anyone ever worked in a nursing home and had to smell the awful urine smell in the air do to lack of cleaning?
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I have visited many family members in nursing homes in the past and the odor is one which I believe is unique and haunting. I don't think I have ever smelled anything like it anywhere else. But I agree that in the several facilities I have been in, the smell is the same.
98370
hahahah, Im a nursing student, and its an old wives tale.  We all are stinky farters.
646598
laugh it off...hopefully the smell goes before it imprints itself on anyone's mind  lol
290063
Have you had a change in medications?  Started taking a multi-vitamin?  I know excess vitamins (like B-12) can cause an odor.  Plus certain foods (asparagus) can cause a strong odor...but you probably aren't eating that on a daily basis.  Check to see if you have a urinary tract infection that needs to be treated w/ antibiotics.  You can also start drinking cranberry juice which maintains the health of your urinary tract.  Cranberry can also be bought in pill formation if you don't like the bitter taste of the juice.  But either way, you might want to check w/ the Doc.  Good luck!
897297
Symptoms of a UTI are burning with urination, frequent urination, urgency and possibly foul smelling urine or blood in your urine.  A  yeast infection has cottage cheese type discharge, severe perineal itching and an odor of fresh baking bread aka a yeasty smell.
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well I was a CNA in training and we had clinicals at a nursing home and we were getting trained on putting depends on seniors, but we were using each other. So we had to lay in a bed and act immobile while someone rolled us around putting on depends and getting us dressed (we wore shorts and a tank top and they had to put on depends, pants and a tshirt) well when it was my turn they got my depends on and my pants on and the fire alarm went off. So in my diaper I had to help get resedents out the building, well I was helping one edderly lady down the stairs and she tripped and i fell trying to support her. I was put in the ambulance to get taken to the hospital becuase i had a huge knot on my head, and a cut on my leg. well they took off my pants and yep....i wa sstill wearing the diaper. one of the nurses asked if i was even a resident! lol
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yes i have at work i went to clean the pool area mens restroom and i heard water running so i thought that some one was in there so i went to the womens room and cleaned it  and went back to the mens room and i heard water again so i said house keeping really loud and no one answered and i walked in and the water shut off and there was no one in the mens room so i went to my cart and got the cleaning supplies and started cleaning the mens room when i heard the door slam and then i looked up and saw nothing or no one so i told my supervisor what happened and she said hey we have a ghost so just do not worry about it
1106483
smell, hair everywhere......i mean getting that smell out will take forever when renting to other tenants....poop smell...urghhhh
93748
have you talked to the people who manage or run this nursing home? if not maybe you should talk to them and if that doesnt help you could go to your local newspaper and complain places like that hate when they get bad PR
506299
nursing home dump day. This is when the long term care homes are short staffed or bad tempereed - they send poeple to the ER just to avoid caring for them. I heard about one lady they sent in because she said she did not like her am meal - they called it a mental status change and dialed 911- a million dollars later, she was discharged..and still did not want the cream of wheat!
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Oh, do I agree with you.  I worked in one for about to weeks.  It was so terrible.  The old people were not being cared for properly, because they were so under staffed.  It was very difficult to see death so near everyday.  I truly believe you must be a very special person to work in one of those places.
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We had just stood in formation for 45 minutes during a ceremony to name a permanent regimental commander and command sergeant major.  I had a lot of water before the formation and I really had to go.  \n\nAfter we were dismissed my buddy and I went to the PX to go get some lunch, so we ordered our food, dropped it at a table, and both rushed to the latrine.  There were 3 stalls and 2 urinals.\n\nMy buddy was ahead of me and he went into the far stall.  I went to the urinal, but some really old guy went to the second stall.\n\nWell the old guy had some sort of problem and made some thunderous sounds on the toilet, to which my buddy remarked "Good Lord you have got some cannon fire over there," thinking that it was me next to him in the middle stall.\n\nI didn't know what he was talking about at first, but then I guess the smell got to him and he said "Oh my God, dude, you reak!  I think I am going to be sick."\n\nThe old guy then let loose with some thunder and there was a lot of plopping.  At that point I was laughing so hard that I couldn't breathe, even though I wanted to tell him it wasn't me.\n\nSo he flushed the toilet at about the same time as the old guy and they both exited the stall at the same time.  The regimental commander was the old guy.
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It is unfortunate your HR person could not tell her there had been complaints.  This is a 3rd party that is not involved in the situation.  If you have had others complain.  It really is her responsibility.  You will just have to tell her.  Be gentle.  Maybe start out with that the office is small and enclosed and there has been a personal body odor brought up when others walk into the room.  Request each person to consider their hygiene.  Talk about daily showers being a courtesy in such a small space...make it a group issue vs an individual one...if it doesn't work, you will have to take her aside and explain others have commented and she needs to take better care in her cleanliness.  If it is a medical reason, can it be accommodated?  We had a lady that smoked and smelled awful.  She admitted to smoking, with the windows of her car shut, all the way to work!  She was told to change it or get moved out to the warehouse!  We have 10 people in a small space and we aren't allowed to burn candles, wear perfume, oils, or lotions...
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no !! \nthat so nasty !\nmaybe its just me , but do you like to smell it when someone else dose ??\nbe a little respectful ... atleast go to the bathroom !
891942
If you are weird so am I. This is a very serious issue with me, I like my privacy. I always make sure I have a book of matches in the bathroom and strike a match takes care of the odor. And I prefer privacy in the restroom. I think it is a lady thing. God bless
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Very Often, and it's disgusting especially when you find surprises on the seat (blood, urine, etc.)\nI will start taking Lysol with me along with emergency paper towels and tissues. Target stores have the worst bathrooms I have ever seen
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one time, years and years ago (something like 10) i was living in this small town where my family lived. id jst left a party to go to the only 24 hour gas station to buy more beer. id had an urge to pee really bad, and where the story gets wierd is i was pretty drunk and wasnt sure i could make it into the toilet without losing my balance and hitting myself on accident. to solve this problem i decided to take a fast pee in the sink... you would think this is the end, but nope... in walked my dad... whos been in AA for like a million years... this is a true story