What's your grossest, funniest, craziest CNA experience?

FocusRN · Apr 27, 2005

Well I have quite a few but....

I worked on an Alz. unit, and one night I was making rounds, when I go into a patients room, and find her in bed with the man from across the hall. I am ust shocked, because number one this is a nursing home, and if it were a regular unit I guess it would have been okay but this was Alz. So I called the charge, and by the time we got back to the room, he is standing there with a t shirt and nothing else on getting back in bed with her, while slapping her behind say and I quote " Girl move that big 'ole thing". I was just done. So the charge (she was a comedian), says Mr. Johnny, I called the police on you. Then he says ya'll better get out and stsy out of grown folks businees. And then she says look you got her pregnant. Then he proceeds to jumt out of the bed put on his clothes, and says it ain't mine. I was so threw.

lovingtheunloved, ASN, RN · Apr 27, 2005

One of my most memorable times was when a resident (I work Alzheimer's) had the runs. She opened up a dresser drawer, pooped in it, got it all over the floor and herself, made poo footprints all over the tile on her way to the privacy curtain with which she wiped. Have you ever tried to get one of those down? Anyway, as I'm cleaning up the disaster, the nurse walks by, bursts into hysterical laughter, and says, "Yeah, this is why I went to nursing school."

And I've said it before, you haven't lived until you've pulled somebody's teeth out of somebody else's mouth.

Katydidit34 · Apr 27, 2005

I have a poop story to share too. I worked in LTC when I was 18/19. I had this patient named Ethel. Oh Lord was she a mess!! She didn't speak to anyone but she grunted all day long as she wheeled herself around. One night I went into her room and she was just sitting in her chair next to her bed. I said, "come on Ethel, it's time for bed". Well, Ethel fancied those long moo moo type house dresses. Not being able to get herself into bed, I put my arms underneath her and got into the position to pivot and move her. I pick her up, my left leg between her legs, and realize that Ethel has the runs. Boy, did she ever have the runs!! Immediately there was poop everywhere!! On the floor, on the chair, on Ethel and on me. Keep in mind, we are still in the "ready to move" position. She started to slip in the poop and I had to keep her from falling by resting her on my leg. Ethel slid all the way down my leg!! I ended up on the floor with Ethel and her bowel contents all over me!! It was the biggest mess I have ever seen. When the nurse finally heard my cries for help, she came in and nearly peed her pants she was laughing so hard. Poop EVERYWHERE, and me covered up in it with Ethel on top of me doing her grunt. Suffice it to say, Ethel and I both got a shower!!

galaxy781 · Apr 27, 2005

LMAO....

oh my...i dont think anything i can say can top those stories....the worst I can muster up is...my very very first day of CNA clincials I had to do pericare for the very first time....my partner pretended to faint so she left the room, it was atleast 100 degrees and my resident had poop all over her...it was so hot and my instructor was sitting there saying, no wipe the other way...lets just say that broke me in....

TWnursingstudent · Apr 27, 2005

Ok folks I know not another fecies story but here goes:

I work in a LTC facility where there are 3 halls, the one nite I was assigned to C hall which has 29 residents, we had this one really cute, sweet, lady that at the time I had no clue she had a colostomy bag. Well it was time for us to do last rounds and I happened to get this ladies room, the other CNA told me, don't go into that room without pulling the privacy curtain around you first, I thought it was strange but since I was still rather new figured they new what they were talking about, so just before stepping into the room I pulled the curtain, turned on the light, and when the light came on fling, fling, fling, for about 5 minutes.............this lady had taken the BM from her colostomy bag and made poop balls and lined them up on the rail of her bed for the next unsuspecting person to enter the room to wear. That lady has since passed away but will always and always remember her lol. :rotfl:

Keely-FutureRN · Apr 27, 2005

Well, here's my story. I was working at the hospital and this guy had one leg amputated BKA and the other AKA and they were both very infected. He was combative and in restraints. I walked into his room to check on him and he had a BM.....on his hands, the bed, all over the telemetry, thrown on the walls,bed rails....everywhere. It took me about 8-9 bath-in-a-box packages to get him cleaned up and I was so thankful that the nurse offered to help.

Another one was when I was a sitter for a confused pt. It was the middle of the night and he wasen't sleeping so I tried to make friendly conversation.

"So, what's one of your favorite activities, do you like to go fishing?"

"No. My favorite activity is in the bedroom...."

I stopped him there and changed the subject.

"Do you have any family in town visiting you?"

"Yes, my wife and I....in the bedroom...."

I managed to change the subject again and again but he kept changing it back. Then he went down there and started masturbating and I just said

"Hands above the sheets please. :) and tucked in the covers gently. (Blush)