Oh no! please...please not that

[netglow]

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?

[Annie-CMA]

Hands down! The combination of the marble-sized object that flopped out of the patient's ear onto the floor, the smell (yes, there really was a smell!), the color of the blob and the very warm exam room had me politely excusing myself!

I did not, however, hurl! Yeah, ME!!

[sharpeimom]

Hands down! The combination of the marble-sized object that flopped out of the patient's ear onto the floor, the smell (yes, there really was a smell!), the color of the blob and the very warm exam room had me politely excusing myself!

I did not, however, hurl! Yeah, ME!!

Good Girl!!:yeah::yeah:

sharpeimom:paw::paw:

[LadyK,RN]

I'm still in nursing school and I haven't encountered anything yet that has been intolerable; however, just the thought of maggots makes my skin crawl...YUCK!!!

[goodgrief]

it took me all through nursing school to figure out mine as well, they are:

suctioning mucous, especially from the mouth when doing oral care on a vented patient, but even deep lung suctioning gets me at times, especially the sound of it, thank goodness I didn't choose RT

emesis, just the smell gets me, much less seeing it

*I can handle pretty much everything else I've encountered

[sewnew]

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

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

If you think watching an epidural being placed is bad, think about the person on the receiving end. It hurts like the dickens! Been there done that...

[EarthChild1130]

HATE HATE HATE any secretion associated with the respiratory system!!! I gag EVERY TIME!! I also don't like eyeballs...ANYTHING having to do with eyeballs and I'm outta there LOL.

[Aradien]

Whenever I have to get a patient to cough up mucus and give me a sample. Spit also gets to me. Ugh! I shudder to think about it.

[birdgrrl]

Haven't experience gangrene or parasites in full view yet (seen neurocystercercosis on MRI several times, no biggee), but expect those to be nasty.

For now, active GI bleeds and circumcision are hard for me. But worst was seeing ECT during nursing school. I think it was the anticipation more than anything. Expecting to see a "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" type of scene. Wasn't that at all, but I still almost passed out. :uhoh21:

I imagine a teratoma or bezoar could be pretty nauseating as well, but so far have missed out on those fine experiences.

julie

[ssouthernyankee]

I just recently found my weakness. Unfortunately I was the pt. this time. Inpatient for abcsess(MRSA) ended up needing a CT, I have kidney issues so my good ol' doc decided he needed to protect them from the contrast by making me drink Mucomyst(acetylcysteine) every 8 hours for 24 hrs. prior. I have give this med in nebulizer to thin out mucous ect.. but never have I had to make a pt drink it. Omg, was put in with 9ml of coca cola to supposedly hide the taste..right. Had to hold my nose just chug it fast gag and chase with ice cold coke. Smells just like rotten eggs mixed with hair perm solution. The smell was coming out of my pores for 2 days afterwards. I don't know if I will ever be able to ask a pt to drink this stuff. So far nothing else has ever made me sick just this med.

[twinmommy+2, ADN, BSN, MSN]

also, l-o-n-g gross crumbly old crackly unclipped toenails attached to purplish toes... shudder! with who knows what generic sticky fuzzy stinky crud stuck in between them. AACCCKKK!

sharpeimom:paw::paw:

definatly funky feet get me. I see those long funky toenails and just want to clip them.

Also had a little one, close to a year old, who while biting the crib rail fell and hurt his teeth. When he came in the er his bottom two teeth were sticking straight out of his mouth. Just made me shudder all over. Bless his little heart he was smiling and drooling around those little teeth.

[frenchfroggyAPRN, MSN, LPN, RN, APRN]

I can handle blood, puke and any others but anything that pertains to Trach's, or suctioning. I hurl just at the thought of the sound that the suction machine makes.:barf02: I was told by an RT that I "shouldn't be a Nurse if I couldn't suction":angryfire I told her I can suction, I just don't like to do it. Besides she wasn't doing anything, and that is her **** job.

[RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN]

Mggots! Ppl with wounds that have maggots! :barf01: