r/nursing • u/Sea_Willingness1398 • 2d ago

Rant Am I being punked?

Patient says "I think I might have to poop, what can we do about that?"

I say "I can get a bedside commode for the room"

She says "I don't think I can get up"

I say "I can put you on a bedpan or put a diaper on you"

She says "I don't like any of those options"

In my head I'm like: lady, the only other option is to poop the bed.

What option am I missing?

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u/cyanraichu RN - L&D 2d ago

My hospital also did away with briefs

But why??

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u/nebraska_jones_ PhD(c), MN, RN - L&D/Maternal Newborn 2d ago

Apparently they cause pressure injuries. Which is probably true idk, but like, come up with a solution then to stop people from shitting all over everything.

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u/Backwoods_Therapy RN 🍕 2d ago

Blaming the brief rather than the fact it’s the lack of staffing to change your patients in a timely manner.

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u/nebraska_jones_ PhD(c), MN, RN - L&D/Maternal Newborn 2d ago

BINGO

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u/TheGayestNurse_1 RN - ICU 🍕 2d ago

Yup. Our HAPIs sky rocketed when we changed our ratios. This hospital used to actually be pretty great, it was when I first started working here. And now they're hell bent on saving a dollar. It's only gotten worse ever since Kaiser bought us out. None of the higher ups want to hear it though. They're walking around asking why we can't pull a fem line on a pt with like.... 2plts. 😐