What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

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Nurses that are brilliant but do not know the difference between contraindication and contradiction! :rotfl:

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No, this is by no means new. I'm a perfectionist who bores others to death with my petty annoyances, such as men getting their prostrate glands examined.

So men getting their examinations annoy you.

If something that simple annoys you and you bore others to death with your petty annoyances. Have you sought out some counseling, just curious

Besides life is too short for annoyances, or for being petty.

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So men getting their examinations annoy you.

If something that simple annoys you and you bore others to death with your petty annoyances. Have you sought out some counseling, just curious

Besides life is too short for annoyances, or for being petty.

I think she purposfully used the word prostRate (vs prostate) to point out another annoyance she shares with another poster. I think. It'd be pretty ironic otherwise. I'm gonna take a wild guess she was being sarcastic.

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Specializes in Utilization Management.
No, this is by no means new. I'm a perfectionist who bores others to death with my petty annoyances, such as men getting their prostrate glands examined.

:D

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Hey Y'all

Pretty simple for me to toss in a few suggestions:

1. JACHO

2. HIPAA

3. Hospital Administrations. ("There actually is no such thing as Hospital Administration. Everything happens by accident here").

PapawJohn

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Specializes in Women's health & post-partum.
Once again, it's "couldn't care less". Didn't most of us go to college and have to take English 101?

OXFORD RULE:

It's is not, it isn't ain't, and it's it's, not its if you mean it is. If you don't it's its. Then too, it's hers. It isn't her's. It isn't our's either. It's ours and likewise yours and theirs.

There, now I feel better. But in college, my English class was Writing 101 and my (graduate student) instructor didn't cover any grammar that I can remember. I do bite my tongue a lot--my kids know what to say (or how to say it) to set me off!

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Specializes in Utilization Management.
hey y'all

pretty simple for me to toss in a few suggestions:

1. jacho

2. hipaa

3. hospital administrations. ("there actually is no such thing as hospital administration. everything happens by accident here").

papawjohn

i know you meant "jcaho," which stands for joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations (jcaho) .

;)

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Tell me about it! We have two nurses that CONSTANTLY flirt & touch the docs- & call them by their first names-- (a no-no where I work) and they're both new grads. It's nauseating & makes them look like dimwits. We older nurses sit there & wonder if they are even listening to how immature & unprofessional they sound. One nurse in particular laughs at EVERYthing-- we are all so sick of it, but what can ya do? :uhoh3:

The nurse that flirts shamelessly with the surgeon (Oh, DAWKTER, TEE HEE HE HE HEE!)

It's unprofessional, not to mention tacky. This is typically the nurse who's charting isn't finished when the 2 hour case is.

(This was not a good day.)

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I have too many pet peeves re: grammar to mention-- I started college as an English major, honors comp. student & switched over to nursing. I have had to let alot of things go-- and it has NOT been easy!! To make things worse, I am married to a guy who teaches English!! One good thing, my managers always tell me my charting is flawless! :p

No, this is by no means new. I'm a perfectionist who bores others to death with my petty annoyances, such as men getting their prostrate glands examined.
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You don't call the docs by their first names? We are all on a first name basis with all our junior doctors (until up to consultant level where they remain Dr. so and so)...If they want to use my first name then I will use theirs...doesn't not doing this reinforce the superiority that MDs may think they have? By using first names we repsect each other (doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, cleaners etc)

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Tell me about it! We have two nurses that CONSTANTLY flirt & touch the docs- & call them by their first names-- (a no-no where I work) and they're both new grads. It's nauseating & makes them look like dimwits. We older nurses sit there & wonder if they are even listening to how immature & unprofessional they sound. One nurse in particular laughs at EVERYthing-- we are all so sick of it, but what can ya do? :uhoh3:

We are on a first name basis with all of our docs. When you have that, you have a lot more respect as nurses, I feel, although each person's demeanor or personality is what gains respect.

However, the giggling and flirtatious behavior is very inappropriate. Has anyone taken these new grads aside and spoken with them?

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I think she purposfully used the word prostRate (vs prostate) to point out another annoyance she shares with another poster. I think. It'd be pretty ironic otherwise. I'm gonna take a wild guess she was being sarcastic.
Thank you very much! I have nothing against men getting their prostate glands checked. However, I've never in all my years heard of a prostrate gland. Yes, I was being sarcastic (duh!). Give me a break :angryfire
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