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I was taking care of a 98 year old man who had a Cholecystostomy tube. While draining the mans chole bag I let one rip. He looked around and said "Ugh what smells so bad?"...Yep you guessed it, I blamed it on the chole bag. I am not proud of what I did.
I used to work with this Filipina, and whenever I went in my vented pt's room it smelled like pewp. So I would get the bathing supplies, and gather up an aide, but whenever I checked there was nothing there. She finally admitted to me when she had to fart she went into a vented pt's room, because she heard you can't smell when you are on a vent ... but I could!
Cheers
Your integrity as a nurse is now in serious question. Patients are entitled to honest answers from their care givers. If you can't be honest about a simple GI function how can you be trusted with a bedpan. I would not want to witness a stool count with you.
You might want to think twice before consigning any urine samples too.
JerseyTomatoMDCrab, BSN
588 Posts
This just made my day.
When I worked in the hospitals, I ALWAYS went into an ostomy patient's room, someone with uncontrollable C.Diff or a similar malady to let one go. Or, if I was in a REALLY rude patient's room. Those were my favorite.
No shame in your game!