What nursing task do you loathe???

[richardgecko]

Just realized today that I can't stand ostomy appliances. It's not the poop, it's just cutting and sizing the appliance and that messy paste. Tedious and irritating but somebody's gotta do it.

How about you?

[Anna S, RN]

Making put-on, and take-off packs (bundles of needles, syringes, gauze, tape torn just-so, etc.) for dialysis pts. It's so boring, just busy work and a waste of my time.

[onedayitllbeme]

Tap water enemas in bed.. Uhh, time consuming, uncomfortable for patient and a mess.

[twinmommy+2, ADN, BSN, MSN]

Anything that is ordered one...thing...at...a...time. Nickel and Diming kills me. Just order the damn meds all together, all at once. You know they need it, just do it.

Auscultating lungs on someone who refuses to brush their teeth, you know they are going to breath right in your face every time. Especially during flu season.

[twinmommy+2, ADN, BSN, MSN]

O.M.G...

[orrndavid]

There are many, many things that are much more defaming to a nurse than what you are describing.

[DoeRN]

I hate responding to "Nursey" "honey" "sweetheart"...ect. I mean it is really hard to be professional when you want to yell "you don't know me like that!" Don't they know how disrespectful that sounds? If I am your nurse, I told you my name, it's on the whiteboard in your room I wear it on a name tag (with a really bad picture of me on it)! Use it, or if needed, just ring the call light and I will show up and you can see my badge again....anything but all those disrespectful cutesy names!

I always correct people and tell them please call me Doe. I'm very direct with it and people give me to deer in headlights look but hey they stop calling me sugar plum!

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[Anna S, RN]

Being anywhere near dragon legs- aka bizarre leg fungus.

So many renal pts have it.

What is it? Why do they get it?

Is anyone treating it?

We had a new admit pt walk into our outpt clinic recently- barefoot, with open cuts on her feet, and dragon legs.

Cover that crap up, for goodness sake- wear socks and shoes!

Get that crap treated!

It looks like this:

[Farawyn]

Being anywhere near dragon legs- aka bizarre leg fungus.

So many renal pts have it.

What is it? Why do they get it?

Is anyone treating it?

We had a new admit pt walk into our outpt clinic recently- barefoot, with open cuts on her feet, and dragon legs.

Cover that crap up, for goodness sake- wear socks and shoes!

Get that crap treated!

It looks like this:

I always feel sorry for the patients that have that. It smells too.

I'll take those patients, as well, and rub whatever meds into their legs.

[Anna S, RN]

I always feel sorry for the patients that have that. It smells too.

I'll take those patients, as well, and rub whatever meds into their legs.

I am a dialysis nurse, so I can't treat their leg fungus.

It seems that every pt I've seen with this does not seem concerned about it, and is not seeking tx for it.

[pixiestudent2]

In addition to the usual lice, I once saw a patient with her hair infested with roaches.

No.... Just no!

[Beachie27]

Turning obese, vented patients every 2 hrs. Worst. And switching over to all new IV tubing after a PICC is placed.

[Catzilla]

For some reason I hate the smell of xeroform. Maybe it's an association with nasty wounds/infections, or the fact it smells all chemically, but I hate it.

One of the worst smells!!