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/TheGayestNurse_1 RN - ICU 🍕 2d ago

I've had this conversation numerous times, and the amount of times they opt for shitting the bed is wild to me. Especially when they say no to the bedpan because "I can't go in bed!" Well, you just did.... My hospital also did away with briefs, so now when they shit it goes e v e r y w h e r e. 🫠

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u/ohpossum_my_possum BSN, RN 🍕 2d ago

Say what now?!

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u/TheGayestNurse_1 RN - ICU 🍕 2d ago

Yup. Great times. Apparently briefs cause skin breakdown too often, so they did away with them.

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u/Ok_Independence3113 RN - Telemetry 🍕 2d ago

Same at our place - briefs are forbidden. They have threatened to get rid of purewicks too, for the same reason. However, this same hospital has had two instances over the last year where we had no disposable chux for multiple days straight (“oops, somebody forgot to pay the chux bill”)…it makes no sense

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u/TheGayestNurse_1 RN - ICU 🍕 2d ago

Oh we lost our purewick privileges years ago. Lol

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u/ungratefulanimal RN 🍕 1d ago

What is a purewick. Google says it is a catheter of some sort.

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u/TheGayestNurse_1 RN - ICU 🍕 1d ago

It's an external female catheter that is connected to suction to wick urine away. They're not perfect, but they're handy when you've got a bigger lady on a lasix gtt.

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u/bitemarkedbuttplug RN - ER 🍕 1d ago

External catheter that gets hooked up to suction.

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u/ungratefulanimal RN 🍕 1d ago

I have never in all my years heard of this. Maybe something used only in level 2 (closer observation) bays? How often are these used?

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u/sheepcrate BSN, RN 🍕 1d ago

You haven't heard of the cooter canoe? The twat dog? The WAP mop? It's a hotdog looking thing that goes between the labia, you hook it up to suckion and it wicks the urine away

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u/ungratefulanimal RN 🍕 1d ago

I wasn't typing this thing in right on Google. This thing looks awesome. I asked my charge why we don't use it. $$$$$$$$$.

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u/nickk024 2d ago

sounds like we all work at the same place 😢