What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

Here is my most gross, yucky, disgusting nursing story! Nurses Humor Article

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I was working a night shift on a tele floor as a new Nurse.

We had this one poor old lady who was confused and was restrained as usual for her safety. She was our designated resident nightmare geri from hell, so she was placed near the Nurse's station.

So we are chilling out at the Nurse's station, chatting and trying to get through another night...

Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, I see our lady in question standing in the dimly lit doorway of her room!

I instantly leap out and run to her. As I approach her, she appears to be falling towards me, so I meet her in a bear hug...my arms around her waste, and her arms around my shoulders.

As I catch the lady, I notice a very strong smell of feces, and I feel something warm on my hands, arms and shoulders...

My fellow heroes come in behind me, and as the lights are turned on, my worst fears are instantly realized.

Yes, I caught the poor old lady with a good old bear hung football catch, but I was also covered in the lady's feces.

As I look at her, she has feces smeared all over her arms and hands... (and even her face!)

And of course, now so did I! :D

Specializes in LTC, case mgmt, agency.
I was a CNA at the time this incident happened. I'm a critical care nurse now, and I have never been as grossed out as I was by this...

A woman in her 40's who had had a colostomy for several years following a bad MVA was admitted for an infection in her colostomy site. She came to my unit and sure enough, green pus everywhere. The site was cultured and.. guess what? She had gonorrhea in her stoma. She reluctantly admitted that she had met a man in a fetish chatroom and let him "make love" to her stoma!

Now, there is some patient teaching I would have never thought of! "By, the way, if you let someone sexually penetrate your stoma, make sure they wear a condom."

OMG!!! LMAO here.:chuckle I don't know whether to laugh or gross out. I can picture trying to do patient education for this with a straight face. :up:

:barf02: What does it mean when I've been going through this thread for an hour, and still intend on becoming a nurse.:roll
Specializes in onc, M/S, hospice, nursing informatics.
:barf02: What does it mean when I've been going through this thread for an hour, and still intend on becoming a nurse.:roll

It means you're gonna be a good nurse! :D

Specializes in Medical.

Or at least prepared for the less well publicised aspects of nursing :)

I was a new CNA in the nursing home and feeling very proud of my first step in my chosen career.

A nice littel old man in a wheel chair waved at one of my co-workers (a pretty littel 18 year-old, fresh out of high school sugar and spice type of girl). He said "honey come over here please" as she bent down to talk to him. He moved the blanket covering his legs and SPLAT! he ejaculated right in her face and mouth. I never saw her again and thus my nursing career beagn...........

OMG !!!!!!!!!!!:o:bluecry1: HOW DISGUSTING.......

Specializes in Cardiology, Oncology, Hospice,IV Therapy.

This is mild compared to some of the other stories but I do Hospice and Palliative care and besides going to pt's homes I go to the facilities in the area. There is a pt at this one assisted living facility that wanders into people's rooms and poops in their closets. And then one day one of the aides reached into a glove box and found a turd neatly wrapped in tp and tucked into the glove box. Everyone refers to her as "The Mad Crapper".

Okay- here goes- who likes loogies??!!

Yesterday, had a post bowel resect guy who also had LUL pneumonia, history of COPD, the usual. His surgeon came to visit, and I noticed 2 big brown blobs stuck to the patient's chest. Worried the doc would take notice, I casually slipped on some gloves, removed said blobs with a paper towel. I should get a gold star, I told myself, for not barfing as I peeled them off.

Later, the doc placed a central line and had had him in Trendelenburg. Afterwards, he sits up and starts trying to cough one up. I was proceding to give him pain meds while he's coughing and gagging trying to get it up. The sound alone had my stomach churning. I turn around from the computer, and he opens his mouth to reveal a giant 6cm by 8cm blob that he's pulling off his tongue, and it's stringing along, stuck very fast, indeed. Kinda reminded me of Silly Putty.

Had to run and :barf02:.

First time for me.

This isn't so much gross as it is "Oh no you... you didn't just do that....??"

I'm now a new grad and am working on eyes & ENT ward, a guy with a eyeball herpes and a really bad eye infection which requires half hourly eye drops for 48 hours was my pt. I went into his room to give his drops. He was wiping his eyes and pulled a huge blob of pus out of his most horrifically infected eye. I handed him a piece of guaze to wipe it on, but as I was giving the drops I felt him poke me the neck.

Guess what he wiped on my bare skin?

Specializes in LTC, case mgmt, agency.
This isn't so much gross as it is "Oh no you... you didn't just do that....??"

I'm now a new grad and am working on eyes & ENT ward, a guy with a eyeball herpes and a really bad eye infection which requires half hourly eye drops for 48 hours was my pt. I went into his room to give his drops. He was wiping his eyes and pulled a huge blob of pus out of his most horrifically infected eye. I handed him a piece of guaze to wipe it on, but as I was giving the drops I felt him poke me the neck.

Guess what he wiped on my bare skin?

Ewwww!!!! :barf02: Funny but gross. Love this thread.:lol2:

Ewwww!!!! :barf02: Funny but gross. Love this thread.:lol2:

It even had an eyelash in it....

It even had an eyelash in it....

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*KLUNK*passed out:zzzzz

It even had an eyelash in it....

Oh, that's just NASTY! :no: