Nurse with potty mouth.

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tripp3horn

62 Posts

I've heard that cursing like a sailor is a requirement if you want to work in the ER.

Batman25

686 Posts

Good gravy. Are you still harping about the nurse you've created other threads about, including trying to diagnose her "mental condition"?

I really hope not.

EarthChild1130

576 Posts

Specializes in Psychiatric.

I have to watch myself because outside of work I cuss like a SAILOR...I'm more careful at work though.

Specializes in chemical dependency detox/psych.

I curse a little bit with my patients, if I feel like it will help the situation.... But then, I work in a non-typical environment of chemical dependency detox. I would never talk like I sometimes have in a hospital or other environment, but sometimes a not-too-awful curse word (like sh*t) will cause the drunk combative patient to not view me as an adversary. I use it carefully, though, and only (this sounds so strange, I know) therapeutically. :rolleyes:

ShayRN

1,046 Posts

Specializes in Corrections, Cardiac, Hospice.

I pinched my finger tonight in a wheelchair and very calmly looked at my patient and said "I just pinched my finger and I didn't even cuss. You know I love a good reason to cuss, so you need to be proud of me." It was the first smile I had seen from him. I have a potty mouth sometimes too, but not in front of my patients.

Specializes in PACU.

I struggle to not swear at work. Occ. I'll let out something minor, but very rarely in front of a pt. I just try to get all of my swearing for the day done during the commute in.

Consistently swearing in front of patients or coworkers who're not doing it themselves is inappropriate, though I'd never complain about it unless patients/families were getting offended. Then I'd mention it to a coworker as a way to avoid trouble down the road.

Virgo_RN, BSN, RN

3,543 Posts

Specializes in Cardiac Telemetry, ED.

I really don't care, so long as they are not swearing at me or in front of patients/families. Personally, I think there are more important things to worry about.

Specializes in CVICU.

I had never heard such potty mouths until I started my tech job in the ICU. It only got worse in the ER. Now I have one too... I really have to watch it sometimes! I don't do it around my patients (except I did accidentally say s*** when I rand over my toe with a Clinitron bed)... anyway, you can routinely hear several of my co-workers speaking to one another with potty mouths when they are in the break room.

I really do try to keep mine at a minimum. I had no idea nurses could sound worse than sailors, but it seems to be worse in critical care areas!

nursemike, ASN, RN

1 Article; 2,362 Posts

Specializes in Rodeo Nursing (Neuro).
I love night shift.

I am unable to fully express my agreement within the context of Allnurses.com terms of service. But I concur.

ETA: I do have to remind myself, at times, that I'm not laying bricks. It doesn't always work.

DroogieRN

304 Posts

I don't personally swear and I've heard it all, so I am not easily offended, but it does get old. I liken nursing to a war zone sometimes :p and know that stress can bring out things in people and that sometimes certain language can possibly be cathartic -- as long as it's not in front of the patients...

I'm curious, though: do you think anyone notices when someone doesn't cuss like a sailor? I just wonder if it's ever tempting to temper the swearing. It's never happened to me yet. The closest I have come to that is when a fellow student in the second semester of nursing school said to me, "I think it's cute how you say 'behind' instead of '@ $ $.'" :-/

RNperdiem, RN

4,592 Posts

Luckily, I have not had that problem.

Personally I have no problem with those choice words unless the situation really calls for an "Oh ----!".

TiffyRN, BSN, PhD

2,315 Posts

Specializes in Nurse Scientist-Research.

My husband (also an RN) is desperately searching for an MD who will certify him as having Tourette's syndrome so any outbursts can be protected under the ADA.

And now d/t the inability of these posts to transmit proper tone I must explain that we all understand that Tourette's is a serious and real disorder that causes great suffering. My husband does not truly suffer from it but does a pretty good impression. At home. Keeps his work language PG.

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