Diapers in the hospital

Hey, I was talking to a nurse friend the other day and we somehow got on the topic of catheters. I told her there was no way I wanted to get ram rodded like that. She just smiled at the comment and said that at her hospital the policy has changed and was now to use diapers as the go to means of controlling "those" kind of situations. She said that if a catheter was not ABSOLUTELY necessary that a diaper would be used on the patient. She explained that with Obama Care, any infection that occurs to a patient while in the hospital must be paid by the hospital. That changed their attitude towards diapers. I hope my interest in our conversation didn't give me away..... heehee....

My wife works in a care home where most of the residents are incontinent and she says thy no longer use catheters and always rely on pads or slips (nappies)

A friend of mine who works in a nursing home/ rehabilitation center. She said they only use diapers and not catheters. Even if the patient uses pull-ups, they will replace it with disposable diapers. She takes care of a 19 yr old guy right now that used pull-ups during the day, but needed diapers at night. When he was admitted there 1 week ago they put him in diapers during the daytime also.

Now if they would just go "green" and start using cloth diapers and plastic pants. I'd probably have to fall off a ladder or something.

I would LOVE that! I saw a picture on Tumblr the other day of a girl in a hospital gown and a diaper and was thinking about it all day.

I hated being cathed in the hospital. I would love the comfort of a diaper.

I've been diapered in the hospital because I had been wearing one when I went to the hospital and a couple times they put one on me when I had pneumonia.

Usually though I got a catheter in the hospital and sometimes I got both

I guess a diaper is a lot quicker to ‘apply’, and a lot safer too, in terms of the risk of UTI infections.

Though most probably would rather not, because they're still rather taboo.

I know what I would choose!