Who is cleaning poop?

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I have am just concluded all my general ed, and am starting to focus on a major. Nursing holds much appeal for me, but I am interested in finding out - do the RNs do clean up work? I have been told that they generally do assessments, administer medication and act as patient advocates. I hope this question doesn't sound stupid - but I really would like to know what the different levels of responsibility are before I get too far into it. Any insight is appreciated. :confused:

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Specializes in ER.

Please see a previous posting "what freaks you out" (at least 3 pages long).

If you make it through the end of the post without heaving you've got what it takes to be a nurse.

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Specializes in ER.

Please see a previous posting "what freaks you out" (at least 3 pages long).

If you make it through the end of the post without heaving you've got what it takes to be a nurse.

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Specializes in Hospice, Critical Care.

Hehe, jt....Sounds like we could develop a new nursing motto from your post: "Just Stand Back." Way too apt. Especially when you're intubating a patient in florid pulmonary edema...pink, frothy sputum hit the opposite wall. "Just Stand Back!" :cool:

[ June 14, 2001: Message edited by: Zee_RN ]

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Specializes in Hospice, Critical Care.

Hehe, jt....Sounds like we could develop a new nursing motto from your post: "Just Stand Back." Way too apt. Especially when you're intubating a patient in florid pulmonary edema...pink, frothy sputum hit the opposite wall. "Just Stand Back!" :cool:

[ June 14, 2001: Message edited by: Zee_RN ]

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Specializes in NICU, Informatics.

Let's see have I cleaned up poop? My first job as a tech, I worked in a LTC facility for kids with disabilities. Between me and the 3 nurses i worked with, we did round the clock diaper changes on kids who's G-Tube feedings ran to high.

My first job out of nursing school I worked in the NICU/ Intermediate Nursery. Yep. I cleaned up lots and lots of poop. My favorite is the projectile poop from kids on Alimentum. Fun. Nice and green and slimey and smells like week old roadkill.

Now I work on a general floor, not med surg, a combo of EVERYTHING. Not much poop here. Lots of puke tho. On me often.

Yep. Nursing is a bodily fluid filled world. I wouldn't trade it for anything

jenkatt

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Specializes in NICU, Informatics.

Let's see have I cleaned up poop? My first job as a tech, I worked in a LTC facility for kids with disabilities. Between me and the 3 nurses i worked with, we did round the clock diaper changes on kids who's G-Tube feedings ran to high.

My first job out of nursing school I worked in the NICU/ Intermediate Nursery. Yep. I cleaned up lots and lots of poop. My favorite is the projectile poop from kids on Alimentum. Fun. Nice and green and slimey and smells like week old roadkill.

Now I work on a general floor, not med surg, a combo of EVERYTHING. Not much poop here. Lots of puke tho. On me often.

Yep. Nursing is a bodily fluid filled world. I wouldn't trade it for anything

jenkatt

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Cleaning up the smelly stuff is just part of the job.

One word of advise, don't ever delegate a task that you would not be willing to do yourself if you did not have 100 other things to accomplish right at the moment. If you constanty delegate the dirty tasks just because you don't want to do them, it will be amazing how fast the CNA's will catch on to this and be unavailable when you suddenly need them. :eek: :eek: :eek:

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Cleaning up the smelly stuff is just part of the job.

One word of advise, don't ever delegate a task that you would not be willing to do yourself if you did not have 100 other things to accomplish right at the moment. If you constanty delegate the dirty tasks just because you don't want to do them, it will be amazing how fast the CNA's will catch on to this and be unavailable when you suddenly need them. :eek: :eek: :eek:

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I am laughing out loud-by myself-at this computer! I love that cassarole comment-prepare yourself Donada-you wouldn't believe it buch we sometimes actually talk shop while eating that cassarole too !!!

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I am laughing out loud-by myself-at this computer! I love that cassarole comment-prepare yourself Donada-you wouldn't believe it buch we sometimes actually talk shop while eating that cassarole too !!!

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PS: I knew I was had when I logged on and saw that "Does anybody clean poop " thread...hahah

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PS: I knew I was had when I logged on and saw that "Does anybody clean poop " thread...hahah

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