3:00 a.m. victory

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Specializes in hospice.

That moment when your dementia patient, who is agitated because he hasn't had a BM in over 3 days, finally poops and then goes right to sleep after a suppository, an enema, a couple ounces of prune juice, and 4 failed bathroom trips, and you can finally actually look at your other patients:

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Specializes in ICU.

That is real satisfaction right there.

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Specializes in critical care.

Well done, ReKr!

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

Hallelujah!

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Specializes in hospice.
Well done, ReKr!

Well....the nurse helped. A little. :p

Teamwork. :up:

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Specializes in critical care.
Well....the nurse helped. A little. :p

Teamwork. :up:

Look, we've ALL been there with the dementia "I can't poop" patient at 3 am. I've had to hide just to get through charting with that patient. I had a patient wife decide she was going to deimpact that patient herself because she felt he wasn't being given thorough enough bowel management (omg his LBM was the day before) and danged if she didn't shove her un-lubed, gloved up finger in there. You take every once of credit we're hurling your way because we all know you dealt with as much crap as everyone else did with that patient. (Pun perhaps intended.)

This is my signature. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

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Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.

Nuthin' like that JOB satisfaction! :yeah:

By the way, I thought that picture was absolutely perfect!​

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Specializes in Short Term/Skilled.

SO true! SUCH a great feeling....OMGoodness I miss my lil' old people!

That reminds me of something really funny.....I told my sister that we call "milk of mag and prune juice" a brown cow, and it really helps pts. poop. I made it for her when she was reaalllly stopped up. Well, she ended up having to go to the ER for an unrelated reason and when they asked her if she had taken any meds she said "I had a brown cow". I almost peed myself laughing.

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Admitted to hospital on Friday for nausea, dry-heaving, and diarrhea x7days...screaming for laxative Sunday because they haven't pooped...true story

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Specializes in hospice.
Admitted to hospital on Friday for nausea, dry-heaving, and diarrhea x7days...screaming for laxative Sunday because they haven't pooped...true story

These little old folks really do get bowel-obsessed. God save me from the day I get that way. Jeez.

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