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.
OK, let me put it in simple terms. Address the pain, it does not matter if it is not your patient, if you are in the ICU or the lobby, if you have 20 years experience, or anything else. If you are so preoccupied with the terminology of the male genitalia that you cannot put patient care first then you are either 1)immature 2) a pervert or 3)both. If, after ensuring that the patients needs are being addressed you have issues with the discourse taking place between a co-worker and a patient, then you should have the testicular fortitude to confront her or report her....period. Also, you intervened, but did not follow through. It is not "hijacking" a patient, it is living up to your responsibilities as a nurse. The bottom line.....you were being "catty" instead of useful. Next time, put on your big boy underwear and deal with the real issue.
Are you a practising nurse at this time, hyper??? I was just curious, because you evoke in me a primal desire...
Specializes in Telemetry, ICU, Resource Pool, Dialysis.
OK, let me put it in simple terms. Address the pain, it does not matter if it is not your patient, if you are in the ICU or the lobby, if you have 20 years experience, or anything else. If you are so preoccupied with the terminology of the male genitalia that you cannot put patient care first then you are either 1)immature 2) a pervert or 3)both. If, after ensuring that the patients needs are being addressed you have issues with the discourse taking place between a co-worker and a patient, then you should have the testicular fortitude to confront her or report her....period. Also, you intervened, but did not follow through. It is not "hijacking" a patient, it is living up to your responsibilities as a nurse. The bottom line.....you were being "catty" instead of useful. Next time, put on your big boy underwear and deal with the real issue.
:deadhorse Stop! It's dead already!!! You simply do not understand!!! Some things you can fix, and some you can't!! Foleys are uncomfortable at times. Unless there was bleeding, swelling, blockage, etc...which Mark established there was not. Do you think the story would be different if he had found a problem?? Perhaps this patient did not have medication for pain. You will learn, one way or another, what is realistic. Confronting every coworker with every problem you see with their patients is NOT a good thing.
Confused men constantly complain about their foley. All they know is something big is irritating their member, and they can't pee. There will come a day (or night) when you spend 12 hours in a room saying "you have a catheter in your member. You don't need to pee, it drains all by itself. See the bag? It would be less uncomfortable if you would stop pulling on it" repeat 83 times in a calm, soothing manner.
And yes, it does matter if it is your patient or not. Trust me.
Yes, but I think the OP was focusing more on this nurse attemting to get the patient to use this "other" word... which to me, is just as ridiculous, IMO.
No, as a professional, I would not be teaching my patient to use the word "wang".
I'd just overlook his personal term and addresse the pain issue and move on.
HELLO! Who cares what anyone calls it as long as everyone understands what you're talking about. Get w/the program, it hurts, try to alleviate the pain.
Confused men constantly complain about their foley. All they know is something big is irritating their member, and they can't pee. There will come a day (or night) when you spend 12 hours in a room saying "you have a catheter in your member. You don't need to pee, it drains all by itself. See the bag? It would be less uncomfortable if you would stop pulling on it" repeat 83 times in a calm, soothing manner.
Ain't that the truth! I'm having flashbacks.... LOL
Yep, not a good idea to start messing with someone else's pts... Bad idea, bad idea... It might piss people off...You might not know the whole story, from the whole shift, and you probably will arouse some cannibalistic tendencies in your co-workers...:chair:
You are in the hospital, do you remember that? YOU HAVE A CATHETER IN YOUR member! Don't pull on it, okay? You don't have to worry about peeing, just don't touch it! It's okay!
See this? This is your calllight! Press this button to call a nurse. This button here controls the TV. In order to turn off the TV, hold the button in and let it run through 3 or 4 channels and it will turn off. Would you like to watch Judge Judy???
Specializes in Telemetry, ICU, Resource Pool, Dialysis.
I remember being idealistic...I was going to be supernurse. Save the world. I still have the scars from the one time I tried to fix something that wasn't mine to fix. Made me kinda skiddish.
And I've been upset a few times by well-meaning coworkers who did not have the whole story on my patient.
Maybe it's the beer, but I just got this mental picture of a bunch of nurses milling around, sniffing each other, growling and establishing ground.:stone
You are in the hospital, do you remember that? YOU HAVE A CATHETER IN YOUR member! Don't pull on it, okay? You don't have to worry about peeing, just don't touch it! It's okay!
See this? This is your calllight! Press this button to call a nurse. This button here controls the TV. In order to turn off the TV, hold the button in and let it run through 3 or 4 channels and it will turn off. Would you like to watch Judge Judy???
Geez, I don't get to tell my patients that anymore, since they all seem to be vented. Ahh, the good old days.... :)
Specializes in Telemetry, ICU, Resource Pool, Dialysis.
Mr Wang!
You are in the hospital, do you remember that? YOU HAVE A CATHETER IN YOUR member! Don't pull on it, okay? You don't have to worry about peeing, just don't touch it! It's okay!
See this? This is your calllight! Press this button to call a nurse. This button here controls the TV. In order to turn off the TV, hold the button in and let it run through 3 or 4 channels and it will turn off. Would you like to watch Judge Judy???
Put his hearing aids in!!! They are wrapped up in tissue on the bedside table!!! NO, no that tissue has the dentures in it.
Maybe it's the beer, but I just got this mental picture of a bunch of nurses milling around, sniffing each other, growling and establishing ground.:stone
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Are you a practising nurse at this time, hyper??? I was just curious, because you evoke in me a primal desire...