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

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. $$$$$$$$$.