TMI for Nurses

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For Nurses, it doesn't exist. We talk about the most gross and embarrassing things all the time. We rely on detailed information in order to properly care for our patients. The patient interview often invites the most intimate and humiliating answers. In fact, a patient can tell a Nurse anything and be assured the information revealed will be utilized in a non-judgmental way and only for their benefit. TMI just doesn't exist. Agree?

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My thought when I saw this thread was "Oxymoron".

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Okay, I'll bite. I am the most "TMI" TMI-er you will ever meet.

There is no microchip that stops me from saying what I'm thinking at all times. I'm a blurter, as well. Nursing or non nursing stuff, nurses or non nurses/medical people, everyone is fair game. Some find it endearing, others want to shove a sock in my mouth.

So...where do I work now? With kids, age 12-21. *facepalm* I am constantly censoring myself. It's rough

I have always been like this. I wonder if I chose nursing, in part, simply so I could discuss pus while eating egg drop soup?

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Specializes in ED.

In the ER all females 13 to 65 are pregnant until shown otherwise, I can't name all the times I was given TMI on birth control practices without asking. Some could be the titles of movies.

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In the ER all females 13 to 65 are pregnant until shown otherwise, I can't name all the times I was given TMI on birth control practices without asking. Some could be the titles of movies.

Like...?

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Specializes in ED.

Oh no, you're not gonna egg me on to violate the TOS that easy. Use your imagination, then go one step beyond.

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Specializes in Home Care Mgmt, Med-Surg.

TMI for me while in home health was pt spending 45 minutes detailing the last 40 yrs of generally irrelevant medical history. "So yeah, sorry to hear about that cruddy hospital stay you had 30 years ago, now can we discuss your current CHF-COPD-DM-ESRD-HTN-ETC as a brief aside before I have to leave?"

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Agreed. I can't have too much information. Perfecting my game face, however, has taken years...

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Specializes in NICU.

I absolutely experience TMI. I work in NICU. No I don't want to hear about your lochia/purulent C-section incision/etc thanks go talk to postpartum! Big people are gross :***:

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Specializes in CVICU.

I met a friend who is also a nurse at a diner right after she got off work. We hadn't seen each other since graduating nursing school and started talking about our experiences on our units (I'm in a CVICU, she is on a ortho/neuro unit). I was telling her about my patient's 12 liquid stools in 2 hours that prompted me to insert a rectal tube. You know, just casual conversation, when a lady at the table behind us said in a semi-joking tone: "Remind us not to eat breakfast at the same table as you two!" #woops

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We get TMI all the time. Sometimes it's annoying, sometimes it's entertaining enough to wake you up in the middle of your 3am nightshift slump.

Nobody ever told me in nursing school how much acting you'd do as a nurse. Acting like everything's fine when it isnt.....acting like that Dr isnt an ******* who will scream at me right after we leave the room....acting like naming your kid "Viscious" is acceptable....

Meryl Streep has nothing on us.

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We get TMI all the time. Sometimes it's annoying, sometimes it's entertaining enough to wake you up in the middle of your 3am nightshift slump.

Nobody ever told me in nursing school how much acting you'd do as a nurse. Acting like everything's fine when it isnt.....acting like that Dr isnt an ******* who will scream at me right after we leave the room....acting like naming your kid "Viscious" is acceptable....

Meryl Streep has nothing on us.

Someone named a kid Vicious? Viscous?

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