Want to be a nurse, just no butt wiping or other yucky stuff please

[Emergent]

Just a heads up to inquiring people who read this site. Nursing involves butt wiping, blood, snot, urine, etc. An RN by your name doesn't mean others deal with yucky realities of patient care.

Also, you will likely have to pay your dues job wise. You probably won't waltz into your dream job straight out of school. And, whatever job you get, you WILL work your rear end off.

[guest114]

Anyone who is "beyond" wiping butts or difffult bathroom trips and so on....is no nurse! We all help each other!!!

[happyinmyheart]

I've posted this link before, and will do so again now, because it sooooo applies. Send her this:

I do so love this video!!!! :)

[spacecheetah]

I read some of these posts and think, some people want to be a nurse, but they just don't want to do any sort of nursing work.

It is kind of like saying you want to be a nanny but don't want to do any childcare. Can I become a chef without any of that pesky kitchen work?

In other words: I want to be a chef, but I want to delegate the shopping, chopping, mixing, stirring, and seasoning to the under-chefs. In other words, I basically want to wear a white hat and take things out of the oven. Oh, and design the menu. Because I'm kreaytyv.

If the thought of wiping an occasional butt bothered me, or if I couldn't stand the sight or smell of blood/poop/pee/vomit/mucus, I don't think I'd be even considering nursing for a living.

[NursesRmofun, ASN, RN]

One of my long-gone repulsive fears was digitally assisting a constipated person. Naturally, in every patient group I was assigned (while I worked acute care after 17 years in psych and chemical dependency) was obstipated or constipated.

That first time I really got someone CLEANED OUT, with a bed pan full of steaming poop and half a box of medium sized gloves poking out of the poop like sad flags -- I FELT GOOOOOOD....

Oh my....hilarious

[hppygr8ful, ASN, RN, EMT-I]

"Who said they hate suctioning? I will suction any/all of your patients if you empty my patient's colostomy bags.

Love mucous and sputum. I even like charting about it...The words viscous, tenacious and copious feed my soul! Yes!"

Last last night I was working with a very bright and willing New Grad LPN - We drained a plurex catheter from a patient with malignant acites. After measuring and disposing in the Hazard Waste - I sat down and showed her how to chart it X mls, clear dark amber fluid.

She said "Sounds like we are talking about a nice winter ale!

Hppy

[Jensmom7, BSN, RN]

Oh, my, I thought I was the only one who didn't blink an eye at blood, gore, guts, bones poking out of skin or a raging Code Brown, but gagged at the thought of mucus! When I was still a Hospital nurse, I had a trach patient who happened to be alert, and I would have to stand behind him when I suctioned so he couldn't see me gagging along with him.