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!)
We are the nurses of the animal world. In most countries we are called veterinary NURSES. So I would guess that veterinary technicians (which is what we are called in the US and Canada) would include us. I've been on this board for a number of years.
Leonca, as a dog owner I knew what you were saying. As a nurse,I'm ashamed of those you are saying you don't belong on a nurses forum. But you have to remember, those are probably the ones who eat the young nurses too. Welcome.
Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
nursecathi said:
Leonca, as a dog owner I knew what you were saying. As a nurse,I'm ashamed of those you are saying you don't belong on a nurses forum. But you have to remember, those are probably the ones who eat the young nurses too. Welcome.
Please, no NETY. Her post was confusing. I am a dog owner but it wasn't straight forward as this is AllNurses.
Today I learned not to try to medicate a patient outside while it is jumping up and down in a puddle of its own urine...
Leonca said:
Sorry. I knew there were a few other vet techs here, so I didn't realize it might be confusing.
I wouldn't swear to it, but it sounds like they were just having a bit of fun with your post. It was a pretty easy target. I'm sure nobody meant nuthin'
These stories make mine about spilling NG tube drainage all over my leg sound just plain boring.
No, that's pretty gross. I hate the smell of partially digested tube feeds. HATE it. I would be extremely unhappy if I spilled some of that down my leg.
I work in LTC. We had a husband/wife couple who still engaged in "extracurricular activities". They were known to do this quite often (and, as I found out afterwards, they don't care who sees them). I had obtained an order for a UA per I/O cath for the wife d/t increased confusion and behaviors. Myself, 2 other nurses, and a CNA entered the room to obtain the UA. I knocked on the door several times and heard a voice say "come in". As we entered the room and walked towards the bed I tripped on the bedside table. In an effort to catch myself I grabbed the privacy curtain which proceeded to come off the tracks which resulted in me flying into bed with the naked couple. Worst thing was, as I was scurrying to get out of the bed I placed my bare hand in a puddle of warm, slimy goo. All of this witnessed by the 2 other nurses and CNA. That was 9 years ago and I still get crap to this day about being the third wheel in their relationship. Needless to say my hand were almost raw by the end of the day from washing them and applying hand sanitizer. I still wash my hands every time someone brings it up.
When I was working in a nursing home I had a lady who would sway back in forth in the hoyer lift intentionally to try and get a rise out of aides. I told her if she didn't stop she was going to fall and that I wouldn't be able to catch her when she did. So she stopped, still slowly swaying slowly to a stop, looked me right in the eyes and defecated. Lucky for me it was a hoyer sling with a convenient hole cut out for toileting assists. Still love that woman she's got some serious sass.
Specializes in LTC, CPR instructor, First aid instructor..
Tkelley96 said:
Not really so gross but funny...
When I was working in a nursing home I had a lady who would sway back in forth in the hoyer lift intentionally to try and get a rise out of aides. I told her if she didn't stop she was going to fall and that I wouldn't be able to catch her when she did. So she stopped, still slowly swaying slowly to a stop, looked me right in the eyes and defecated. Lucky for me it was a hoyer sling with a convenient hole cut out for toileting assists. Still love that woman she's got some serious sass.
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Huh. But after reading that post & it was weird. Since this is AllNurses, ya'know?