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!)
i wonder if this is actually a true story, anywhere? There is a nurse at our hospital who swears up and down he took care of a woman who came to A&E with an infected stoma site and it was +ve for STDs because the husband had been "using" it. I think this story floats around every hospital! I refuse to believe it's true because it's just TOO gross! (please, nobody shatter my illusion!)
I am a nursing student and my clinical instructor told me about an RN at the hospital that has evidently had something published talking about the use of a stoma for this very reason. It sounded as though she encouraged it as a means of exercising their sexuality between a couple.
Work on a skilled nursing floor as a CNA. Patient is a chronic, and i mean DEDICATED CHRONIC, masturbator. Sits on the edge of the bed, in the w/c, where ever. Pants around his feet, having a grand ol time. Hours a day, and no end in sight. Knock, walk in, do your thing (poor nurses had to do wound care on his legs), and once your on the far side of the curtain, he's back at it. It got worse once he had a roomie we had to feed. That was a challange to ignore. And even more vocal once he had a cath put in that he couldn't figure out how to do it while it was in. And it was Rx that we provided jelly for him.
Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.
Not gross, but disturbing.
Work on a skilled nursing floor as a CNA. Patient is a chronic, and i mean DEDICATED CHRONIC, masturbator. Sits on the edge of the bed, in the w/c, where ever. Pants around his feet, having a grand ol time. Hours a day, and no end in sight. Knock, walk in, do your thing (poor nurses had to do wound care on his legs), and once your on the far side of the curtain, he's back at it. It got worse once he had a roomie we had to feed. That was a challange to ignore. And even more vocal once he had a cath put in that he couldn't figure out how to do it while it was in. And it was Rx that we provided jelly for him.
Being peed on by a dead man. Never would have imagined.
The CNA letting a man play in his poo is crazy! If she had been proactive in cleaning him up, it would have been much easier to clean him up. What was she thinking????
On my 1st day alone after orientation as a new CNA on a med/surg floor I was feeling pretty confident and looking forward to the day. However, things starting going downhill fast. I had 7 pts, 3 of which needed complete assistance to eat. Bed pans, accu checks, baths, etc. After running around and getting everything done I went to start checking on everyone. Well, as soon as I entered this one room (I will call him Mr.Brown - not his real name), I immediatly knew it was going to be a massive "Code Brown". Everyone else was busy, so I was on my own to get this pt cleaned up. I went and gathered all my supplies and even hid a mask in my scrub pocket to take into the battlefield.
The pt had been given ativan the night before and was still sort of out of it, but was still "playing" down there in all the liquidy, chunky mess while seemingly sleeping at the same time. At this point, being my 1st day alone, I didn't think I would make it through. I starting planning my escape from the smelly room and out of the hospital never to look back. I decided to tough it out since I really liked the job and I am hoping they hire me as a RN after school.
Anyways....
I get started by removing the soiled gown from Mr.Brown and removing one side of the linens. I start cleaning him up as best I could without much help from him. As soon as I roll him over I see how much poop there really is. It could have easily been 2 liters or more worth of the brown stuff. It was unlike anything I ever smelled before and the mask just didn't help. It was runny and chunky all at the same time. It was everywhere. It was in his bellybutton, up his back and even behind his knees. So here I am getting him all cleaned up while his hands are still down there getting dirty as well. I figured I would just have to clean them last. Well, of course as I get one side clean he beings to urinate. Everywhere. It was so much urine I was sure he hadn't voided in a week. I had to run into the bathroom and grab his urinal and try and catch what was still coming out. A mixture of runny poop and hot urine started running over the side of the bed. So here I am about to loose it. I was so over it at this point, but I managed to finish the job and have Mr.Brown back up in bed with clean linens and a clean gown....sleeping peacefully. I felt pretty proud of myself. Since then everything has seemed a lot easier!
I saw Mr.Brown as few days later as he was being discharged. With no ativan in him, he was alert and oriented with a big smile on his face and he wanted to give me a hug before he left. :)
I felt like I smelled like Mr.Brown's poop for a week. I was tempted to shower with bleach when I got home that night. I'm sure that won't be the last time that happens either. At least I will be prepared!
Unreal! 
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I am a nursing student and my clinical instructor told me about an RN at the hospital that has evidently had something published talking about the use of a stoma for this very reason. It sounded as though she encouraged it as a means of exercising their sexuality between a couple.