Last week she came into the nurses station and urinated while she told us something that was going on with a patient. We were shocked...I'm not talking a little dribble...pant leg was clinging to her leg with wetness. She left work and didn't come back the rest of the night.
When she came back the next day, we talked to her, suggesting disposable briefs (I hate using the word 'diaper' with an adult). Her response was that if she wears them, her pants won't fit because she lost so much weight she threw out her chubby pants (they are already bulging, pantyline cutting an outline). She is apologetic, but quite frank about her 'accidents', as if they are a fact of life that we all just have to deal with.
Didn't even get to approach the subject of her foul gas and B.O.
I think she must be under some kind of delusion about herself. It's simply bizarre. She seems to think that she is a little vixen, that some of our male staff has a crush on her (they say no way). She has even commented that since she 'looks so much younger than she really is, she would be willing to model for the hospital billboard. (she is 56, and looks every bit of it). Now, I am certainly not one to feel that heavy people can't model---I think it's great, in fact...but totally aside from her size, her saggy, disheveled, stinky presentation makes it unlikely that she is model material. To be fair, I am angry...angry that she is so inconsiderate, angry that she is not taking gentle cues, and frustrated at her---so I may be being more harsh than necessary.
I don't think a female condom catheter would work...you would have to hold it on with super glue or staples or deck screws (most other screws would rust) or something...I don't think tape would hold because it would get wet. :)
And since the question was asked...it is congratulations...I know you see congradulations all the time, but it is either being misspelled or someone is making a play on words or whatever for a graduate...
I agree with Celia. I think she's got both psychological and physical issues.
Normal people don't subject their co-workers to their personal physical problems. Accidents happen, but the millions of dollars of incontinence pads/briefs etc. sold annually attest to the fact that most of us don't want other people to know about them.
Your management needs to document the issues and deal with them. Disability or no. Even people with mental disabilities aren't allowed to walk around in public undressed, for example.
I think your co-worker needs both a physical and a psychological evaluation.
Does anyone other than me think perhaps, brain disease or tumor with mets to the brain?
This is not normal behavior FOR ANYONE!!! I cannot see the person getting through any health program, and passing with these issues. And it seems to be "escalating" in severity. And that the psych issue is also deteriorating.
There are a number of conditions of the brain/neuromuscular system that can have psych components.
(I just hate to think that this person is just this big an idiot, without a cause)
I don't think a female condom catheter would work...you would have to hold it on with super glue or staples or deck screws (most other screws would rust) or something...I don't think tape would hold because it would get wet. :)
And since the question was asked...it is congratulations...I know you see congradulations all the time, but it is either being misspelled or someone is making a play on words or whatever for a graduate...
Thank you for clearing that one up!!! I know I have seen it on greeting cards and even banners!! Maybe I better stop shopping at the Dollar store, huh!!??
PS- LOVE your screen, cotjockey-I giggle out loud everytime I see it, and I may start calling my boyfriend by that title-if you don't mind!!!!!!!! Bye.... :monkeydance:
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I don't think a female condom catheter would work...you would have to hold it on with super glue or staples or deck screws (most other screws would rust) or something
Is it just me who is having trouble believing this is for real?
I can believe it's reall.
About 8 years ago i worked with a woman who would wind up bleeding through her pants because " i don't like the way pads feel, and i can't use tampons" (so she wasn't wearing ANYthing during her period). Took 3 months for management to do something and that was ONLY after another employee had called the state and put a bug in their ear.
Okay....If management won't do anything, I would geta collection together for female inct pads or briefs, a new pair of larger pants (estimate the size) maybe some underpants, and some type of body spray. Might also throw in a brochure about Detrol or inct meds or anything else concerning body odors etc. Put it in a box with a nice note saying we are concerned etc.
oh my.... bleeding and no pad? that is so not cool. MERKAT.... I want to know why management has not done anything. Surely pt's have been witness to this... I would gift " Princess Pissy-Pants " w/ a walmart gift certificate for some pants that are appropriate and an assortment of incontinence products, BEENO, and body spray. I would also purchase a big can of lysol or stinky-be-gone (okay, stinky-be-gone is not a real product, I made that up!!lol)) to keep at nurse's station. I would tell her that she needs to address the problem. I would be pro-active. If this did not work then I would raise all kinds of hell w/ her superiors...and I would put in my notice if nothing was done and report the facility to every governmental agency to bring sanctions on a facilty that apparently does not care about infection control. This is insane, I just do not think I would put up w/ it any longer... I just find it appalling!!!!
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grace90, LPN, LVN
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If anybody ever invents one of those, I sure hope they send 'em this way. No, not for me, for patients!