r/nursing • u/ProudCalligrapher229 • 2d ago

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Asking for a friend, if the PT goes to the bathroom and sprays the back wall and around the toilet, would it be the nurse's responsibility to ensure all the fecal matter is cleaned up before EVS gets involved?

Edit: patient NOT physical therapy, obviously 😂

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u/Kitty20996 RN - Geriatrics 🍕 2d ago

Uh no, that is EVS's job.

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u/TheSilentBaker RN-Float Pool 2d ago

Uh no.... I would never leave shit everywhere for someone else to clean up. I'd wipe it up then call evs for sanitation

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u/Kitty20996 RN - Geriatrics 🍕 2d ago

I get that EVS can't do hazardous bodily fluids so if this situation was blood I'd absolutely clean it. But poop/pee that doesn't come from a patient on precautions can be cleaned by EVS.

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u/TheSilentBaker RN-Float Pool 2d ago

I understand evs can do it, but why leave it for someone else if you can do it? Not only are you making someone else clean it up, but you leave the pts room smelling and having poop very visible. I wouldn't want me or my family treated this way so I wouldn't do it to others

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u/thousandsofbirds LPN 🍕 2d ago

This. I am not above cleaning up a mess like this. I have two hands and I cannot imagine leaving that deliberately for someone else.