Nurses General Nursing
Published Oct 18, 2007
MikeDiggity
3 Posts
I'm a student in Arizona, and I'm curious to know what problems that established nurses have to deal with most often in their daily tasks.
Or in other words, what particular thing would you omit if you had the opportunity?
Thanks for the insight.
_MIKE
underpaidrn
159 Posts
If I had the opportunity - I'd omit working altogether. No chance of that yet! On a more serious note, I would omit all of the gossiping and back biting that seems to go on no matter where you work.
Diana,RN
45 Posts
On a more serious note, I would omit all of the gossiping and back biting that seems to go on no matter where you work.
ditto
leslie :-D
11,191 Posts
i'd omit all the dying.
it's finally getting to me.
leslie
Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN
12,126 Posts
I'd omit the "Triple Special" procedures. As in, the family refuses to say goodbye to a loved one, loved one physically can't speak for themselves. So the pt. gets a central line, a trach, a PEG, to prolong life.
cmo421
1 Article; 372 Posts
I would omit the constant complaining of my peers! Or get selctive hearing!
nyapa, RN
995 Posts
Aggressive, abusive and violent patients. People who treat you like their personal maid who expect one to one attention even if the person in the next bed is critical or worse. And people who are racist.
One more thing...I hate it when ppl are sweet to your face, and bad mouth you behind your back. We had an experience recently when a relative had gone to another hospital and said some really nasty things. What she didn't know was that the hospital reported back to us! One of our nurses went and gave the number of our complaints officer to the lady, who sat there dumbfounded apparently!
canoehead, BSN, RN
6,890 Posts
The paperwork! Things would go so smoothly if we didn't have to stop and write it all down!
Rnandsoccermom
172 Posts
There was a time when people came to WORK to WORK. I can't stand all of the b**** and moaning about what people don't want to do.
I also wish they would go back to putting a nun and a security guard at the elevator. She would decide who got to go up and visit and who didn't.
Zookeeper3
1,361 Posts
family that brings in their own drama, takes away precious nursing time, time away from the patient, the other patient that I'm carring for. Then they have no respect for my knowlege, the rules of the unit and general rules of behavior that affect the entire unit.
Because it's not about the patients, it's about THEM. Worse is when management expects me to be their maid, fetch drinks, snacks.. service recovery packets, anything to score a 5 on a survey. The fact that several patients lacked basic care for some time, durring each of their "show their butt" episodes, is irrelevant:angryfire
Now if family is concerned, behaves as apropriate, I WILL offer coffee, a recliner to sleep in the unit and a blanket (when I can easily say "not allowed"). I will go out of my way when it's in everyones best interest.
ok, rant off, but there is my daily difficulty. It's not patient care.
TheCommuter, BSN, RN
102 Articles; 27,612 Posts
Attitude is everything, and I cannot stand people who need their attitudes adjusted.