What can you tolerate the least?

[Infofreak411]

I've heard that every nurse has their one thing that they don't like and grosses them out and they don't like dealing with. What is your one thing?

For me it would be vomit! I cannot stand vomit!

[Guttercat, ASN, RN]

Ileostomies. I have a tough time with that. However, sucking out loogies from an ET feels very satisfactory--kind of like vacuuming out the car. Ahhhhh....Edit to Add: birthin' babies--reminds me of Alien. The sights, smells, and sounds of a large thing exiting a tiny lady parts while the owner of said lady parts squirms in agony makes me woozy.

[anon456, BSN, RN]

Mucous pouring out of a trach or the nose of a bigger patient. I can suction babies all day, but once they get to about 10-12 years old and they cough enough to have it spill onto their gown and I am suctioning, I am also gagging so hard I am about to vomit. Luckily the isolation masks hide my expression. And suction tubing with dried mucous in it-- that needs to be changed out immediately and new tubing flushed after each suction or I might as well just bring the vomit bucket into the room for my own use. (And I am a respiratory nurse! Go figure!)

[vintage_RN, BSN, RN]

I have to agree with a previous poster....Ileostomies. They smell rotten and then when you empty it it's like warm liquid chunky sour orange juice. And if the patient isn't too keen on hygeine and don't wipe the bag off...and there's poop all under their finger nails from emptying it....*shudder* It doesn't help that I work in GI surgery.....LOTS of ileostomies....

That and poor mouth hygiene. Palliative patients breathing through their mouth....and their tongue is all crusty and their mouth is full of goop that looks like snot....I can't deal with that.

[Cuddleswithpuddles]

They don't give you those nice little metal files with them anymore, to weaken the glass around the neck? See if pharmacy has some to share.

Nothing to it, and wrap the top/neck with an alcowipe to protect your fingers, and ALWAYS use a filter needle to draw it up (change to a regular needle to squirt it out or inject it).

We have those somewhere and they are stored precisely where I cannot find them on the odd occasion I have to break an ampule.

This is more of a mental block than anything. I have never been hurt by a glass ampule. I do what you do but with a lot more whining, eyes closed and a yelp afterwards.

I also want to add that the feeling of a sharp filter needle scraping against the sides of glass also gives me the heebie jeebies.

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

I cannot tolerate dealing with DCF in my state. Does that count?

[Ruas61, BSN, RN]

Disimpaction someone. I cannot do it anymore.

Other thing was old way of treating hemorrhoids- long needles and rubber bands.

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

"is this the good pop up????"

[Ruas61, BSN, RN]

"is this the good pop up????"

There are good pop tarts though!

[nursetam01]

When you pull ted hose off of a patient's legs and they snap back at you with a trail of dusty skin flakes. blaaarrrgg!!:***: :***:

[nrsang97, BSN, RN]

I also have a hard time with patients who are in terrible need of mouth care. GROSS!!! Some of the stuff I have pulled out of some mouths has been enough to make me vomit.

[krisiepoo]

This is odd for me coming from a psych background, but I just can't deal with borderline patients or patients with borderline traits. Not enough nurses/aides know how to deal with the "splitting" that they do with staff and it drives me batty. I try to warn them/tell them what will happen but they're so medically focused that they don't get it... luckily some of my charges get it

[Rebekah1882]

Ok. I am just in my CNA cert part of my nursing school and I already know my second least favorite: oral care. I sorta of already expected it so my solution is to use only my peripheral vision for certain tasks. Like taking out dentures. I need just the tiniest scrap of my sight to be sure my hand is going towards the mouth to remove the plate and then I run to the sink. I rinse like crazy before I dare to use full on, both eye vision. So far, so good.

I am at a nursing home for clinicals and my absolute least favorite is when a resident is upset and I cannot figure out why and I feel like I am failing them. ?