Bowel obsessed

And to think it's so early in the week! Yes, we have our share of bowel-obsessed people at the Hotel right now.

Here are a few examples:

• We have a patient who wants a quantifier on any BMs, i.e. "how much?" all the time. Let's just say you're doing fine, thanks.
• We have another patient right now who has magnesium citrate, bisacodyl tabs and glycerin suppositories (because they use them at home) ordered PRN, just in case said patient feels "a little fullness." Patient's full of something all right...
• Another patient is on record taking one cup of GoLytely every day for his/her bowel routine. I guess if it gets you going!
• Finally, we have the patient who's gotten addicted to mini-enemas. "Oh, I can't go if I don't get one of those!"

And we don't make it any better...we were just reminiscing today about one nurse's Halloween costume a couple of years ago. She wore a white outfit (with white hoodie) with "bisacodyl" taped on the side. None of the therapists got it...but the nursing staff was ROFL big time.

One of my patients unloaded today right after lunch. He made his numbers before we even got the magic bullets out for the evening shift. "I swear it's that chicken," he told me (referring to today's lunch). Hmm....just make you wonder how much chocolate candy he really did eat today (the Easter basket's almost empty...)

Finally, before I was getting to scribble this down I found this bowel obsessed post at dethmama. Oh, do I feel your pain...and did I enjoy this...totally. I know EXACTLY where you are coming from!

Nuggets for March 3

I'm off today, so I went in for my now yearly appointment today. The tech was nice and surprised I could handle it. (I was going to that happy place, I tell you on a couple of films!)

Anywho...WildDog is outside lollygagging in the breeze, waiting for the mailman, so I'm busy surfing away here. Here are a few items I've found today. Enjoy!

I'm really tempted to print this out and hang it on my locker. I know jo featured it once on her blog, the appropriately titled magicbulletsaway.blogspot.com.

The nurse attorneys are at it again...check out a couple items below:

• Taralynn Mackay has an article about jobs for nurses and board actions.
  
• LaTonia Denise Wright reminds us of the 24/7 nature of nursing. Oh, if you only knew how much I think about pummelling idiots...think is always the key word.

And finally, from my ANA daily newsletter...the 83-year-old ER nurse in Syracuse, NY comes in whites and cap two shifts a week in a local ER, when not tending her garden. If I have half that energy at 83, I'll be good!

More to come...stay tuned.