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!)
Didn't happen to me (thank God) but to a coworker just this week: Demented patient in ISO because he was growing MRSA and other organisms in his heavily draining scrotal wound was constantly fingering the wound, took his hands out from under the sheets and "got your nose!" We all wore masks from then on.
Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.
Didn't happen to me (thank God) but to a coworker just this week: Demented patient in ISO because he was growing MRSA and other organisms in his heavily draining scrotal wound was constantly fingering the wound, took his hands out from under the sheets and "got your nose!" We all wore masks from then on.
Didn't happen to me (thank God) but to a coworker just this week: Demented patient in ISO because he was growing MRSA and other organisms in his heavily draining scrotal wound was constantly fingering the wound, took his hands out from under the sheets and "got your nose!" We all wore masks from then on.
After reading all those, my story seems a bit tame. I was placing an NG tube on a patient, his nose starts to bleed a little, I reassure him that unfortunant, it is to be expected( after 4 nurses and a resident in the ER tried, then they call in Wally) I start advancing the tube, he says Im gonna be sick, Alright sir, just a little further and... he vomits all over my shoes and scrubs, to find out it was my first introduction to fecal emesis.
The other, I was checking the SCD's per patient request squatted down at bedside chatting with my lady( had a recent bowel resection with colostomy placement) I asked how was her gas, and if she felt like she needed to pass gas, She lifts her gown and says It hurts here, and I think I have passed gas, is this bad, When I looked up, She "burped" the colostomy bag right in my face. I got crop dusted by a fresh colostomy. It has been two weeks and I dont think i got that all out of my nose yet.
Oh goodness! I just got my license on Tuesday and these stories are crazy lol. I'm with a lot of you. I can do yucky poo and blood but anything that comes from your mouth or nose makes me gag! Im sure I will have my own gross stories soon :)
Brown recluse spider bite to the member. The pt avoided coming in for awhile, he tried to care for it at home. When his member turned gangrenous he decided to seek treatment. It was too late, when the resident went to examine the extent of the damage, the majority of the pts member fell of on the doctors hand. The doctor calmly covered the pt up with the sheet, walked down the hall, into the dictation room and freaked out. The poor resident kept saying, "it fell of in my hand, I barely touched it!".
Brown recluse spider bite to the member. The pt avoided coming in for awhile, he tried to care for it at home. When his member turned gangrenous he decided to seek treatment. It was too late, when the resident went to examine the extent of the damage, the majority of the pts member fell of on the doctors hand. The doctor calmly covered the pt up with the sheet, walked down the hall, into the dictation room and freaked out. The poor resident kept saying, "it fell of in my hand, I barely touched it!".
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Im sure I will have my own gross stories soon :)
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Didn't happen to me (thank God) but to a coworker just this week: Demented patient in ISO because he was growing MRSA and other organisms in his heavily draining scrotal wound was constantly fingering the wound, took his hands out from under the sheets and "got your nose!" We all wore masks from then on.