What Freaks You Out?

lizzyb · Jan 21, 2002

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oh god that was sick:eek: :eek:

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VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN · Jan 21, 2002

She was a tiny, shriveled up shell of a woman, a LOL who was cared for at home. When she came to us, she literally had decubs upon decubs, contractures upon her contractures, permanently rolled up fetally into a little ball. She had decubs all over her body, down to muscle and bone. This is something I have a very hard time with, decubs with bone showing :eek: . When we dressed her multiple wounds, she looked like a mummy with all of the gauze. Worse still, MRSA was discovered in the decubs, so gentamycin cream was added to her many dressing changes.

Goofball · Jan 22, 2002

Last, but not least, My dog ate a dirty diaper and I had to pull it out of his butt when it finally started to pass.!! [/b]

This last statement I thought was pretty twisted, even for a nurse (and I'm still laughing about it!)

Goofball · Jan 22, 2002

Wait just a minute, NurseChris1, with your dirty diaper-eating dog. I think Mopsi outdid you with

the maggot story! Khhhaaaaackkkkk

Momma_Penguin · Jan 22, 2002

I can tolerate a lot of "things" whether they are from the body or anywhere but 2 of the things that will gross me out..and I think my husband said I turned green even...was from.....OMG..THE HAIR IN THE SINK DRAIN.....EWWWWWWWWWW SORRY, I had to be ill.....I can stand blood , guts, BM...and a host of unfriendly aromas that we have at the home but that will make me run outta the room in like 2 seconds. The 2nd thing is....that slimy kinda vomit or BM.....ewwwwwwwww. Well there you have it, I am proud that was able to share my grossest with you. Hope no one was eating while they read these things. :) :) Laura:) :)

sandigapeachlpn · Jan 23, 2002

i had a new admission come in that previously was on the other hall apprx 2 mo ago. she had lit her ciggie with her liquid 02 on and became enflamed. she came in due to facial burns and then she was dc'd to assisted living. i was off for three days and she is back. i didn't get to read her h&p so i wasn't familiar with her history. i had only seen her from the hall when she was on the other hall so i was totally blown away when i went in and assessed her and met her. she has scarring around the nose okay that's not so bad. but she also has facial paralysis so that her mouth is mishaped over to the left. she also torched her left nare and there is a hunk of nare missing. the thing that got me was her dentures. floating puts it mildly. with the abnormality of her oral cavity and facial structure her upper dentures HAVE NO WHERE TO CALL THEIR OWN. the entire time i was talking with her i was trying to focus on her verbalization and all i could do was watch her dentures turning summersaults in her mouth. she kept telling me she needed her RICKS. i tryed so hard to understand her and could not due to the flying dentures and got a piece of paper towel for her to translate. she spelled VICKS . she wanted to put it into her missing nare. i explained that i did not have a dr order for vicks and if she would put her nasal cannula back in she would be able to breath better. then she had trouble putting her cannual back in place... so i reinserted it ..... i had a tough time trying to get the effected side in with the missing nub of her nare, she constantly picks at the nare also making the nare a bloody stump. anyway, she got so aggravated at me because i didn't have any vicks, she went over to the roommates dresser and took her calmoseptine (which is a pretty shade of light pale pink ) and applied it all over her nostril. of !/4 of the remains. the calmo is our house barrier cream for incontinence. WELL SHE SHOWED ME!!!!!!!!!

Chuckie · Jan 27, 2002

NurseDixie · Jan 27, 2002

Vomiting!!! I can clean it up, but just to hear the patient gagging gets to me. The same thing goes when inserting an NG tube, when the pt. starts gagging, I do, too! I just can't help it. :eek:

NurseDixie · Jan 27, 2002

The post from Chucky reminded me of one...Years ago when I was a CNA, we admitted a little old lady who had fallen several days prior to anyone finding her and she had a fractured hip and she also had maggots in her lady parts!!YIKES:o :o Felt so sorry for her,too.

Caro · Jan 27, 2002

For me the number one horror is.......SPUTUM.

False teeth make me feel a bit "unusual "...and the never forgotten smell of malaena is fairly vile.

My worst experience ever was putting a Foley in a 76 stone woman .... I should have worn a snorkel. I had visions of disappearing if she took a deep breath!

Caroline:eek:

Goofball · Jan 28, 2002

What the heck is a 76 stone woman?

Caro · Jan 28, 2002

Hi Goofball

76 stones is 1064 pounds.

We are talking about one VERY big woman !

Caroline:eek: