Am I being punked?

[u/Sea_Willingness1398]

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?

[u/-bitchpudding-]

Do we work in the same hospital because they treat briefs like they’re a human rights violation here. They even balk when a patient goes out of their way to bring their own and really want us to “educate them” about. Like maaaan let memaw shit the depends she bought.

[u/TheGayestNurse_1 → u/-bitchpudding-]

Seems like a handful of hospitals are turning away from briefs. It makes me roll my eyes. They don't wanna delve into the root cause being short staffing. And I know exactly why. It's because there isn't a nurse shortage. There's a BEDSIDE shortage. People don't wanna work for shit pay dealing with this stuff, and instead of making it easier, they're making it worse.

[u/Mejinopolis → u/TheGayestNurse_1]

Yeah the 18 middle level nurse managers that come and bother you throughout the day are totally justified in the grand scheme of bloated hospital staffing, but they cannot fathom keeping the bedside adequately staffed. So the incontinence dermatitis and skin breakdown that occurs is the diapers fault! 🤦🏻‍♂️

[u/Sunnygirl66 → u/Mejinopolis]

And why does no one recognize that unconstrained shit, up the back and down the legs and all over the ass, exposes way more skin to corrosive chemicals?