nrslizzy

ursula registered user join date: aug 2002 location: in the moment posts: 249 most@#$%^!&* nursing story it's not really gross in comparrison to the others yet depends which end your on.i was working outpatient clinic and the doc was doing a pap on a very obese woman. tipped the scale at 400. anyhow, one of the tricks of the trade with the speculum to hold some of the adipose in the lady partsl cavity is to put a condom on the speculum, cut off the tip in order to view the cervix. still with me? ok, so we are in doing the exam and the vag light quits working, the doc instructed me to hold the speculum in place while he went to get another light. somehow the patient repositioned and tipped the exam table over, so when the doc walks in, i am under the patient, my head resting nicely in her crotch. yuk!!!! guess i over responded to protect the patient. i want to know more about the condom trick a nurse practioner i worked for was needing a way to get the adipose tissue out of the way so she could see. if you describe in detail how this works maybe i can share this with her.

i work 3-11 in nursing home also. it is a 70 bed nursing home and we have a med nurse that passes all meds to all patients except the 6 pm meds. the charge nurse passes 6 pm meds to the table patients only. they stay in the dining room and pass those meds while watching patients. the med nurse does all the rest and believe me as i have done evening meds before also it is very possible for one person to pass all the meds in the building as long as that is all they do. we make out cards for each time pass and then set up and pass meds using those cards with a med cart. maybe you all should switch to where your med nurse passes all meds.