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

Had a crazy old man who would climb out of his bed and into those of other patients where he'd proceed to have a BM, then return to his own bed. He even got out of restraints (placed for obvious reasons) to do so.

This is why I couldn't work LTC.

This is why I couldn't work LTC.

This wasn't LTC. It was on a heme/onc unit at a large, regional medical center.

OH goodness. We once had a HIV pt. go to the bathroom acrossed the hall because they were confused. You want to have people show their true colors?? When that happened it all came out! :)

Specializes in ICU, telemetry, LTAC.

Hm. We had an overdose patient, a little young female, who happened to have overdosed during her time of month. No problem. Except her nurse caught sight of her digging in her peri-area and then sticking her finger down her throat to induce vomiting. If it'd been me that saw her doing that, well I'd have been cleaning up my own puke.

Specializes in Critical Care.

I have smelled CDiff, wound infections and infected urine, but have never smelled anything as bad as this one day. I'm sure if you have experienced this, you will agree.

My paitent was 300+ lbs, and needed her first bath since admission. Well, the woman hadn't bathed for days, and when I and another nurse lifted her belly flap to wash, I almost fainted! Not only was it excoriated, but had white smelly fungus or something under that flap! I'm telling you, it took all I had not to puke, and keep a staight face in front of the patient. I will be more cautious of the smell the next time I lift a "flap."

Dorie

Specializes in Home Health, Hospice.
Had a 900# lady admitted during the night and I had the honor of cleaning her up the next day. While bathing her I had to lift skin folds to get the foulest smelling stink off her. I lifted her breast and there was a dead kitten in the fat fold. I nearly aspirated on my vomit. It must have been there for a while because it was infested with maggots.

OMG!!! A dead kitten??!! Reminds me of the cartoon of the fat lady posting a "lost dog" flyer, and the Chihuaua is stuck in her butt crack! To even imagine the kitten might just be the killer for me...might have to stop reading this thread.....well....OK, a few more:uhoh3:

Specializes in midwifery, NICU.
OMG!!! A dead kitten??!! Reminds me of the cartoon of the fat lady posting a "lost dog" flyer, and the Chihuaua is stuck in her butt crack! To even imagine the kitten might just be the killer for me...might have to stop reading this thread.....well....OK, a few more:uhoh3:

Holy Moly!!!!!!!!!!! that is SOOO gross! How do you even turn a 900lb patient though? hats off to all who do this!!!!!!Brave people!

This had me in stitches. Guess I am just a little sick in the mind! I've got one for you though.

I worked a rural ER and had a guy come in with c/o lower abdominal pain and said that he had fallen and felt that he had something in his rectum. Did the exam and was motioned to go into the hall for a "consult" with the doc. The doc just about busted a gut telling me that he had a Frenches mustard container in his rectum and I giggled the whole time I was getting the required tools to remove it. But wait..it gets better! After removal of the foriegn object I went to the desk to get his discharge papers ready and when I went back into the ER he was gone. I started to clean up and gues what? You, know it! He took the Frenches mustard container with him! Must have been a fav!!!!!

Okay he had the condiment, did anyone bother looking for the hot dog?

Specializes in LTC, CPR instructor, First aid instructor..
:roll

Is anyone else replaying in their head that scene from "Silence of the Lambs"..............................

:barf01:I DIDN'T FIND THAT ONE BIT FUNNY! I RATHER FOUND IT DISGUSTING!!!!!!:banghead:How can anyone think something like that is funny? Our mouths were made for speech, singing, eating FOOD, and every other NORMAL thing. To even think semen is funny YUCKKKKKK!!!!!:down::barf01::barf01:
Specializes in LTC, CPR instructor, First aid instructor..
I have smelled CDiff, wound infections and infected urine, but have never smelled anything as bad as this one day. I'm sure if you have experienced this, you will agree.

My paitent was 300+ lbs, and needed her first bath since admission. Well, the woman hadn't bathed for days, and when I and another nurse lifted her belly flap to wash, I almost fainted! Not only was it excoriated, but had white smelly fungus or something under that flap! I'm telling you, it took all I had not to puke, and keep a staight face in front of the patient. I will be more cautious of the smell the next time I lift a "flap."

Dorie

I am truly sorry you feel that way. That poor woman probably was unable to help herself, and was at the mercy of someone else helping her. I would not doubt for one moment that she probably was embarassed and self conscious about the way she smelled, but nobody wanted to go near her. I know this, because I once weighed over 300lbs, and was embarassed about how I stank. I wasn't one bit able to help myself, or I would have. This is coming from one who has been there, and I didn't even want others to come near me unless they honestly and sincerely had empathy and compassion for me. Poor woman. Well, at least you did manage to clean her up. I hope she got the help she needed to lose some of her weight so she wouldn't have to be subjected to gossip.
Specializes in Corrections, neurology, dialysis.
:barf01:I DIDN'T FIND THAT ONE BIT FUNNY! I RATHER FOUND IT DISGUSTING!!!!!!:banghead:How can anyone think something like that is funny? Our mouths were made for speech, singing, eating FOOD, and every other NORMAL thing. To even think semen is funny YUCKKKKKK!!!!!:down::barf01::barf01:

Um, I don't think it was meant to be funny. The title of the thread is gross, yucky and disgusting.

Had a 900# lady admitted during the night and I had the honor of cleaning her up the next day. While bathing her I had to lift skin folds to get the foulest smelling stink off her. I lifted her breast and there was a dead kitten in the fat fold. I nearly aspirated on my vomit. It must have been there for a while because it was infested with maggots.

Hmmm...could that dead kitty be her pet she forgot she had? :uhoh3: