Re: Things you don't want to hear your Aide say Originally Posted by november17 
Even worse are the ones that write "18"
I'm not stupid, 18 isn't divisible by four. You count for 15 seconds, you get 18, you're a liar!
I work with an aide that apologizes for people's vital signs, like its her fault they're out of wack. It drives me insane.
"the patients glucose is 230. Sorry!"
"Their bloodpressure is 200/100...sorry!"
"this patient's temp is 101.5...SORRY!"
"the patient in that room just had diarrhea ALL OVER THE PLACE! I'm so Sorry."
Seriously, anything out of the ordinary with a patient and she apologizes. I told her to stop apologizing but she keeps doing it!
I think some nurse in the past must have given her a lot of crap for reporting stuff.
That is a completely inaccurate statement. 18 resp/min is quite normal. 18 divisible by 4? First of all, you don't count resp for 15 seconds, the standard is 30-60 seconds to get an accurate reading
. Second, how rude and disrespectful for you to say "You're a liar!" I don't care if you actually verbalized that or just thought it, it is awful.
The next time I take respirations I will have to say "Sorry Mr. X, your respiratory rate was 9, your body is lying to me and my nurse will call me a liar if I report that number. Your respirations have to be even and divisible by 2 if I count for 30 seconds or 4 if I count for 15 seconds, if they are not, I will be lying."
I am not one to complain or get off on a tangent, but that is completlely out of line! I am thinking you may be the RN that "gave her alot of crap."
I cannot express how disappointed I am to read this post.
Kelly
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