What's your nursing kryptonite?

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It goes without saying that to be a nurse, you need to have (or quickly develop) a strong stomach. But even with a stomach of steel, nursing kryptonite can leave you nauseated and gagging, even if only on the inside. ;)

I'm only starting clinicals next semester, so granted, I still have much to see... but thus far in my life, the thing that disgusts me the most is, oddly enough, tonsil stones! How can something so small be so repulsive?

What's your nursing kryptonite?

Specializes in I/DD.

I just learned mine today- yeast infections. Had a patient with one so bad you could smell rotten vag in the hallway... Pardon my french while I go vomit

Specializes in MICU, SICU, CICU.

the smell of tube feeding. ugh.

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