What nursing skills do you absolutely hate doing? Even if it is super easy and not time consuming? Which orders do you read and just think to yourself, aw man! I hate doing that!! I'm just curious!
I hate doing dressing changes. (I think b/c we get a lot of gangrene wounds... and they stink!)
I also loathe hanging blood! I don't know why... it isn't difficult
And of course enemas and disimpactions aren't too fun either!
I also hate giving eye and ear drops. I don't know why...
I also hate having to collect stool samples... ewwww the idea of scooping up the poop into the little cup... gross
you forgot to mention..with a smell sooo bad it would bring most people to their knees gagging!! I hate C. Diff! Its a smell you will never ever forget.
My worst, and I cannot belive I made it through without passing out, vomiting or both..was a pt we were transporting in the ambulance (remember how small the bus is, w/no way to open a window or get fresh air) who had a newer colostomey with C. Diff AND a GI bleed..OH MY G*D!! That night will live in my memory forever. The 2 things that can bring me to gagging, all collected in a colostomy bag...
I work in a NICU, so the poops and suctions are easy to bear.
The easy things I dislike doing are weighing babies, getting their length, and changing IV tubing.
My most disliked task is getting vented babies out for kangaroo care. I witnessed a vented baby crash when a nurse was getting it out for kangaroo care so now it freaks me out. I just make sure respiratory is with me when I have to get a vented baby out of their isolette.
indigo girl
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Trachs, I am just not happy with anything that will expose me to respiratory
secretions unless I am masked. If I have patients that do not cover their
coughs, and this happens often enough in LTC, these days,
I will always wear a mask. I am an asthmatic, and this is just basic self
protection. When I worked in ICU, I was often sick during the first 6 month
from working with intubated patients, and their secretions.
I am not crazy about colostomy changes or burping their bags either.
There is simply no way to avoid the flatus that is released. I end up checking
them twice per shift, and try to deal with them as soon as possible.
It is easier to deal with unpleasant procedures early in the shift rather
than later when I am pressed for time. On nights, I will have all of this
done by 4 am if I can.
Not much else, bothers me.