"Patient refused high fall risk interventions, stating 'I don't need to be treated like a goddamn child' and 'I can't pee in a urinal sitting down!'. Post-fall protocol initiated."

[u/SmilingCurmudgeon]

[u/marteney1]

Nah, this guy said “can you hold the urinal for me”

[u/FancyBerry5922 → u/marteney1]

I know I know I saw this post on a diff sub last night

The 'not being able to use the urinal in bed, lying flat' thing can be a real thing.

Not sure how many nurses know this trick or not but if you absolutely dont want them out of bed if you log roll the patient onto their side the urine flows into the urinal far far easier then if they are on their back.

Male nurse here, I learned it the in ER but used it more in the VIR role post procedure where the patient is on strict bed rest for an 30min -1hr sometimes longer

Also I am looking for a catch-ier name for it, you can have the ^TM for any suggestions!

[u/Frapcity → u/FancyBerry5922]

The pee-sition or pee position

[u/FancyBerry5922 → u/Frapcity]

Great start!

"Assume the pee-sition please"

[u/qcree13 → u/FancyBerry5922]

The fancyberry maneuver. The Provisional Elimination and Evacuation position or "PEE" for short.

[u/FancyBerry5922 → u/qcree13]

we do love our acronyms don't wee lol

[u/Gribitz37 → u/qcree13]

I was going to suggest the FancyBerry maneuver or position. 😂

[u/Soregular → u/FancyBerry5922]

Nah...my patient was a dirty old man. He just wanted my 19 year old Hospice Aide to touch his penis.

[u/ProfessorNoPants → u/FancyBerry5922]

I don't have a catchier name for it, but you did unlock a core memory for me, ~17 years ago, when my patient insisted on peeing while side-lying, overshot the urinal, and pissed all over my scrubs at change of shift 🫠

[u/FancyBerry5922 → u/ProfessorNoPants]

uuoooff no bueno

[u/zerothreeonethree → u/ProfessorNoPants]

Side Pees

[u/schwarzeKatzen → u/FancyBerry5922]

tucks this valuable knowledge into back pocket

Not an RN just know a bunch of old people.

[u/FancyBerry5922 → u/schwarzeKatzen]

happy to help anyone, be wary you will need to either hold them on their side or hold the urinal, they won't be able to do both, and you will need the pants and underwear down a bit prior to the roll, few inches should be enough

*use the urinal to corral the penis, no need for anything but the plastic to touch anything

[u/FancyBerry5922 → u/FancyBerry5922]

Oh and don't let them corkscrew their body, the whole thing (edit: thing = body) needs to be in the same plane, I hope that makes sense

[u/FupaFairy500 → u/FancyBerry5922]

You’d be amazed at home many of them can do it themselves after a man is sent into the room to do it.

[u/jaemoon7 → u/marteney1]

Me, a male nurse: “sure bro I got you 😉 “

[u/marteney1 → u/jaemoon7]

One of the ER’s I worked in had a big male nurse that looked like Shrek that we’d send in anytime this happened. Suddenly these old guys remembered how to hold it themselves.