Is there time to use the restroom during 3rd year?

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Uh....absolutely?

This ain't kindergarden. You use the restroom when you need to go. You aren't being worked to death 24/7(especially as a med student). If you need to use the bathroom in the hospital, GO!
 
KnuxNole said:
Uh....absolutely?

This ain't kindergarden. You use the restroom when you need to go. You aren't being worked to death 24/7(especially as a med student). If you need to use the bathroom in the hospital, GO!
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What about during a surgery rotation? How often can I realistically pee if it's an OR day? I've been in on a surgery once that started at 7am and ended at 3pm... I thought I was going to die... of bladder rupture or humiliation if I ended up wetting myself.
 
GalenAgas said:
What about during a surgery rotation? How often can I realistically pee if it's an OR day? I've been in on a surgery once that started at 7am and ended at 3pm... I thought I was going to die... of bladder rupture or humiliation if I ended up wetting myself.
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Long surgeries can be tough. Ideally, it'd be best to not down a whole cup of coffee or soda before scrubbing in. However, if you are like me and need a cup of coffee in the morning in order to be awake for a 7am surgery, drink it early(which won't be a problem since you'll be prerounding at 5am *shudders*). Make sure to go before entering the OR. Hypothetically, if you're in 5+ hour case and you really have to go, hopefully your attending won't get too pissed off if you have to leave to take a quick bathroom break. Happens to everyone. The scrub nurse will be pissed cause she has to rescrub you back in, but haters gonna hate.
 
GalenAgas said:
While at the hospital is there time to use the restroom?

I have overactive bladder due to excess caffeine consumption
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You have to go when you can and hold it when you can't.

Plenty of residents have had calls where they simply don't get a chance to use the facilities the whole shift, so there isn't going to be a whole lot of sympathy if you can't make it a few hours without a break.
 
If you're really serious about being a physician and don't want to be a bad doctor you will cath yourself. Since the beginning of third year I have been cathing and concealing the bag under my white coat. I've had a few infections, but really it's worth it because I'm doing it for my future patients. If you really care about your future patients you will cath yourself.

Cath yourself.
 
dr zaius said:
If you're really serious about being a physician and don't want to be a bad doctor you will cath yourself. Since the beginning of third year I have been cathing and concealing the bag under my white coat. I've had a few infections, but really it's worth it because I'm doing it for my future patients. If you really care about your future patients you will cath yourself.

Cath yourself.
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Just have a percutaneous nephrostomy put in and you can skip the Foleys altogether. Shows more commitment.
 
No one is actually so busy during residency that they can't take a ****ing piss. Residents who tell you otherwise are either grossly inefficient with their time and should be booted from their program or are pulling your leg.
 
GalenAgas said:
What about during a surgery rotation? How often can I realistically pee if it's an OR day? I've been in on a surgery once that started at 7am and ended at 3pm... I thought I was going to die... of bladder rupture or humiliation if I ended up wetting myself.
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Steal a Foley from the supply closet, problem solved.
 
GalenAgas said:
While at the hospital is there time to use the restroom?

I have overactive bladder due to excess caffeine consumption
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1. Show up 30 mins early. 😴
2. Sneak into supply room on Med/Surg unit :ninja:
3. Steal a foley catheter kit. 😕
4. Insert catheter. :scared:
5. ???
6. Profit. 😎
 
Didn't see neusu's post, hah.

They should hand each 3rd year a foley kit and a caffeine drip with with a IV starter kit. Constant stimulation and no need to use the bathroom=hello top tier medicine!
 
ijn said:
No one is actually so busy during residency that they can't take a ****ing piss. Residents who tell you otherwise are either grossly inefficient with their time and should be booted from their program or are pulling your leg.
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Hate to break it to you but there will absolutely be nights during intern year where multiple codes occur and your pager never stops going off and all your patients are trying to die on you and when you actually come up for air you realize it's been about 10 hours since you urinated, ate, etc. It's not an everyday thing, but it would be a lie to suggest it doesn't occur. Has nothing to do with inefficiency (actually the oppisite-- if you were inefficient more of the plates you are keeping spinning would have crashed and broken much quicker.)
 
Yes, steal a foley. Just remember, you can't use lube. Lube is only for patients.

Plus, real men don't use lube.

Be a real man.
 
In all seriousness it can be hard to find time to go. I can't imagine anyone not allowing you to go to the john, but if you always seem to be running off to the bathroom people are going to wonder. Cut back on the coffee its just gonna make your hands shaky in the OR anyway.

Survivor DO
 
You get to go once in the urinal, the rest in your scrubs. Depends are recommended. If you don't understand they physiology enough to see that you must cut down on the diuretics before a long procedure, not much else we can tell you here. If not, I've got one word for you: COOOOOOOOOODDAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!
 
ijn said:
No one is actually so busy during residency that they can't take a ****ing piss. Residents who tell you otherwise are either grossly inefficient with their time and should be booted from their program or are pulling your leg.
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It's not like you do it out of pride and are like "yeah dude look how long it's been since I pissed!".

There are definitely days when you are going going going nonstop. Then all of a sudden you sit down and breathe for a minute and realize it's been ten hours since you ate, drank, or went to the bathroom.
 
Nooooooobs.

Let a little out, let it dry. Let a little out, let it dry.
 
or you could cut down on the caffeine usage...it's kind of like an asthmatic continuing to smoke, and then complaining about the shortness of breath.
 
Seriously though. If you were the attending surgeon and you really really had to go but couldn't step away from the patient.,.. what do you do?

:idea:

"Nurse/resident/medstudent I need to pee, please take out my penis and place it within a urinal.... Wait you're going to spill! make sure you to tap thoroughly to dry!!!"
 
KnuxNole said:
Long surgeries can be tough. Ideally, it'd be best to not down a whole cup of coffee or soda before scrubbing in. However, if you are like me and need a cup of coffee in the morning in order to be awake for a 7am surgery, drink it early(which won't be a problem since you'll be prerounding at 5am *shudders*). Make sure to go before entering the OR. Hypothetically, if you're in 5+ hour case and you really have to go, hopefully your attending won't get too pissed off if you have to leave to take a quick bathroom break. Happens to everyone. The scrub nurse will be pissed cause she has to rescrub you back in, but haters gonna hate.
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And this is how your eval would look:

Student places needs of himself above those of his patients.

(if we can get a chuckle here to think that the student was "needed" in the OR :laugh:)
 
Stellar Clouds said:
And this is how your eval would look:

Student places needs of himself above those of his patients.

(if we can get a chuckle here to think that the student was "needed" in the OR :laugh:)
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Retractors don't hold themselves.....oh wait 🙁
 
I've noticed that a lot of people sometimes get in the "too busy to x" mode. Surgery is a bit of a unique situation since you're kind of stuck in a confined place and can't really stop and start what you're doing. Doing medicine on the floor, there's never been a time where I absolutely could not stop and pee before becoming uncomfortable. That page can wait 3 minutes. That note doesn't need to get finished ASAP, etc.
 
dr zaius said:
If you're really serious about being a physician and don't want to be a bad doctor you will cath yourself. Since the beginning of third year I have been cathing and concealing the bag under my white coat. I've had a few infections, but really it's worth it because I'm doing it for my future patients. If you really care about your future patients you will cath yourself.

Cath yourself.
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I'm gonna assume this is a joke.
 
Law2Doc said:
I'm sure some maniac did once, before the days of drug resistant bacteria, but no it's not common or good practice.
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Phew.

Damn. Don't scare us pre-meds like that!:annoyed:
 
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MilkmanAl said:
...That page can wait 3 minutes. That note doesn't need to get finished ASAP, etc.
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the codes can't wait 3 minutes. Everybody has a few nights during intern year when things just happen fast paced and back to back. We aren't talking about writing progress notes. Those end up waiting the ten hours too when stuff hits the fan.
 
Mass Effect said:
Call, as in overnight call? As in a 24-30-hour shift? I'm sorry, but I find it extremely hard to believe there are residents who don't go to the restroom for 30 hours.
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Interns don't do 30 hour calls anymore, so relax. But I was talking about around 10-11 hours before you come up for air, food, bathroom, which can happen once in a while.
 
Codes aren't happening all the time though. If it is, well that must be a horrible night to be employed at a hospital. It doesn't take THAT long to use the bathroom too...
 
KnuxNole said:
Codes aren't happening all the time though. If it is, well that must be a horrible night to be employed at a hospital. It doesn't take THAT long to use the bathroom too...
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I've had more than one night of back to back to back ... codes during intern year. It happens. Sometimes you draw the short straw.
 
If you're running from code to code, you're not going to be thinking about your bladder.
If you're bored in the OR, you may be thinking about your bladder. If it' a longer case than your normal reservoir, go immediately before you go to the OR. If you're about to urinate yourself, ask your resident/attending. They may down look on you, but it's better than pissing yourself in the middle of the OR. That will earn the ire of the scrub nurse much more than having to rescrub.

Luckily I can last > 8 hours even with caffeine in me.
 
Fair, but waht about people have a UTI or cystitis or, bowel issues not well-controlled by meds? Should that bar people form being drs?
 
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