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Originally Posted by ILUVSADIE  I'm an RN in the recovery room of a level I trauma center - so I literally see EVERYTHING. When I was in nursing school, the smell of poop really bothered me - so during the Summer, I worked as an aide at a nursing home and believe me that TOTALLY desensitized me to the smell of poop, pee, etc.!!!
I absolutely love being an RN - there are a million different things you can do in our field. I personally love bedside nursing. If you don't like the job your doing, you can always transfer to another unit. Even after many years, you still learn new things everyday!!
Good Luck and don't worry so much about it - it'll all fall into place.  |
LOL I agree. My whole first-year of nsg school, my clinical placement was in a nursing home and I can't agree more about being desensitized to the smell of poop.
My above post about the woman who had the enema, was when we had first started & I gagged my way through it. Poop smell had NEVER bothered me, but it was hot in there & there was so much of it, the whole floor stunk to high heavens. It was just horrible.
Now, I don't even think I can smell poop anymore