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?

[xjamxtc]

EXPLOSIVE bowl movements

[cracklingkraken, ASN, RN]

Hair. Seeing tangles of hair that are on the floor or on clothes grosses me out.

[That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

EXPLOSIVE bowl movements

Best auto correct yet

[DoeRN]

I always hated rinsing out the basin after someone brushes their teeth. I would throw it away and get them a new one. I know not cost effective but it beats me getting sick in their room.

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[No Stars In My Eyes]

I'll do your trachs and ostomies, if you'll do my blood draws and IV starts.

I am another one who has never been able to hit a vein. I am soooo jealous of people to whom it comes so easily!

[cardiacfreak, ADN]

Placing foleys on morbidly obese people who haven't washed down there in years!

[CodeNurseBrown]

As far as mundane tasks go, I detest feeding people. The food alone is usually enough to make me gag. And why are they always edentulous? If you can't chew, and you're in the ICU, you need tube feeding, right? That's my theory, anyway.

As far as mechanisms of injury, I HATE anything involving teeth or eyes. We had a lady with some amoeba in her eye and we were waiting for it to rupture. Every time I had to put eye drops in that green enlarged eye, I gagged. Give me wounds, disimpactions, and ostomies any day. I'm also not a fan of neuro patients because I don't like waking people up every 2 hours. Let them sleep or they'll get squirrelly!

[kakamegamama]

Cleaning up mucus. Snot. Anything stringy.

[junkmurse]

Giving blood. Takes forever.

[lherm2013]

How about a pt vomiting through their trach?? Yea... That was probably my worst nightmare.

[fishjuggler]

After 40 years of nursing the one thing that can still make me gag is the smell of stool from a GI bleed patient. Also, I suck at putting diapers on when patient is bedridden--can never get both sides even!! Doh!!

[fishjuggler]

For all that hate starting IVs. After 40 years of nursing I am now called the "Vein Whisperer". Have someone you is good at IVs mentor you--the skill will come with lots of practice!!