She called me the other day, crying about her boyfriend thinking he was cheating on her. He said her lady parts smelled like a latex condom (that they hadn't been using). Thought she was cheating on him b/c of this. (Yes, this is getting to the point....)
She's so upset, she can't think what would possibly make her lady parts smell that way. She says "well you're a nurse, I thought you would know."
She even asked if I would come to her house and smell it. I really HOPE she was kidding, but I don't think she was.
I got in some good education though, telling her about the need for a STI test (she says "I was tested a year and a half ago, and I haven't slept with anyone else since"), birth control (they aren't using condoms or any other bc but no, she's not trying to get pregnant, and doens't want to be pregnant), the need to see a gynecologist, etc.
SO!that may be the absolute strangest conversation i've had b/c someone knew I was a nurse.
She called me the other day, crying about her boyfriend thinking he was cheating on her. He said her lady parts smelled like a latex condom (that they hadn't been using). Thought she was cheating on him b/c of this. (Yes, this is getting to the point....)
She's so upset, she can't think what would possibly make her lady parts smell that way. She says "well you're a nurse, I thought you would know."
She even asked if I would come to her house and smell it. I really HOPE she was kidding, but I don't think she was.
I got in some good education though, telling her about the need for a STI test (she says "I was tested a year and a half ago, and I haven't slept with anyone else since"), birth control (they aren't using condoms or any other bc but no, she's not trying to get pregnant, and doens't want to be pregnant), the need to see a gynecologist, etc.
SO!that may be the absolute strangest conversation i've had b/c someone knew I was a nurse.
:roll :roll :rotfl: OMG, I almost fell off my chair laughing, too funny!
I get the same questions from my friends and I'm not even in the nursing program yet. Just because I wanted to go into to nursing when I was first in college and now I'm trying to get into the program, they think that I know everything.
NOw if you have a question about kidney stones or preterm labor, I could probably answer some of the questions because I have had a lot of personal experience with it. But if you need to know why your arm is swelling or what to do about your allergies, I can't help you. People seem to think that you know everything and can help them with any illness just because you mentioned that you wanted to be a nurse when you were 5.
Go figure. People don't always think before they speak and when they do they don't use any common sense.
I am about to graduate from nursing school and have been fielding questions for some time now. Most recently, I had a call from my neighbor wanting healthcare advice for her dog. (umm....see a vet) Same neighbor has asked me several times to 'evaluate' her boys cuts and and scrapes to see if they need stitches. (ummm....see a doctor) lol I love her but its too much! :)
This guy is a controlling jerk that needs the curb, now. That would be my advice.
1. Accusing her of cheating on what is a trumped up charge just the hear her protestations of being innocent and put her on the defensive. If he uses THIS to put her on the defensive, he uses EVERYTHING.
2. No condom, no bc. Obviously, the guy doesn't like condoms - hence the argument - but he also just doesn't care what and how he gets his affects her.
Jerk.
3. That she is SO conditioned to his accusations that her first response wasn't, "If you don't like it, I can always cut you off." and instead was, "Oh my gosh, it's me, it's me!"
I would have been tempted to say that it sounds EXACTLY like a chronic fungal condition and I'm so glad it doesn't itch like it does for most people, that maybe her boyfriend should wear a condom for the next few months if he doesn't want to get it. And then tell her to have him call if he wants reassurance that it's not an STD.
or, If I was really calculating, I would have told her that you can't get that smell of condoms by themselves, but only from a guy a few hours after the dusting from the condom mixes w/ his body scents and then he passses it on to the girl . . . So she should tell her bf that smell isn't proof SHE'S cheating on HIM, but proof that HE'S cheating on HER. (But then, he probably knows better, cause he didn't use a condom with the other girls, either.)
this is a hospital? i must have dialed wrong but since i got you...can i talk to a doctor?
no you can't talk to a doctor unless you are a patient here.
well then let me talk to a nurse.
sorry, same answer.
well then tell me, i have this boil on my butt, what should i do about it?
umm, you might want to make a doctor appointment.
should i go to the hospital for this?
if you think it is an emergency then yes go to the er.
oh .....ok...(hangs up)...
i got this rendition from our unit secretary when i asked her what she was laughing about.
before i became a nurse my friend and i were sitting in the waiting room of a clinic. there was a receptionist and this man walks in and says to the receptionist "my wife has a boil on her butt!" - giggles.
he looks over at us and says "what? she has a boil on her butt!!!" more giggles....
then he says "what's wrong with having a boil on your butt?? my wife has a boil on her butt!!!" then everyone starts laughing hysterically. it was just the way he said butt. he spat out the "b" and had this silly grin on his face. i was trying to be calm and not snicker.
Those of you with teenage girls know how most of them are...... You know, parents are an embarrassment, parents know nothing, yada
Before I began nursing school my youngest child (she was about 13) insisted that I knew nothing about anything medical...that I coudn't dx even the simplest of problems with her or her 4 sibs. By the time she was 14 and I was in nursing school, suddenly I have all the answers..... kids..
Specializes in Geriatric, LTC, PC, home care, pediatric.
I have a friend who is an RN and she calls and asks me how she should treat her yeast infections. UH, DUH, monistat? Call your doctor, get some diflucan? What am I supposed to do? I REALLY do not need to hear about your discharge, color, quantity, smell, etc. She is a nurse, one more year of education than me, I just don't get it.
And my kids are 18 and 15, and I still don't know anything, "Oops mom, forgot your a nurse." I have only been one for 14 years.
Specializes in Med-Surg, Geriatric, Behavioral Health.
Like the old TV show, "Kids say the Darnedest Things!".....people can ask the darnedest questions when it comes to one's personal health. As a nurse, this is our personal invite to be educators and/or to direct them to the information/services they need...STDs included.
I really HOPE she was kidding, but I don't think she was. 
umm, can I just say....eeeewwww...
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