JoMar

Thanks all. I did work In a urologist office for about 2 years before going to a post op room in a hospital. I knew about the reaction thing but my coworker really threw me off and made me second guess myself. I don't let that happen too often & she labels everybody anyway, so I guess I should have known better

Curious to hear what others have to say on the topic Thanks ?

Honestly, I told her about the erection part and that's when said that about him. I think that part was more a reaction than anything else. When that happened I could tell he was embarrassed, since he was covering his face, during that part. He watched me put the vaseline on though. But want are the things I should look for so I can keep it in the back of my mind. Thank you in advance, Jo

Hey all, This is my first post, so be gentle. So I work in outpatient surgical and I had a male patient today with sinus surgery. His chart says he doesn't like foley Caths and he has OAB and urge incontinence, so he prefers to wear briefs, which he brought from home. So he comes out of surgery, groggy but the brief is slightly wet. He asked for his bag so he could change himself, but I didn't think he could do it, so I offered. He said okay. So during, he did get erect, but he apologized multiple times. He only got erect during cleaning. I put some vaseline on for barrier treatment, but he wasn't erect then. He did wet again, but he insisted on changing himself and I felt he could, this was about 20 minutes later and he did drink a lot of water. I left him alone, and when I came back, he was already finished changing and half way dressed. The brief was a bit crooked, so I offered to adjust it. He said okay, but the brief was never removed this time. Just re-taped, but I felt that he didn't change himself. My colleague said I did the wrong thing and that he was one of those diaper people. Now IDK if I did the right thing. This has been bothering me ever since. Was I wrong.