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I am not yet a student nurse...doing prereqs, but I do have kids. I try to look at it this way.....how would I feel if I could not control my bodily functions? I would be very embarassed and will do my best to make those people feel better about it even if I am having trouble cleaning it or them up.......:)
I've also wondered if I can stomach the yicky stuff. I thought of carrying a little jar of Vicks vaporub in my pocket and if things get too stinky, putting a dab under my nose! My sister went to nursing school right after high school and she said that you just get used to it after a while. I remember when we were kids and Mom would make us clean up after the dog if she threw up, we'd both be gagging for the longest time. So if she could handle it, then I guess I can too.
i thought it would be the vomit and poop, but that didn't bother me in my first semester of clinicals. but i had a patient in a coma that had a thick, yellow mucous coming from the mouth that really got to me and still makes me gag when i think about it. any ideas anybody on how to get over this reflex? :)
I have been wanting to ask the very same question, but I was afraid of being ridiculed! I've been wondering the very same thing. I have 3 children, so I'm used to cleaning up after them, but am still nervous of the thought of cleaning up after adults. But as Robin said above, how would I feel if someone had to clean up after me? It can't be pleasant for them either! We just have to remember, whatever it is, it washes off!
bonde0613
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Okay students...I need your help. I'm so excited to get back into school. More than that - I'm realistically excited to be a nurse. (I realize how hard it's going to be as well....I'm "up" on about most of the hard stuff associated with nursing, etc.)
A couple of things I'm super nervous about.....Blood. Vomit. Poop. Mucus.
Were any of you nervous about this? How did you handle the things you didn't think you could or couldn't handle?
Any tips on how to handle these things?