What nursing task do you loathe???

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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?

Why are you spending nursing time fetching snacks for able-bodied people? Give them directions to the caf, coffee shop, or vending machine. :sniff:

Obviously if the pt is dying more TLC is in order...but if their 19 y/o kid just had an appy? No. Just. No.

Hunting down a piece of coconut cake all over the hospital that didn't come up on the patients tray after the cafeteria shut it's doors. Not even my patient, but this patient asked to see the CHARGE Nurse about this problem, so there I scurried, trying to get that "excellent " and "always" answer on the surveys. Lol

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Specializes in Reproductive & Public Health.
We need to introduce you to NOADLS, STAT!!

No no!!! I

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Specializes in Oncology (OCN).

Placing a NGT. Just can't do it. Can handle vomit all day long but something about the sound of someone gagging while I am putting a tube through their nose into their stomach--just no!

CBI. Not sure why just always found it so irritating to have a patient on CBI. Maybe because I worked nights when I started out and it always seemed like we had to fight with central supply to keep enough of the 1000ml bags of irrigation fluid on hand. For whatever reason they would only supply one box at a time and even when we called way before we were close to running out they were slow to get us more. Then you had to worry about it running dry and clotting off and irrigate huge clots off. Ugh!

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Specializes in Pediatric Emergency Nursing.

CRUTCH WALKING TEACHING!!!! Hate it. And anything to do with trachs.

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Almost passed out the first time I smelled and saw necrotic tissue. Still grosses me out but I can handle it now!

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.

Straight catching female newborns and female babies...the other week I had to find the urethral opening behind the lady partsl opening. :eek:

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*Ambulating patients (OMG, WHAT IF THEY FALL!??! wideyed.png What if they poop and it runs down their legs and then they slip in it?!?! sick.png What if I slip in it??? blackeye.png*nervous tittering*)

*Putting on those disposable blood pressure cuffs which REFUSE to go on correctly bored.png rage.pngand then REFUSE to come off without some herculean prying banghead.png... stupid velcro.

*Bathing patients (Is the temperature right? :cautious: Is this towel too rough for their skin? :unsure:What if I get soap in their eyes? :cry: Also, somehow I always seem to get water on everything and I never really feel like I did it "right"... :o I think I might like those shampoo caps, I haven't tried them yet but they look cool and decidedly less messy, plus there are time indicators for how long to massage the hair or whatever:up:)

*Repositioning patients (Did I do it right?!? :down: It doesn't look right :confused:...the sheets are uneven :bluecry1: :spit: :arghh:*more nervous tittering*)

I don't necessarily loathe these things, but they are tasks that make me nervous because of the potential for patient injury and/or because I can't know if I'm doing them perfectly... I'm a smidge obsessive yes.gif:

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Specializes in ICU.
Vomit. Can't stand it at work, can't stand it at home. Give me a good endotracheal suction any day! Something so satisfying about seeing the tubing fill up with nasty mucous plugs!

Same here. Vomit is the one thing I can't do. It makes me gag and want to vomit myself. Also, checking gastric residuals *shudder*. Having to pull all that stuff out and if there's more than 60 mL, having to like collect it in a cup and measure it, then suck it all back up to give back to the patient. Eckkk. I hate it. I recently learned it's no longer recommended to routinely check gastric residuals. I can't wait until my facility's policy reflects that.

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Specializes in LTC,Hospice/palliative care,acute care.

Earlobs,ear wax,hearing aides and ear rings....Not going there....NOPE

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Things like starting IV's and colostomy bag changes ,that are difficult. I became very good at because I thought of it as a challenge and the patients were given better care.

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Yep. Me a few weeks ago. Removing TEDS on a Direct admit. Feet flakes airborne and in my mouth and down my scrubs. I think I ate a bleach wipe behind it. Lol.

Been there, done THAT.

No worries, that is GOMER dust... it actually gives you magical powers ;)

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Specializes in ICU, Postpartum, Onc, PACU.

ostomies and bed baths.

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