y'all ain't going to believe this one!!

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I have been debating over whether to share this or not. I've been up laughing all night though, and it's 0517! OK, so i put the patient in high stirrups for perirectal abscess. The other nurse helps me position the fellow and then we stare at each other in awe! Some nurse had marked the rectum "yes"...(site verification)

#1). what nimwit nurse would do that?

#2). how many rectums does a person have?

#3). what patient would let her/him?

If I were that patient, I would have at that point walked my absessed butt out of there! Geez! If the doc can't find my rectum he sure as hell won't be doing an I&D on it!!! :lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2:

ebear

Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.
MarieLPN, No, nurses don't routinely mark the site, that is to be done by the patient--unless the patient needs assistance or is unable to mark the site at all. Have you ever tried to mark on your own orifice? To quote Larry the Cable Guy "Now, that's funny, I don't care who you are"... :lol2:

ebear

I can honestly say tried to mark my own orifice, nor has anyone asked me to lol.

No just typically where i work the doc marks the spot after the pt. points to it.

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Specializes in Med-Surg/Peds/O.R./Legal/cardiology.

Wow Siri !

Res Ipsa!

ebear

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MarieLPN, absolutely right!

ebear

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I thought it was the MD that is doing the procedure that marks the spot.

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I thought it was the MD that is doing the procedure that marks the spot.

Ideally, it should. When the one performing the procedure cannot, this can be done by someone else. There must be policies/procedures in place at the facility that addresses this. And, the patient should not be the one who marks the site.

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Specializes in Postpartum, Antepartum, Psych., SDS, OR.

It is quite obvious.........The Nurse was covering her own a..

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Specializes in ER, NICU, NSY and some other stuff.

That is just freaking awesome:lol2::lol2:

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surgeon marks site at our place....

I'm thinking it wasn't a nurse who marked the orifice, but a surgeon, being wonderfully sarcastic after getting written up for not properly marking the site.

I'm pretty sure it was the clinical educator in our dept that the orifice-marking surgeon was trying to piss off..bwahh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

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TracyB

Hmmm.... yes, I can see it now! Sounds like some surgeons I know, too! Can you imagine the poor patient though? What must they think of that????

ebear

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I Wonder What Happened To pen that Was Used To Mark The Rectum. I Hope The Other Nurse Threw It Away And Isn't Using It On Other Body Parts.

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cuddlebug,

EWW!! May have used it to mark inside somebody's throat. :lol2: (The pens are disposable.)

ebear

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Specializes in neuro, med/surg/, cardiac care.

Along the same lines, we told a new orderly years ago who was barely out of highschool, that he had to mark the condom catheters with his name, date and time,and a happy face so we would know for sure that he had done peri-care on the patient and changed the condom. Needless to say he tried to do all this AFTER he had applied it. And it went on for shifts and shifts, we laughed and laughed...Nurses can be soooooooooo bad!!:lol2:

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