What do you HATE to do at work?

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I thought it would be interesting to see what things nurses dread doing. For example, I hate suctioning people, there is something about seeing stuff go thru the suc cath that flips me out. Weird huh? I can take vomitting, poop, blood etc, but when its contained in that suc cath and moving thru to the cannister, I get sick. What about the rest of you?

Cheryl

Don't know why, but I always hate getting people up to the bathroom in ICU...so much crap to drag along w/you. My philosophy is if you can get up to the bathroom, you shouldn't be in ICU...

Also hate entering orders into the computer. Don't know why, as at my main ft job now I do alot of computer work..but entering reviews is different, it's free texting. Entering orders when you don't do it often is a tedious PIA.

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I HATE documenting! This task takes up so much time. I wish there was a recorder that followed me everywhere and all I had to do was just talk while I worked. hehe! This would save so much time. As far as bodily fluids or anything like that, I really don't get grossed out that easily. If anything, certain sputum smells make me want to gag, but the sight of it doesn't neccesarily gross me out.

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I am a student in LTC & so far it's the feeding thing for me, too. I'm too impatient and I don't like begging and pleading. Plus I'm kind of weird about mouths/teeth. I didn't even really like feeding my own toddlers, so there ya go.

Although, I couldn't decide if it was more funny or disgusting the other day when my pt took out her denture and started nibbling on the attached food like a yummy BBQ rib.

Oh my gosh! I had a patient do the exact same thing this weekend! I was amazed and horrified at the same time LOL YUCK!

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Bed baths for people with severe psoriasous... ewwwwwwww! And thich yellow overgrown toenails gives me the willies.... yuckkky!

Call me crazy, but I love to suction trachs

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I hate doing continuous bladder irrigations because of the constant need to replace bags, empty foley bags, determine actual output. It is the most time consuming thing I can think of and it take me away from my other responsibilities.

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Specializes in Emergency nursing, critical care nursing..

I hate most to do is put pillowcases on pillows. I HATE DOING THAT.

why? not sure, but I dread the time when I must put a case on a pillow.

I also hate the smell of "dead gut". Once you smell it, you never forget it!

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1. enema's

2. ecg's

3. rectal swabs

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What do I hate to do at work...?

...someone else's job....

:nono:

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Its very funny to read what you all hate. Gee.... I hate lots of things. I must pick one and the winner is????? suctioning. Thank goodness we have no suctioning where I work. I have had to suction only enough times to know to avoid it at all costs. I almost gag when I see it and the noise is too much for me. I can handle most icky things but could name many that I prefer to avoid.

I work in jail and the worst thing for me is all the rotted teeth R/T drug abuse.

Yuck!!!

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Bed baths for people with severe psoriasous... ewwwwwwww! And thich yellow overgrown toenails gives me the willies.... yuckkky!

Call me crazy, but I love to suction trachs

I forgot about toenails!!! I hate that too- Major gross-out!

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what i hate most at work is the continual flow of the regulars into the ER. I have worked same ER for years and it seems I know them all and am sympathetic with most but the number is increasing and it seems like the few breaks we get from the real ER stuff is filled in with migraines, toothaches, and backaches. They also are catching on and finding out which er mds are working and they know the ones that are user-freindly. I dread my shift falling on the one when our "Lortab special Doc" is working. Our ER visits increase dramatically. I do have to admit to also falling into the trap myself. I have on few times suggested to new er docs, "I know that patient well, please give them a few lortabs or stadol and get them OTD, I need bed space." Sorry i am just on a rant today dave

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Specializes in Med Surg, ICU, Infection, Home Health, and LTC.

MAGGOTS. I absolutely cannot stand to see some of the wounds that come in and as you go to assess them and open them up out they crawl ......and up my stomach comes. Gag me with a spoon. I can't stand them crawly creepy dead eating nasty things. Not too crazy abut seeing head lice crawling on the pillow case as the patient smiles up at me either but the lice are not as nasty to me.

The VERY WORST thing is EMAR, electronic medication administration. Boot up the puter, waiting waiting waiting..... get to the right screen on the patient............scan the drug, manuver the cart and the scanner through a roomful of visitors to the bedside to scan the armband........and then it is twisted, faded, on too tight, and covered in unknown body secretions.

Dragging that stupid trojan horse of an EMAR cart to give a single tylenol....NOTHING on earth has slowed nursing down as much as that!

HATE IT HATE IT HATE IT. :scrying: :angryfire :angryfire

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