and it makes me sick. It did happen actually, this man breathed on me and coughed too. After placement I got for the first time Pharyngitis. I was so ill

I can tolerate the poopies and wees (as long as I dont get it on me) errr

[ImaERtraumaRN]

I have two experiences:

In my first clinical ever my clinical partner and I were required to do a newly ordered drsg change on a diabetic man who was on the intermediate cardiac unit. I get my supplies out of the clean utility - I was so proud of myself, I had everything I needed! I get in there, he had on the non-skid footies so I begin to pull off the footie sock. I am trying to be careful and as I slide the sock off I start to see this horrendous wound. My partner is turning green and when I look closely to see what she is staring at I see it - his great toe was still in the sock!!!!!!! It was so necrotic it came right off with the sock!!! OMG! My partner sort of slid down the wall - and I went to get my instructor. As it turned out - they knew that it was a matter of time till this happened - the guy never even flinched when he saw it. Talk about nasty!!!

The second was a huge fistula - about the size of a grapefruit in this woman's belly - draining watery, fatty green stool into a colostomy bag. This was not a colostomy. You could see straight into her abdomen. While turning the patient the bag came off the fistula and stool went everywhere. On the Kin-aire bed, the wall, the floor...and the smell! OMG, I had to hold my breath and then retreat for a moment to the bathroom to breathe a minute before finishing the cleanup!

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[elizabells, BSN, RN]

I have two experiences:

In my first clinical ever my clinical partner and I were required to do a newly ordered drsg change on a diabetic man who was on the intermediate cardiac unit. I get my supplies out of the clean utility - I was so proud of myself, I had everything I needed! I get in there, he had on the non-skid footies so I begin to pull off the footie sock. I am trying to be careful and as I slide the sock off I start to see this horrendous wound. My partner is turning green and when I look closely to see what she is staring at I see it - his great toe was still in the sock!!!!!!! It was so necrotic it came right off with the sock!!! OMG! My partner sort of slid down the wall - and I went to get my instructor. As it turned out - they knew that it was a matter of time till this happened - the guy never even flinched when he saw it. Talk about nasty!!!

The second was a huge fistula - about the size of a grapefruit in this woman's belly - draining watery, fatty green stool into a colostomy bag. This was not a colostomy. You could see straight into her abdomen. While turning the patient the bag came off the fistula and stool went everywhere. On the Kin-aire bed, the wall, the floor...and the smell! OMG, I had to hold my breath and then retreat for a moment to the bathroom to breathe a minute before finishing the cleanup!

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All I can say is thank the lord I'm going direct-entry and only have to do ten total med-surg shifts ever in my whole life! Blechhhhh.

[goodknight]

Burns are really the only thing that gets me. But gosh, if I see a bad burn you can count me out. Literally.

[Ginyer]

One word...impaction.

[Guest70758]

I can stand the sight/feel of just about anything. But smells get to me. The first time I had to clean up after a C diff patient, I almost lost it. Bedpans are worthless!

[shape0fmyheart]

I can't stand vomit, or the smell that comes from trachs. I also hate the sound of suctioning sputum...

[tamar2007]

All I can say is thank the lord I'm going direct-entry and only have to do ten total med-surg shifts ever in my whole life! Blechhhhh.

And also - what are 'loogies' :imbar ? I might be the only one on earth that doesn't know.....but then I didn't start clinicals yet, so please tell me what those 2 things are.