Oh no! please...please not that

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people say that everybody in medicine has got something, something that totally grosses them out.

this tissue, organ, bodily function is avoided at all costs or you'll :barf01:.

i haven't come acrossed mine yet... (i'm a little scared of what it'll be, i know its lurking out there somewhere).

what's yours?

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Specializes in OB, NICU, Nursing Education (academic).

I don't know why, but watching an epidural being placed makes me weak in the knees.

Deliveries, C-sections......no problem......just epidurals!

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Specializes in psych, addictions, hospice, education.

mucus when suctioning... one time I had to turn and barf in the wastebasket!

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Specializes in CRNA.
people say that everybody in medicine has got something, something that totally grosses them out.

this tissue, organ, bodily function is avoided at all costs or you'll :barf01:.

i haven't come acrossed mine yet... (i'm a little scared of what it'll be, i know its lurking out there somewhere).

what's yours?

stupid people tend to gross me out. unfortunately, there seems to be an abundance of them.

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Specializes in NICU Level III.

epidurals and lps!

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Specializes in ICU.

Smell of vomit - I can take mucus, assisting w/ an epidural, stage 4 wounds, exposed joint hardware. Let somebody puke, and if I smell it, I'm right there too.

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Specializes in Home Health Care.

I can deal with almost anything except some-one else's' vomit. I'll change every dirty depends in site and even do all the suctioning one can handle in lieu of seeing, smelling or cleaning up puke......ughh making me grossed out just thinking of it.

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Specializes in Acute Mental Health.

I'm embarassed to admit this but I can't take it when pts come into er with wounds like a laid open knee or a not too big of a deal dog bite, but there's that raw meat look before doc stitches them up. I had to assist a doc with a dog bite to a lip and I had to leave the room. Doc was fuming, I didn't care. I headed straight for the bathroom where I could sit in peace with my head between my knees. I keep trying to get better. I think I must hold my breath and then get light headed. Now my plan is to do some pursed lip breathing. I just want to get over this!

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Specializes in Neuro ICU and Med Surg.

Puke no big deal to me. The things that bother me (I work neurosurg ICU ) is watching them drill for subarachnoid bolt placement, or EVD placement. I get dizzy watching them. I can set up the EVD but would rather have someone else help with placement. Especially when the slice the scalp. Something about watching the drilling gets me and you think after 2 years of this I would be so used to it.

Also suctioning trachs (which I deal with since I have gotten used to them) and oral care on someone who's mouth has been neglected for a while. Gross! :barf01:

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Smell of vomit - I can take mucus, assisting w/ an epidural, stage 4 wounds, exposed joint hardware. Let somebody puke, and if I smell it, I'm right there too.

Catshow, that's called a sympathy barf.

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Specializes in LTC.

nothing gets me like a prolapsed rectum... uggh!

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nrsang97, that drilling would probably be the end of me, too.

To the others that mentioned: why are epidurals so gross to watch?

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