i am starting nursing school in september...and as far as what i will encounter, i'd say not too much makes me squeemish. blood, puke, defecation....doesnt bother me. open wounds, dead bodies, surgery....interests me. the one thing that makes me squeemish and i'm not sure how i'm going to handle once i see it in person is really weird.
the idea of putting a tournaquet on and seeing the veins pop out, and poking and prodding them...that makes me sick to my stomach. when i get blood drawn...i absolutely hate it...not because of the needle or blood....but the tournaquet. i cant even look at it, and the idea of it makes me sick. i dont know why...it seems weird. i guess the only way to overcome it is to force myself to do it when im in school...facing your fears i guess...
what are some things you have to do day to day that gross you out?
Before I was an RN, I wworked with eye surgeons. We had a lady who ripped off her eyelids with a fork (not kidding). She looked like this The weirdest thing was she was as calm as can be at the time and I asked if she had any pain. She said "Just a little headache". What grosses me out is when I can still smell C-diff when I am already driving home. I imagine little molecules of C-diff smell hanging out in my nose. Yuck.
I love the " she looked like this" lmao!!! Made my day
The cloud of skin flakes when you take off Ted hose or release the tourniquet, I quit breathing and excuse myself and only return when the cloud has settled, lol.
One time in clinical, I took a lady's Ted hose down to check her skin and she had *the* driest, flakiest skin. A few airborne pieces went straight into my eyes. After recovering from almost screaming and vomiting, I made a mental note to never look/breathe in the general direction of freshly removed teds.
Also, iron stools are so gross. You can smell those things a mile away!
Dentures are the worst! One elderly lady attempted to hand hers to me for cleaning at the nursing home--I took one look and barely concealed a dry heave! Yuck!
I will never forget orientation at the nursing home: 3 of us students from my graduating class had gotten jobs at the same place and were tasked with doing rounds with the respiratory therapist. The trached patient was having copious secretions and began to cough. One or two humongous loogies out the trach and all three of us had to turn around and dry heave. Simultaneously! The RP therapist just went about her business, God bless her.
Specializes in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.
More me, it's sweat..more specifically it's BO that follows it. Of all things...blood, urine, fecal mater, GI contents, infections...BO drives me nuts. For some reason, that's really the one thing that grosses me out. I don't mind touching it, it's just the stench that grosses me out to the point where I actually feel like vomiting, or gagging at the least. There have been times where I've had to double mask and pop a stick of gum in my mouth to relieve the feeling. I mean, I go to gym, but I guess that's "fresh sweat" lolz? So it's nothing too bad, but for it stay in the room for days just grosses me out. If there was some deodorant or baby powder laying around, I'm good as new.
Mealtime at my job. I'm a CNA to elderly with dementia. They will put food in their drink and then drink it, get their hands in their food, lick them and touch everything, mix odd things together. Grosses me out.
I don't do well with small children eating either for the same reasons.
Oh, and when they brush their teeth and I give them water to swish around in their mouth, and instead of spitting it back out they swallow it. All that old food, toothpaste, gunky water...makes me gag inside every time!
The weirdest thing was she was as calm as can be at the time and I asked if she had any pain. She said "Just a little headache". What grosses me out is when I can still smell C-diff when I am already driving home. I imagine little molecules of C-diff smell hanging out in my nose. Yuck.
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I change briefs and draw blood all day. I'm okay with that...but VOMIT OR SNOT NO WAY!!