Nurses General Nursing
Published Jan 26, 2009
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luvschoolnursing, LPN
651 Posts
I think when you drink coffee all day (like me!) you get so used to the caffeine, it doesn't affect you. If you never had it a cup before bedtime would probably leave you all buzzed, but for me it's as important as air.
truern
2,016 Posts
I put a pot on first thing in the morning and have one on until we go to bed each night. Hubby could drink a pot by himself and still sleep like a baby....a snoring baby, but a sleeping one :)
On tele, we serve decaf although there's regular if somebody requests it. There's two huge restaurant style thingies of coffee going day and night.
FireStarterRN, BSN, RN
3,824 Posts
If I'm ever hospitalized I'll be sending down to the hospital espresso bar every morning. 16 oz double latte, extra hot please!
canoehead, BSN, RN
6,890 Posts
My parents order coffee with their meals at restaurants. I'm more for the cold drinks with meals.
The hospital where I work has tea with every meal. The older patients may turn down everything else but the tea, younger patients don't find it as essential.
egglady, LPN
361 Posts
Well, its easier to serve coffee than a beer with supper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Atheos
2,098 Posts
Nah... You don't have to 'prepare' beer!!!
I never did get the whole coffee thing. Yeah, espresso tastes good but coffee? Ugh.
I find tea more palatable.
Virgo_RN, BSN, RN
3,543 Posts
Not really, just get the can from the pharmacy and plunk it down in front of the patient. I've also given patients red wine with their dinner.
Dinsey
112 Posts
I like a cup of coffee after dinner. I also drink a lot of caffeine throughout the day.
Sometimes I drink half a can of Diet Coke before bed, sleep well until about 3am, then wake up and drink the other half and go back to bed.
Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN
11,304 Posts
I remember my grandparents put on a pot of coffee before breakfast and then later after dinner. It was like their ritual.
My grandparents and parents did the same.
I cannot drink caffeine after noon - or else I will not sleep.
steph
Somebody after my own heart!! I :heartbeat latte w/sugar free vanilla or caramel, but I always ask them to make it extra hot. If you don't its lukewarm within minutes.
lpnflorida
1,304 Posts
Our facility does not automatically send coffee or tea on the meals tray. A patient has to circle it on their menus in order to receive it. We do have a restraurant type coffee maker which dispenses reg, decaf or just plain hot water with reg or decaf tea bags available so push comes to shove unless contraindicated we can given them what they want.
When I worked psych only decaf beverages were available no matter what the patient wanted.
I wonder how wise it is to force a hospitalized person to go through sudden caffeine withdrawal. I don't even drink near the amounts that others do here, and yet I will get a bad headache if I miss my morning dose of coffee.