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ready-to-rumball

Dude it’s 6 in the morning.


Sufficient_Mix_767

Is there ever a right time for this fuckery?


jevers1

I had a pt who came in often for “seizures.” He also needed to straight cath. I saw him take his cath out of his pocket, dunk it in the toilet to rinse it, and use it.


SUBARU17

NGL of all the messed up things people do….I didn’t think they did that. Like that option never crossed my mind. UGHHhH


Educational-Light656

To add, had to figure out why a Alzheimer's pt that straight cath complained of burning after 2 UAs that came back clean. Found dude ran out of the cleaning wipes sent by the medical supply folks and asked staff who proceeded to give a few alcohol swabs. He asked for the swabs again after running out. I got to be the nurse to observe his technique and that was when I made the discovery of what he was using.


TorsadesDePointes88

I remember a lady who had to straight cath herself. Except she reused them. And she’d rinse them off in the sink. She had a raging uti, too. I wonder why. 😏


duuuuuuuuuumb

I mean I’ve seen that before, but I think it’s usually a lack of resources/affordability issue which is sad


Lasvegasnurse71

Yup.. worked home health and insurance would decide a patient only had to straight cath twice a day max and supplied patient with exactly that amt no matter what


NoHate_GarbagePlates

✨ insurance knows what's best ✨


TorsadesDePointes88

She had health insurance and resources. She just didn’t want to spend money on catheters.


bclary59

Sadly, many people do this. Years ago, before i became a nurse, I saw it with my landlord. He was a paraplegic and straight cath'd himself 4-5x's daily. After I graduated, I mentioned to him that it wasn't in his best interest. He replied that not eating would be far worse. I understood immediately.


scubadoobadoooo

That is definitely the wrong emoji to use lol


mephitmpH

My urethra just fucking clenched. Painfully


Tuna_of_Truth

Don’t mind me just buttering up my catheter


Aggressive-Club-1108

I thought I was strong willed but your comment made me shudder 🤢


Ok_Offer626

Ewwwwwwww! I had a home care patient who disconnected the bags from her nephrostomy tubes and washed them in the shower and was hanging them up to dry. While they were drying they leaking urine all over. How did I find out? By sitting on her couch


Lasvegasnurse71

Oh I learned to not sit down unless it was a hard surface because of that very reason!


_pepe_sylvia_

I scrolled down a bit to see if I could handle this comment section, and it turns out I can’t.


No_Group_3650

🤢🤮


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jevers1

I think it was more psych issues/drugs than anything else. He was homeless and would often have seizures when he wasn’t getting Ativan like he wanted. Once I saw him look down the hall for his nurse, lay down, and started shaking. He stopped once the rapid nurse squirted him in the face with a flush. 🙃


toomanycatsbatman

A+ to that nurse


avalonfaith

I was going to say, if unhoused, he may not have had a choice outside of the hospital and it was habit.


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AelinGalathynius01

I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue


FlemFatale

I picked the right day to start though!


floofienewfie

Okay, enough internet for today 🤮


ForceRoamer

I picked the wrong day to quit methamphetamines


Lasvegasnurse71

I wear glasses so I paid to read this!


bimbodhisattva

fetch me my melonballer for i tire of my vision


CUcats

And ears for slurping sound effects?


bimbodhisattva

slurping can be normal but the visual here is far more disturbing


RiverBear2

Can we call neurosurgery? I need them to do a quick washout of my brain.


bimbodhisattva

I need a psych consult for myself


RatchedAngle

I had a resident who orally lubricated her hearing aids before putting them in *every morning.* Listen. If this lady could get a husband and keep him there’s hope for all of us


bimbodhisattva

I bet she orally lubricates a lot of things 🤮


nrappaportrn

😂🤣😂


Lasvegasnurse71

This is the type of person who licks their fingers when sorting papers


Happy_Statement

LOLLLL


hollyock

As I was grossing out I realized I’ve had to do this for my contact lenses when one popped out and I had no solution. Lol it’s not something I’ve made a habit of lmao


Donnor

Ooh I've had to do that. Apparently, they use salivary glands to lubricate eyes for chronic dry eye so it's not really that gross. At least that's what the vet who told me to do it told me.


[deleted]

That’s for the encouragement I guess 😭


quagic

Sent this to my friend who is an audiologist. She experienced this exact thing on her third day of placement and says it's fairly common. The horror


Aggressive-Club-1108

Didn’t know I was doing my audiologist a favour by not being absolutely vile, here I was busting out the alcohol wipes apologising if they had a fleck of wax on them and wasn’t even aware of the shit they see


dinosaurpartytime

NO🖤


_Aleismar

Oh come on I just woke up 😅😅😅


QueenCuttlefish

Every day we stray further from God.


Educational-Light656

Jesus, God (all of them), and the Eldritch Horrors have all left the chat long ago.


ThisIsMockingjay2020

I think we're all just simply walking into Mordor now...


babycatcher2001

Even the Orcs are gagging


Suckatthis45

I’ve seen a lot of things at the bedside but THAT is not one of them. Yikes.


Aggressive-Club-1108

I have hearing aids…I have never had that much wax that the word “slurp” would ever be a fitting adjective. Literally a wet paper towel and something to clean the tubing is enough. Maybe educate them on using oil in their ears to prevent wax build up? Save yourself some spontaneous nausea


C-romero80

Right?! A little alcohol wipe time to time on mine. That's just nasty


whitepawn23

Yeah, I’ll take gangrene toe loose in a sock before that one any day. At least I could still eat, and easily, after that. Yours might qualify as a weight loss aid.


PainInTheAssWife

It’s like a surprise stocking stuffer


Educational-Light656

You can't just tease us like that, share the story homie.


ConsciousSound1

I had a patient with a permanent trach. One time she took the cannula out and sucked all the lung butter out then put it back in. That’s how she cleaned it. It was a terrible day to have eyes. Just about barfed


fantastic_explosion

“Lung butter.” My God.


erinpdx7777xdpnire

That is the most awful thing I’ve ever heard of. Respiratory secretions are my kryptonite and this caused me to gag. Thanks for sharing! 🤣


ConsciousSound1

😂😂😂 forgot to mention that she did indeed proceed to swallow the lung butter


LaylaRN0220

Ok you did it. You literally made me puke a little.


Happy_Statement

Whaaaaaaatthefack


Bac0negg

Oh god.. the lung butter.. that’s enough internet for today … 🤮


expertgrocer

what the ever loving fuck


RedditingAtNight

Nope. Thats it. Im outta here.


AutumnVibe

I had to close my eyes so I couldn't read anymore for a bit. You really might have traumatized every single person who read your comment. Jfc. 🤣


LaylaRN0220

Ohhhhhhhhh, nooooooo. I was just getting to the point where I thought I was a hardened, enough seasoned nurse to read this thread, but I think I’m going to 🤮. I have dealt with trachs a lot. I need to take a breather. You win!! 🥇


Aggressive-Club-1108

“Lung butter” aight time to log out.


Academic-Ad4648

I’m fucking done here, that did it. Excuse me while I go barf


LustyArgonianMaid22

No no no no no, stop!


bigfootslover

I physically shuddered reading this


ExpressionAromatic17

Not a lot of things make me physically recoil…this did.


boxyfork795

Shew. I just almost barfed reading this. You are truly God’s strongest soldier.


[deleted]

I’ll never forget when I worked in endo, a patient coughed up a huge ball of thick mucus after his procedure and I walked in on him playing with it like a fidget toy. I’ve seen a lot of gross things in my 8 years of nursing, but something about that moment has really stuck with me.


2589543567

NOOOOO


HavidDume

I'm merely a lurker because I'm a career patient lol (thank you heart transplant) this makes me feel so much better about how I accidentally piddled the bed when using a Purewick. I thought the staff would be so horrified but clearly that is smallfries


[deleted]

Oh honey, we will clean your piddle any day!


fae713

That's honestly the small thing to us, and we know that purewicks that aren't seated perfectly may not catch everything. Just let us know; a quick chux or linen change and a bit of pericare, and you're all taken care of. Personally, I'd much rather do a linen change than clean up the floor if someone has very little time between the "I need to pee" signal and actually beginning to pee.


SeegsonSynthetics

I’ve been knee-deep in shit for the past three nights but that doesn’t even hold a candle to this.  


aidan1102

I wish I could unread this


Elegant_Laugh4662

First thing I see for the day. That’s enough internet already. 😳


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Asking for a friend…is there a secret strategy/trick to withholding one’s need to hurl in moments like this? Beyond the “chew it back” strategy or just trying really hard to keep one’s mouth closed. Breathing or mind techniques? God willing something OTC so you don’t feel the need to yak all day?


Temnothorax

Just barf. Chart it as education


msangryredhead

“Pt observed slurping cerumen off of hearing aide. RN vomited in response.”


[deleted]

Who knew? The **E** in *emesis* stands for **Education**.


Pamlova

Sniff an alcohol wipe. Helps with nausea and also with dizziness and lightheadedness. 


Kuriin

I would've straight up asked, "What the fuck are you doing?"


Noname_left

I had someone slurpee their clogged trach before. Let that one marinade.


SUBARU17

I’ve said it here before. Patient was in profore boots for a long time (over a year). I took them off and washed her legs. But there was dead skin lingering, like the cheesy stuff on a newborn. When I walked away and sat at the desk waiting for the provider, she took some off her leg and inhaled deeply. People….are mammals too. I guess 🥴


pingpongoolong

A family member of mine (before she died of a 7x cardiomegaly induced MI) was a recluse who never left her room. Agoraphobia. Like, two decades she was in the same room. 400+lbs, DM II… only ate ice cream and mushy noodles. I was the only one who washed her, and she used the bathroom in old gallon ice cream buckets. When I moved away at 18, I only got there like every two weeks or longer. I would use a basin to wash her feet and the water would literally remind me of my mom’s potato soup when we were done. Gelatinous, white, like paste. I did this for years before she passed. Her son couldn’t stomach any of this and would ask me to do it… and it’s actually how I realized I could hang as a nurse, because she was a very very sweet person who deserved care but was incredibly unwell. 


Complex_Gap_5645

So glad you didn’t say she ate it.


aeshleyrose

https://media.tenor.com/C11580AvecwAAAAM/gagging.gif


PiccoloNearby2737

😳🤢 gross! That is just NASTY! Reminds me of a tik Tom I saw not long ago with a “parent ing hack” of slurping your toddlers snot out of their nose. I cannot UNSEE these things… and as nurses, not much turns our stomachs.


lofixlover

mother's kiss, right up there with "catching their puke in your hands"


ThisIsMockingjay2020

#Oh, hell no.....


nanavert

this is the first sentence i read today… thanks


SciFiMedic

You’re the first post in my feed for the day. WHY did you choose “slurped”??? WHY?!?!


Professional_Cat_787

Dang, wish I hadn’t read that. My off days stomach ain’t hardened. 🤮


First-Aid-RN

What a day to know how to read… 😫🤮🤮


CosmosGnome

I had a trached adult patient who would suction herself, then clean it by putting it in her mouth and slurping on it. Gets even better, she would repeat this with the same suction catheter. Yes go from trach, to mouth, to trach, to mouth, back and forth with the same one. RT and I had no words for it.


Cobblestone-Villain

I've seen a ton of people remove their crud filed dentures, lick them clean then put them back in their mouths. Ear wax however....new achievement unlocked.


BradsFace

I think my only reaction would be to head to the supply room and get them some alcohol swabs and show them how to use those to clean their ear pieces.


MutinyintheKitchen

Oh dear, I almost blocked you just so I could wipe this post from my feed. So sorry you had to experience that!


_bubble_oh_seven_

Fuckin epic. You’ll never top this moment!


ceekind

No wonder he has chronic ear infections


Corkscrewwillow

It wasn't at work, but some friends of our had a baby, and he dropped his nuk on the floor. My friends don't really prioritize cleaning, to each their own, but that means the nuk when Dad picked it up was covered in crumbs, actual dog hair, and who knows what else.  He sucked the stuff off with his mouth and then put it back in the kid's mouth.   Today the kid is a teenager with an excellent immune system, but at the time my husband and I just cringed.     Since I've seen blood, body fluids, smelled horrible smells, saw things that were gory as both a nurse and from when I used to do wildlife rehab and zookeeping, but that just got me on the visceral level. I'm grossed out thinking about it.


ThatWasian

I had a resident 2 days ago stick a straw and plastic spoon into his prostate, pull them out and licked them clean.. I was told it was a pleasure thing


2589543567

reading this gave me psychic damage. thank you


jedv37

That sounds... Nutrient rich? 🤮


Candid-Expression-51

I now can’t get this out of my head. Ewwww. I’ve got one for you. I had a patient disimpact herself, clean her finger in the toilet and proceed to go back to digging. I wish I could forget.


LittleBoiFound

What were the first five things she did once finishing the task and why did none of those things include soap?


Desblade101

I had a confused patient pee into his cranberry juice and then immediately drink it.


2589543567

r/BrandNewSentence


bluecoag

It’s the ‘slurped’ for me


aeshleyrose

That sound will be with me until the day I die


clumsy_owlet

how can I unread this 😭


jessikill

One of my aunties had a roommate in uni who would sit on the couch and eat her eye crusts. People are weird.


LittleBoiFound

Ewwwww


Tinawebmom

The hands down worst wtf moment was way back in the dark ages. PT was doing whirlpool therapy for a nasty leg wound on a nice mildly off his rocker old man (~75?) PT would start just before breakfast and the CNAs would bring him his breakfast each morning. One day I'm quicker than usual and show up just as breakfast is ending..... He's busy doing his breakfast dishes in the whirlpool while his leg, wound and all, is still in there. Every. Single. Morning. PT never thought to tell us.


wonder_wolfie

None of these words are in the bible -_-


yarnwonder

My very first placement as a student I had a patient with hearing aids. By lunchtime one had gone missing. Didn’t find it until we changed her incontinence pad where I had to fish it out of her vagina.


aeshleyrose

Did… did you put it back in her ear?


mommylow5

No no no. Oh man. I’ve gagged before, but that one might actually make me puke.


Sbabyyyxoxo

Oh my god, after reading that, I started to gag! I can never get that mental image out of my head. Some folks don't even have manners or filters.


nneriac

how can I erase having read this from my brain holy sht


expertgrocer

what the fuck did I just read


MMMojoBop

Goddamit, I am never going to forget this. I am not getting these brain cells back.


imnotamoose33

Whaaattttt thhuuuuuuuu fuuuuuucccckkkkkkk


PDXburrito

gee i wonder what the infectious source is for that otitis externa


kaitlinnsc

Me and my patient’s daughter were transferring her to the toilet so she could have a BM. She was almost to the toilet, just a little diagonal from it…….. thought she was straight above it and shit. Full diarrhea. All over her daughter’s shoe/foot. Her daughter was wearing open toed shoes. I was just glad I wasn’t standing where the daughter was


G_3_R_T

Omg that's terrible hahahah


AllMyBeets

Reading the title nearly triggered a panic attack in me. THEY DID WHAT ?!?!?!


Candid-Expression-51

I now can’t get this out of my head. Ewwww. I’ve got one for you. I had a patient disimpact herself, clean her finger in the toilet and proceed to go back to digging. I wish I could forget.


fluffyflugel

Hey, I was about to make lunch.


DruidRRT

My kids sometimes eat their boogers and that makes me gag. Earwax is a whole other kind of nasty. I'd probably vomit on site


OdessaG225

Villain origin story material right here


RNKit30

As a nurse who wears hearing aids, I am gagging so bad. I can't even imagine.


Nursefrog222

Wax or moisture from the tube so they could hear?


missmaddds

Maybe you just cured the otitis externa! 🫣


LeDoink

AHHHHHHH


divine12

Ugh actually gipped at that and earwax is not my nemesis on the nursing front


Special-Parsnip9057

🫢🫣🤢🤮😵‍💫


joshy83

We had a resident swallow their hearing aid but this seems worse 😳


[deleted]

35+ years in the ER and ear wax is the one thing that grosses me out the most.


psysny

Between this thread, and the medlab sub with the worms that showed up right under it in my feed, this may be the grossest visit to Reddit I’ve ever had.


stellaflora

Bro I’m eating (my lunch, not earwax) 😩🤢


denada24

This needed a trigger warning.


Chittychitybangbang

How do I delete someone else’s post


_gina_marie_

I actually gagged at this I’m logging out of Reddit I am going outside I’m—


AphRN5443

This is why aliens don’t visit us, they just blow on by earth! 🤮


typeAwarped

I’m dying laughing bc it’s not me 😆💀


kitiara80

Had one slurp a mucus plug off her inner cannula of her trach then put it back before I could stop her. It still gives me nightmares, and it’s been about 8 years now


Envien

“Don’t worry I do this all the time” they say, as they pop another piece out of the other ear and gobble it down. Remember, the things we see are not a singular first time occurrence.


sassiveaggressive

ROL (retching out loud)


monkeyface496

I nearly downvoted you on reflex alone. Fuuuuuuck


wal27

Straight to jail 🤢


linka1913

That’s like something my dog would like to do


NerdyNurseKat

I legitimately feel sick reading this.


RnMo332

Oh my gosh. I’m pregnant right now, and I would 100% throw up if a patient did that in front of me.


WAWA1245

Pts can be so disgusting sometimes!


AutumnVibe

This is the most disturbing thread I've seen on reddit. I'm trying really hard not to puke my dinner up. Well done everyone 🤣🤣


Radiant_Deal_7333

So I can sleep at night. I will be excusing myself from this comment section. Good day to all.


CurryDuck

That's why nurses need some hard pounding sex after a shift....


UnbridledOptimism

Just when I thought I could never be shocked or grossed out again…


coopiecat

People go see an ENT specialist to get the earwax or an audiologist to get the ear wax removed! Ugh!


[deleted]

😂 hahahahaha


AxmannAvery

Had a severely brittle diabetic patient (not mine) who took her dentures out and sucked the stuck food out of them because she wanted to get double or triple trays loaded with carbs every meal and we were putting our foot down finally.


projext58

Not slurped 😭😭


throwaway_anonym0us

I hate that reddit recommended this sub to me.


shannonc941

That's nothing until you see them slurp their blood tinged inner trach cannula


fruitless7070

Oh God. NSFW lmfao. 🤢🤮 The human race has gone right down the shitter.


GenevieveLeah

Jesus, I was eating my lunch when I read that.


anemiaprincessa

i am never gonna be ready for this shit


fucovid2020

Chewy


imprimatura

Dude it’s 5am here I was not ready for this


Jen3404

🤢🤢


Ok-job-this-time

All I did was read the title and I'm 🤢 I didn't think anything could get me anymore. This did


Raevyn_6661

I gagged just reading this oh my god new fear unlocked


flufferpuppper

Like you know how there’s always something that can be worse. But this is one of those things that is so peculiar and so bad at the same time, and I’ve literally never heard of anything like it! Bravo!


tastycrust

Some motherfuckers were truly raised in a barn. Jesus christ.


clines9449

OMG! The “Eww! Don’t do that!” would have just been blurted out by me, reflexively. 😖


holyshyster

That's enough internet for me today...


allimariee

Omg I just threw up in my mouth a little


_pepe_sylvia_

What a terrible fucking day to have eyes


bigtec1993

I've seen/heard/smelled some nasty shit in this line of work and this still made me gag just thinking about it.


magstar219

I feel like I would have instantly spit up, projectile style. Ugh hits me right in the dry heaves. Humans are gross.


Ok_Offer626

I just threw up in my mouth


gymgirl1999-

We had a patient who was a Walker and thought the dirty sluice was the toilet, random the door was closed because it never is, but I seen her walk out, she pissed and shit in the laundry bags and the sink, and me and the student nurse had to clean it up. Worst day ever.


Ursula_J

Your poor eyes. That’s fucking nasty.


mellyjo77

I need a NSFW notice on this. 🤮


Consistent_Eye5101

Saw a patient pop a zit and eat the gooey business that came out. 🤮 Yup, I’m a psych nurse.


w0rstwitch

Reminds me of the time I was on a city bus and watched a man pick his tracheotomy hole and eat the gunk that came out. Nastiest thing I’ve ever seen.


janewaythrowawaay

Burping ostomies is the worst thing ever for me.


Lasvegasnurse71

At least it’s his own earwax 🤷‍♀️


draconismione65919

🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮


[deleted]

That’s the first time I actually gagged from a subject line only. 


ThisIsMockingjay2020

Now you know why he has chronic ear infections. 🤣😂😱😵‍💫🤢🤮 I'm supposed to be asleep right now because I have to be awake again, showered, and on my way to work in less than 8 hours, but I picked up my phone because I can't settle down even though I'm super tired. I regret it after reading this.


Elocinneelie106

I've never read a sentence and almost threw up, so thank you. Good god.