Sorry for the awkwardness but I looked through previous threads and read the stories and I think I would just lose it if I walked into a bathroom where the walls were covered with diarrhea and I had to clean it all up
My mom tries to tell me not to worry and "just get the LVN/CNA to clean it up" but for some reason I don't think that it works out that easily...
Is there any department in hospitals that wouldnt have to deal with this type of situation? psychiatric ward perhaps? working a job outside a hospital?
Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated :plsebeg:
Try the OR. The patients are sleep the majority of the time they are with you, and poop very little (it does happen though).
I can deal with poop, I just have a hard time dealing with sputum (Trach care). Oh I'm starting to itch all over just thinking about sputum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh that is so not true!!! Plenty of poo happens in the OR, particularly once people are asleep. Things just RELAX...then, if you are doing any type of bowel surgery, there is poo and often, it's liquid poo!! Nothing like liquid poo on your shoes.
I'd say we get poo in the OR at least a few times a week.
I was thinking more PP... not L&D. At our hospital the patients are sent to a different unit after they deliver. KWIM?
There is poop. The babies and Mum's. Not so often for Mum but we've seen it. Can be due to meds or the ever popular 4th degree tear. I've even seen a fistula, poor woman couldn't understand why there poo in the lady parts.
There is poop. The babies and Mum's. Not so often for Mum but we've seen it. Can be due to meds or the ever popular 4th degree tear. I've even seen a fistula, poor woman couldn't understand why there poo in the lady parts.
No zone is totally guaranteed to be poo free
That's true. Baby poo for me, I guess, is not a big deal. I wasn't thinking about that part of it...
But most of the time, the moms are pretty self sufficient, right? I guess that's where I was going with that. Thanks for reminding me...
Sorry for the awkwardness but I looked through previous threads and read the stories and I think I would just lose it if I walked into a bathroom where the walls were covered with diarrhea and I had to clean it all up
My mom tries to tell me not to worry and "just get the LVN/CNA to clean it up" but for some reason I dont think that it works out that easily...
Is there any department in hospitals that wouldnt have to deal with this type of situation? psychiatric ward perhaps? working a job outside a hospital?
Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated :plsebeg:
try community health nursing, nursing research or a similar job... as far as hospital positions, I can't think of any that would be "poo free" sorry
Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
My work life would be so much less stressful if my only worries and responsibilities revolved around the cleaning up of fecal matter. I'm very serious.
There are worse things than poop. I'd rather deal with poop than be involved in a lawsuit, have an unexpected patient death, deal with snippy doctors, or get screamed at by hostile family members.
Seriously, there are worse things than poop. Poop is the least of my worries.
I can only think of one where you can avoid having to clean up poop. Being a RN in a daytime dialysis clinic.
Trust me there are "accidents" in dialysis. Demented, incontinent people are on dialysis. Try dealing with a three hour run when the lol is trying to pull her needles out and you smell poop...
If you cant deal with cleaning up stool then u should probably go and get a desk job. Nursing is not a clean job and you will see grosser things then stool and if you are not planning on giving ur paitents the care that they need then you are gonna have problems. A good nurse will not depend on a cna to do the dirty work and she wont mind doing the best for her paitent.
LOL LOL not only is there no nursing dept. thatI know of that doesn't deal with poo you will be dealing with poo as a student and for sure as a nurse..It is a misconception that only cna's do all the poo cleaning.. they are wonderful assets to healthcare and they taught me sooo much when I was a new nurse without a clue how to turn and clean a pt. with c-diff covered from top to bottom with poo..I was humble and learned alot... never think you can't get your hands dirty because it's all about teamwork so strap on those gloves, a gown and at times a mask and get to cleaning because once you give off the vibe that you can't help out your job will be ten times worse because noone will want to help you..good luck
If you cant deal with cleaning up stool then u should probably go and get a desk job. Nursing is not a clean job and you will see grosser things then stool and if you are not planning on giving ur paitents the care that they need then you are gonna have problems. A good nurse will not depend on a cna to do the dirty work and she wont mind doing the best for her paitent.
With all due respect, you should show this post (as well as the others with this view) to your mom. I'm almost certain she didn't know what the consequences of taking her advice would be for you. Believe us who have been there, the nurse who refuses to help her CNAs won't have an easy time of it. She might even lose her job. You get more cooperation from the CNAs when you show that you are willing to help. :wink2:
Oh that is so not true!!! Plenty of poo happens in the OR, particularly once people are asleep. Things just RELAX...then, if you are doing any type of bowel surgery, there is poo and often, it's liquid poo!! Nothing like liquid poo on your shoes.
I'd say we get poo in the OR at least a few times a week.
OMG. That reminds me of the time I was planning on getting my patient to have a BM since he hadn't had one in the 12 days he'd be on our unit. It was the same day he was going down for a peg and trach. I made a joke to my coworkers that I should give him all the possible meds to make him go before taking him down to OR.
Don't worry, I didn't do it. However, he finally pooped that day and I actually had to suction up 500 cc out of his bed before I could get him cleaned up. Ick. :stone
OMG. That reminds me of the time I was planning on getting my patient to have a BM since he hadn't had one in the 12 days he'd be on our unit. It was the same day he was going down for a peg and trach. I made a joke to my coworkers that I should give him all the possible meds to make him go before taking him down to OR.
Don't worry, I didn't do it. However, he finally pooped that day and I actually had to suction up 500 cc out of his bed before I could get him cleaned up. Ick. :stone
I had a teenage patient that was constipated for what seemed like forever and after miralax and lactulose we had a flood. The poor guy was so embarrassed as 3 nurses and his attending doc were trying to clean him and the bed. Every time we moved him he squirted uncontrollably. The doc said in all seriousness, "Can we hook up some rectal suction?" The patient's eyes got huge and you could see him turning red. The nurses all tried not to laugh, cry, or pee our pants...it was late on a Saturday night and apparently the words Rectal Suction from an uptight MD was incredibly hilarious. The patient, who was recovering from getting trached, managed to loudly mouth, "Can we try reverse trandelenburg first?"
Then we all laughed because this 16 year old had apparently been in the hospital too long to know what reverse trandelenburg was.
OMG. That reminds me of the time I was planning on getting my patient to have a BM since he hadn't had one in the 12 days he'd be on our unit. It was the same day he was going down for a peg and trach. I made a joke to my coworkers that I should give him all the possible meds to make him go before taking him down to OR.
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Oh that is so not true!!! Plenty of poo happens in the OR, particularly once people are asleep. Things just RELAX...then, if you are doing any type of bowel surgery, there is poo and often, it's liquid poo!! Nothing like liquid poo on your shoes.
I'd say we get poo in the OR at least a few times a week.