No, I am not going to do that

xtxrn, ASN, RN · Nov 12, 2011

If all of the guys who want it 'handled' realized how poorly they measure up in the grand scheme of things, their egos would shrivel up in a heartbeat. THEN, if they realized we didn't see it as any different than having to giving an enema, they'd be really destroyed....

I wouldn't do it either...if their hands work, they can either get it where they want it, or get help changing their wet clothes.

Ruby Vee, BSN · Nov 12, 2011

if all of the guys who want it 'handled' realized how poorly they measure up in the grand scheme of things, their egos would shrivel up in a heartbeat. then, if they realized we didn't see it as any different than having to giving an enema, they'd be really destroyed....
i wouldn't do it either...if their hands work, they can either get it where they want it, or get help changing their wet clothes.

or deal with the wet floor . . . because i've seen them do that to "make a statement."

Lovely_RN, MSN · Nov 12, 2011

i've had this happen to me a few times and i was 100% fine with throwing some towels down and getting the pee off the floor. i'm not an object of sexual gratification for some loser who wants his "joint" touched. i'm not talking about old men or the incapacitated...i'm talking about walkie/talkie dudes ranging from 20s-50s. i don't care if they pee on the floor or themselves. i don't care about the inconvenience of changing a bed or cleaning a floor. i'm not feeling on anyone's genitals male or female unless it's strictly medically necessary. when i was a very young cna i once walked into a young a+ox3 male pts room to collect his breakfast tray. i found him sitting in a chair (got himself into the chair btw...he had zero physical limitations) buck naked with a massive erection and he had the nerve to tell me that i needed to wash him. i told him that i didn't feed him that morning and that the same hands he used to feed himself with were the same ones he was going to use to wash himself. i left him sitting right in that chair, came back with shower supplies, pointed out the shower room and walked right out again.

stuff like this makes me feel violated and disgusted. what a perverted loser. :uhoh3:

or deal with the wet floor . . . because i've seen them do that to "make a statement."

ajt575s · Nov 12, 2011

This gave me a much-needed laugh today!

Siddhartha · Nov 12, 2011

....where is it?? LOL

nerdtonurse?, BSN, RN · Nov 12, 2011

Always amazes me. When I'm at the doc, the last thing I want anybody in the place doing is touching me in places my swimsuit would cover, ya know? And the last thing I want to do at work is scrub a week's worth of dirt off of somebody's bottom when they're capable of looking after it themselves. My mantra is, "If you can reach it, you can wash it."

We had a woman who you could smell from the doorway. Wasn't a fungal infection, no sign of an STD, she just thought body odor was "sexy."

Not when it's making people gag it's not...

canesdukegirl, BSN, RN · Nov 12, 2011

I learned this lesson the hard way.

When I was doing my very first clinical rotation, I was...shall we say a bit naive. Our focus that day was hygiene. My pt was a 33 yo male s/p lap appy POD#1. He was due to be d/c'd later in the afternoon.

So I walk in the room, all bright eyed and bushy tailed, excited to finally interact with a patient. I introduce myself and tell my pt that I am going to gather the supplies for his morning bath.

I walk in, proud of myself for not getting lost and start running some warm water into the basin. I place the basin on the bedside table and, remembering to always give the patient a choice (again, so proud of myself for my holistic mindset) ask him, "Do you want to do this yourself or would you like for me to do it for you?" He replies, "Oh, I want YOU to do it!"

Yeah, that was fodder for my classmates for the rest of the semester.

merlee · Nov 12, 2011

There is nothing new under the sun! Back in 1972, as a freshman in nursing school, in the days of complete bedrest for days and days after an MI, I had an elderly gent ask me to put some of the body lotion 'down there'. I politely refused. When we were allowed to assist him to a chair at the bedside, he patted my rear end as I made his bed. When I asked my instructor how to deal with this, she laughed!

These days, we would be telling these guys to keep their hands to themselves.

MinnieMomRN · Nov 12, 2011

This is why I love working with nurses and cnas who are guys. Nothing like it when one of them goes in the room and says "did you need something?" 10 times out of 10, the perv doesn't need that help after all!!

0402 · Nov 12, 2011

This was just a topic of conversation at work yesterday. We had more than one male, AOx3, ambulatory pt on the floor who would just use the urinal until it was absolutely full and call, asking it for it to be dumped. Not even sure why they had a urinal in the first place, but lucky us, 2 of these gems were in the same room, so it was quite odoriffic in there. Someone dumped the urinals for them and then dumped the urinals in the trash. Meanwhile, I have an elderly pt who has a very unsteady gait and is weak (AOx3, though) who refuses to use a urinal, so we come running every 30 minutes when he has to pee. Ah, such fun, huh?

kool-aide, RN · Nov 12, 2011

What a jerk. Don't let him get away with that crap. Tell him off!