Stool sample for Micro class?????

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We were informed last night in our Micro lab that next week we will be taking home specimen cups to collect samples of our stool for the following week's lab. This is a departmental requirement, not just something my instructor wants to do. We were all pretty squicked out about it, but I just told myself, "you gotta do what you gotta do."

Well, this morning I told people I know about it, and everyone is absolutely horrified that I have to do this! :chuckle Even other people who have taken Micro before are shocked. Did anyone else have to do this? Is this a common lab for pre-nursing students? Or do I go to a school staffed by poop freaks? :chuckle

:eek: We never had to do stool testing in my micro class....I wouldn't want to know what everyone else's poop looks like! The only thing that we had to do that involved taking samples from each other is a throat culture.
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Specializes in Cardiac.

yea no. That is pretty gross. In anatomy we were supposed to do urine tests, (on artificial urine mind you) but we didn't have time.

In our Micro class (we only have one teacher for the entire school)

I don't think we have to do any kind of samples such as personal as that! I am glad too!

I mean if you want to get a feces culture, swab the school bathroom or something geeze.

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Specializes in LTC.

Ew.

What exactly do they plan on having you do with your poop when you get it to class?

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We had to get a fecal smear for my 1st Nursing skills class. Many of us had one had one of our fellow students do ours for us. She had a baby in diapers and was used to dealing with poop. Why deal with it before you have to? eeew. And after all that planning, the teacher never collected the samples and we never talked about it in class again. Never tested it, etc. Just get some from somewhere to fill the requirement. Got a dog?:clown:

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Im Taking Microbiology, AND no!!! WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS...THANK GOD!

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Specializes in Transgender Medicine.

Yeah, I've heard of it. They do it at the school I went to. My teacher ran out of time at the end of the semester, so my class didn't have to, though. Lucky us! Sometimes they let you take pet poop, too.

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Specializes in Reproductive Endocrinology/ IVF/ Inferti.

Thats is disgusting. I just started my Micro class, and there is nothing in our syllabus stating anything about collecting a stool sample. We definately will be preparing slide, but not that. Good luck. I hope you dont find anything in your sample, just kidding!!!:cry:

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We were informed last night in our Micro lab that next week we will be taking home specimen cups to collect samples of our stool for the following week's lab. This is a departmental requirement, not just something my instructor wants to do. We were all pretty squicked out about it, but I just told myself, "you gotta do what you gotta do."

Well, this morning I told people I know about it, and everyone is absolutely horrified that I have to do this! :chuckle Even other people who have taken Micro before are shocked. Did anyone else have to do this? Is this a common lab for pre-nursing students? Or do I go to a school staffed by poop freaks? :chuckle

I had to bring in my poo. It was stinky, but it was much worse three days later when we had to open our dishes and see what we grew. One person in our class had a metallic green sheen over his poo. Our instructor was thoroughly impressed with his green sheen poo.

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I don't know why, but I assumed that the students were to bring in an itsy bitsy tiny smear on some culture media.

If the students had to bring in a bulk sample - ugh. Then I take back what I said earlier.

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I also had to provide a urine sample, we found out when we got to lab. It was strange walking in the hallway w/the filled cup covered w/papertowel in front of other students (who were wondering WTH we were all doing).

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I don't know why, but I assumed that the students were to bring in an itsy bitsy tiny smear on some culture media.

If the students had to bring in a bulk sample - ugh. Then I take back what I said earlier.

She told us it was to be "an acorn-sized sample." And it must be our own, not the baby's or the dog's.

Poop is not so much the problem for me (I have 3 kids and a cat!) It is the idea of carrying my own poop across town and bringing it in to class for show and tell. Plus, I go to class directly from work. Just what am I supposed to do with this "acorn" all day? I don't think my coworkers would like for me to put it in the fridge next to their lunches! :chuckle

Man, I'd better get an "A" in this class! :p

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Specializes in LTC/SNF, Psychiatric, Pharmaceutical.
I had to bring in my poo. It was stinky, but it was much worse three days later when we had to open our dishes and see what we grew. One person in our class had a metallic green sheen over his poo. Our instructor was thoroughly impressed with his green sheen poo.

When I was a kid, I always swore I'd NEVER handle anyone else's bodily wastes. Didn't even want to change a diaper. So what do I do for a living? After years of poop and suppositories, I now look at urine all day long. At this point, I can vividly describe anyone's urine and probably tell, without having seen the person who provided the sample, whether they were male or female. Yeah, I guess my teachers were right to try to break us boys of our fascination with bodily functions...

What kind of mentality must it take for someone over the age of 8 to be impressed with someone else's poo? I mean, I've seen the stuff in quantities that I didn't know a single body could possibly produce in a single sitting, but I was more horrified than impressed, believe me.

Oh, and I don't even want to think of the smell produced by 30 containers of aged, preserved human waste being open to air at the same time.

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