Nurses General Nursing
Published Nov 27, 2007
Infants, Young Children, Older Children, Young Adults, Older Adults, or Elderly?
TigerGalLE, BSN, RN
713 Posts
I love A&O elderly patients. Esp the ones who are so grateful for your care. They understand how hard we work and they actually appreciate the care we give them. They also have great stories to tell. I really love my elderly veterans who tell me about their travels and war stories.
I had a confused lil ol' man the other day that was getting on everyones nerves. I got him talking about how he spent time in africa when he was in the army. Everytime I went in the room he had another story to tell me. He behaved the whole shift and I got to hear all about elephants, giraffes, and women with rings around their neck and holes through their lips. It was a great day. I had to give him blood that day so I was in there a lot.
Liberty Bellpn
25 Posts
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Originally Posted by annmariern
The WW2 generation. So inspirational, so grateful for their care, so tough. Give me the grannies/grandpas any day.
Yes!
I went to school with the intention of being a geriatric nurse because I enjoyed them so much as a CNA.
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I love the alert forgetful LOLs and gents.
The other day a new admit said, "miss, can you tell an old veteran the best way to get out of here?";)
I can't do kids either; I thought I would leave school during pedi.
MA Nurse
676 Posts
Definitely babies. I love the NICU. I've worked there for almost 17 years. I worked with adults as a CNA and 1 year after nursing school.
I've tried recently to work in the PICU and I don't like it very much.
Babies are the best because they can't hit me, bite me, yell at me, etc. If they do, at least it doesn't hurt! My back isn't breaking after my shift in the NICU.
NICU is #1!!:balloons:
Scrubby
1,313 Posts
Ummmm i prefer to work with patients who are fully anaesthetised.
NicoleERRN, RN
72 Posts
I prefer any patient who WANTS my help and who doesnt protest every little thing that i have to do...I did not tell /force you to come to the ER for .... also like working with anyone who isnt physically abusive to us ...love working with kids.. but hate working with kids.. guess it really doesnt matter....
Altra, BSN, RN
6,255 Posts
Overall, the elderly.
I was raised largely by my grandparents so I am familiar and comfortable with the frame of reference of the Depression/WWII generation. I hear so many of the same life stories with interchangeable details but I never get tired of hearing them.
I don't always enjoy their adult children at the bedside though, at least not in my setting, the ER.
jmking
139 Posts
I love working with psych population, mostly older adults.
Kanani_Ikike
167 Posts
Infants are too fragile, they scare me.
Young Children are so much fun, but then you have to deal with their parents. I can't do it.
Older Children I like less than I do younger children.
Young Adults are okay as long as they get what they want. A lot of them like that pain medicine.
Older Adults (under age 70), whine too much and act like babies when they get sick. I do not like this age group at all.
Now, the Elderly. Ahhhhhhh!!! Like a breath of fresh air. This is my favorite group to work with. I love them. They are so gracious. They have so much gratitude and don't complain at all. I love this group and wish I could work exclusively with them.