I have a great deal of respect, appreciation and admiration for anyone who has what it takes to be able to call themselves a "nurse". But I have to ask this question as ridiculous as it may sound...I am very much a people person, work in social services now, so I see a lot of stuff, stuff I think people should not have to see....but anyway, I very much want to be a nurse, nurse assistant, something, anything in the nursing field. But my problem is that every time I get anywhere near a hospital for a family member and there is puke, poop, or any other bodily function going on I have to leave the room..I know, I know....I should just grow up....(believe me, I'm trying)...but needless to say countless family members have been so kind as to point out to me that maybe nursing isn't my calling. Now I know I am not the first person to have this kind of stuff make them queasy....so, please please help! Does it get easier? Is there a way I can handle it so that it doesn't bother me so much. Please help as I feel like a complete idiot that can't handle normal bodily functions!!!
I'm on the patient end, and since participating on this forum I've learned so much. Some of these threads should be required reading for patients before they enter the hospital.
I have heard that a lot of people have a really big problem with abscesses, because unlike other natural bodily secretions, you have no way of knowing what they're going to smell like until they're opened.
Anxious Patient
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I'm on the patient end, and since participating on this forum I've learned so much. Some of these threads should be required reading for patients before they enter the hospital.
You're all my heroes.:flwrhrts: