I hope this post doesn't offend anyone, it's an account of something that happened recently that I found really inappropriate. I'm so disgusted.
A patient who had a foley kept yelling that his "dinky" hurt. The nurse taking care of him said she hated the word "dinky" and was trying to teach him to say "wang" instead.
Can someone please tell me that I'm overreacting. This is really bothering me because I think it's completely unprofessional.
Comments such as these lead me to believe you are being "catty", they are personal opinions and distract from the real issue. If your concern was the pain that was not addressed then why bring up incidental trivial tidbits of information?
If you had concerns about whether the pain was being addressed then why did you not follow up with those concerns? Do not tell me you feel the other nurse was being unprofessional because she overlooked the issue, when, in fact, you did the same thing.
Actually, the entire situation was an issue.
In my unit, we have 1:1 ratio, I had a CRRT patient. Not only was my patient too critical for me to leave him, but it is actually against policy for me to leave my patient. Also, I do not have the authority to assume the care of another nurses patient. Therefore, I pointed out the issue to the Charge RN, and on my break, checked on the other patient. What have your experiences been in the ICU?
But I really don't need to dignify your post with a response. You are grossly negative with trollish behavior. When you have concrete experiences to contribute, instead of accusations and assumptions, let me know. Only then.
Specializes in Telemetry, ICU, Resource Pool, Dialysis.
But I really don't need to dignify your post with a response. You are grossly negative with trollish behavior. When you have concrete experiences to contribute, instead of accusations and assumptions, let me know. Only then.
I hope this post doesn't offend anyone, it's an account of something that happened recently that I found really inappropriate. I'm so disgusted.
A patient who had a foley kept yelling that his "dinky" hurt. The nurse taking care of him said she hated the word "dinky" and was trying to teach him to say "wang" instead.
Can someone please tell me that I'm overreacting. This is really bothering me because I think it's completely unprofessional.
Thanks for letting me vent.
I think it was shakespeare who said " a rose by any other name would smell as sweet " what makes me angry is the lengths some nurses will go to when they are attempting to avoid issues or situations that they dont wish to attend to i agree with all the other posters who state that the pain was the main issue and that it should have been addressed no matter what
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
i hope this post doesn't offnd anyone, it's an account of something that happened recently that i found really inappropriate. i'm so disgusted.
a patient who had a foley kept yelling that his "dinky" hurt. the nurse taking care of him said she hated the word "dinky" and was trying to teach him to say "wang" instead.
i've found that in my family it is the guys who can't say "member" . .they call it a "tallywacker" or "who who" . . . i've always called it a "member" but my boys and husband just can't do it.
on the way home from my son's preschool ice cream social last night, my almost 4 year old piped up from the back seat . . "mom, how come you don't have a who who?".
we've had this discussion with him many times about the difference between boys and girls . . i say "member" and dad says "who who".
i'm afraid i'm outnumbered. :)
but truly, it isn't that big a deal to have a nickname for your private parts . . . just don't try to correct a patient from using one slang word with, in my opinion, a worse one.
i think you need to tell this nurse friend of yours that most of us find "wang" offensive . . . . :)
Thank you for a great thread and a very excellent subject regarding the terminology for the male organ of reproduction and urination.
I think patients should be able to use whatever word they prefer, and nurses should not be condescending to them. A man's member is usually his very dearest lifelong friend, and he should be able to call it whatever he darned well pleases!
I hope this post doesn't offend anyone, it's an account of something that happened recently that I found really inappropriate. I'm so disgusted.
A patient who had a foley kept yelling that his "dinky" hurt. The nurse taking care of him said she hated the word "dinky" and was trying to teach him to say "wang" instead.
Can someone please tell me that I'm overreacting. This is really bothering me because I think it's completely unprofessional.
Thanks for letting me vent.
IMHPO....The patient calling his member a "dinky" was appropriate enough for him, so no issue should have been made of it.
As a nurse, I would have said to the patient "Point to where your pain is" just to ensure his "dinky" was in fact his "member" so I could document where his pain was appropriately. One should NOT assume a patient meant one thing when he/she may mean something totally different. His "dinky" could have been his scrotum, the head of his member, his bladder, his "whatever".
As a travel nurse, I had patients of many cultures and backgrounds that used words that I'd never heard in describing certain body parts or body excrements. It wasn't my place to "correct them" just because I was taught to use more appropriate language.
The real issue at hand was finding out exactly where the pain was, how strong his pain was, and what could be done in addition to medicating him with his pain meds to relieve his pain.
IMHPO....The patient calling his member a "dinky" was appropriate enough for him, so no issue should have been made of it.
As a nurse, I would have said to the patient "Point to where your pain is" just to ensure his "dinky" was in fact his "member" so I could document where his pain was appropriately. One should NOT assume a patient meant one thing when he/she may mean something totally different. His "dinky" could have been his scrotum, the head of his member, his bladder, his "whatever".
As a travel nurse, I had patients of many cultures and backgrounds that used words that I'd never heard in describing certain body parts or body excrements. It wasn't my place to "correct them" just because I was taught to use more appropriate language.
The real issue at hand was finding out exactly where the pain was, how strong his pain was, and what could be done in addition to medicating him with his pain meds to relieve his pain.
Cheerfuldoer,
I think that was markjrn's entire point. That the nurse for the patient wasted time getting the patient to call his member a disgusting slang word and ignored his pain.
Comments such as these lead me to believe you are being "catty", they are personal opinions and distract from the real issue. If your concern was the pain that was not addressed then why bring up incidental trivial tidbits of information?
If you had concerns about whether the pain was being addressed then why did you not follow up with those concerns? Do not tell me you feel the other nurse was being unprofessional because she overlooked the issue, when, in fact, you did the same thing.
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