Do you work at Hilton?

Editorial Team / Admin · Dec 3, 2012

I'm not a lawyer, but I know that there are deadlines to filing papers, there are certain rules and procedures to be followed. All this from watching "Law and Order".
So pts might know something about Nursing - think of "Grey's Anatomy" and so on. Or maybe they've had nurses care for them or their loved ones in the past.

Yes, because we know everything portrayed on TV is accurate. :rolleyes:

feisty · Dec 3, 2012

Apparently our "Hilton" is strugglig due to economic hardship because the bottomline demands a skeleton crew. Sadly, the staff look like the walking dead due to exhaustion and fatigue. Maybe we should refer to ourselves as the Hotel California. lol

In all seriousness, I worry about the future of our healthcare system and our nation. This entitlement mentality is destroying our country.

redhead_NURSE98!, ADN, BSN · Dec 3, 2012

Some doctors do actually order coffee, alcohol, or whatever.

I am aware that doctors order alcohol for patients, and that they order Ensure or other supplements for some of them.

It must be my inexperience. I can't think of a good reason to order coffee.

redhead_NURSE98!, ADN, BSN · Dec 3, 2012

Better yet, why didn't she call before she came to see if there was anything her mother wanted? If my beloved mother were in the hospital and I knew she loved coffee, I would probably stop somewhere (Starbucks?) and bring her favorite coffee that I know the hospital wouldn't have.

But..but... IT''S ORDERED!!! :roflmao:

Caffeine_IV · Dec 3, 2012

Yes, because we know everything portrayed on TV is accurate.

If anything the nurse especially is mostly always portrayed WRONG.

LobotRN, BSN, RN · Dec 3, 2012

Just because I wanna stir the pot a little...there is research out there that caffeine in the form of regular coffee after surgery, including bowel surgery, assists in the return of normal peristalsis.

BUT! Unless its actually ordered, or at least not contraindicated, the coffee in the patient nutrition room is available as quickly as I can reasonable accomodate, or your dear family member is welcome to go to the cafeteria down stairs when it is open or across the street to Starbucks. Patients are welcome to choose whichever option is best.

patriciawashingtonrn · Dec 3, 2012

working in the icu we expect to do everything for you so that you can rest, but we also educate that you are to work hard on the floor to do things for your self so when you get home you will be stronger. the patients take our icu care hold over the floors nurses heads. they did this for me and that for me. well if you have a tube breathing for you its my duty to wipe your nose and but. but if you came to have a nose job im doing nither. i am a nursing professional regardless.

Indy B · Dec 3, 2012

I can't tell you how many times I have been asked to fix a family member's laptop. While said family member's choking through his trach.

dirtyhippiegirl, BSN, RN · Dec 3, 2012

Just because I wanna stir the pot a little...there is research out there that caffeine in the form of regular coffee after surgery, including bowel surgery, assists in the return of normal peristalsis.

We have a plastic surgeon that does a routine surgery where the patient comes out with an epidural for a few days. She routinely orders caffeine to offset possible epidural-related headaches. Not specifically coffee, 'tho.

Off note, but I don't really mind a little fluff 'n tuck. We get a lot of bed-bound patients who often don't have family members at the bedside 24/7 (which, to be honest, is part of the reason I work night shift)...can't fault a patient for being hungry or thirsty or hot/cold and unable to do anything about it. Yes, there are patients who abuse this. But what I find more frustrating is the institutionalization of Hilton-esque policies. Like with my unit now expecting us to sign cards that will be sent to patients post-discharge thanking them for their stay (?)-- hotels don't even do that.

Guest343211 · Dec 3, 2012

I am aware that doctors order alcohol for patients, and that they order Ensure or other supplements for some of them.
It must be my inexperience. I can't think of a good reason to order coffee.

Well caffeine is given to some patients. It's in the computerized kardex. Some neonates with certain cardiac disorders get caffeine too; but I haven't give them coffee. LOL

I have been bad though. Once I was working in a cardiac unit, and this patient, awake, up and so forth, but on a number of various gtts insisted he have coffee, and that it NOT be decaf--claimed he could always tell the difference He ended up getting decaf with maybe a teaspoon of brewed, regular coffee. Put it in right on top. I am thinking that is what he tasted. Some folks really can tell the difference, regardless of the brand. He loved it, drank it up, and then he went to sleep. And that was great until the lido kicked in (It was determined that the gentleman was highly sensitive to lidocaine, even though the lido-induced pyschosis occurred on a low level of IV lido.) and made him batty and rip out all of his lines and hardwire leads. He was wondering in the back of the unit, and we found him by the trail of blood. Of course this was when we also had critical admits, someone with a dropping augmented pressue on the IABP, and someone coding--ended up being a lethal PE. And that was another of many bloody codes. (All in all it was just another blood-filled night in the unit.) Pt was post open heart, on heparin, given busters, and what a mess it was doing compressions with blood coming out of that substernal incision. Piles of bloody gloves everywhere.

But, in all my years of nursing, I don't remember giving a coffee enema yet. LOL Guess there is always a first time. :)

kcmylorn · Dec 3, 2012

"[bTW, there are a lot of holier than thou types on the Facebook link to this post. We are all horrible nurses because we resent having to bend to patients' personal preferences and whims instead of using this valuable time to take care of their health problems! How DARE you express frustration when you are off the clock!"

Must be management- some one check their face for the brown rings from kissing butt. I guess that what you do when you don't have to wipe it.

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anotherone, BSN, RN · Dec 3, 2012

I sometimes read our patient evaluations for the laughs. One past shift a pt wanted a colace and senna. so i paged the night float (very busy teaching hospital with night float interns who cross cover different services). Well 30mins goes by and she wont stop complaining about the dr not yet ordering her meds and why was it taking so long. Pts dont realize (for the most part) that a hospital with 100s of beds has some realllly sick pts and a colace and senna is never the priority and god forbid you ever mention this.