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[–] N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com 62 points 1 month ago (3 children)

"AI," what should I do about being constipated?

Painfully stretch your rectum to gaping in order to accommodate your constipation.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That is called impaction removal, and I have done that to people for fun and profit.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

As a CNA? Your RNs were lazy. They shouldn't allow CNAs to do digital disimpaction. In some places even RNs aren't allowed to do it, only providers.

Edit: looked it up and it gets so dumb that some MDs will consult surgery to do a digital disimpaction in teaching hospitals, lol.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Eh, they were definitely lazy lol.

It wasn't unusual though. I don't think I ever saw an RN do one.

One nursing home had us doing foleys, and I've started IVs and other stuff that was absolutely not supposed to be done by CNAs.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Nuts. It's something that really needs an order (standing or otherwise) in their charts nowadays because it's considered invasive with a risk of vasovagal response which can lead to a code(for those with fragile cardiac status) and many RNs aren't even trained to do it safely (but let's be real, if you're not sticking your hand up there you're not going to cause a bowel perf). No shortage of lazy RNs in LTC though.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Amen to that. To be kinda fair, most ltc staff develop a sense of "fuck it" and either get lazy or quit entirely. It grinds people down, so the field ends up relying on new hires that are burnt out from other areas, which just completes the cycle

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Your rectum stretches anyway. It's actually kind of like a big stretchy poop bag. You're thinking anus. -nurse

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

Be brave and reach in.