Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

Just curious as to what you would say. Mine goes something like this: Nurses Relations Video Nurse Life

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Specializes in OB/Gyn, L&D, NICU.

If only all my students/clients believed me BEFORE BIRTH when I tried to tell them this...

And the only time MDs really get into patient teaching and really, really explaining things to the pts is when there is a camera around ... otherwise it's "this is what we need to do" then leave the room and the RN has to explain what just happened ....

Oh yeah, I'd also love to actually tell pts that the OB "plan of care" is only ONE way to manage the pt, there are other options, that there is no consensus or any evidence of benefit of proposed management, but the MD is doing this because s/he has always done it this way and this is the accepted, high intervention, OB way of doing things ... I'd love to sit and educate the pt that they have options, but why? The pt needed to have motivation to educate herself while in antepartum care, and has to have enough brains to find a hospital -- or even OOH birth! -- that will not treat her badly if she does not want routine high interventionist OB care ... As a nurse I tread a very fine line here in real life ....

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rph3664

1,714 Posts

When I was admitted to the ICU for for several days for severe asthma a few years ago, my respiratory therapist reeked of cigarrette smoke :smokin:. I am surprised I didn't have another asthma attack right there in the bed!! Next time (I hope there is no next time) I will ask for someone else!! I mean, honestly, shouldn't that be against hospital policy?

One of the RTs at my hospital has teeth that look like "meth mouth". All her teeth are rotted nearly to the gumline.

:barf01:

Specializes in OB/Gyn, L&D, NICU.

Unfortunately, it's people like that who make honest, hard-working people like me look bad. I have been laid off twice recently due to the economy or some reason that is no fault of my own, and I will be losing my (crappy & outrageously expensive) health insurance. I have a pre-existing condition so I cannot find replacement coverage. I'd like Universal Health Care, but be able to exclude coverage for laziness and conditions caused by drug abuse, as well as send personal letters to those with $100 talons from the beauty salon, cigarrettes, designer bags, private school for their kids, and luxury cars that if they feel they can't afford health insurance, they will have to make a choice!

:madface: If you were actually paying for your healthcare, it might be one thing -- but to lie there and demand that society does this for you because you have ****** up your life so badly, -- I can't even stand it if this is who Universal Health Care is going to take care of -- I'm leaving this country. Heck, it already IS UHC as we continue to take care of these losers, allowing them to work the system and suck it dry. It's not fair and we should be ashamed of ourselves and our government for allowing it.

rph3664

1,714 Posts

Unfortunately, it's people like that who make honest, hard-working people like me look bad. I have been laid off twice recently due to the economy or some reason that is no fault of my own, and I will be losing my (crappy & outrageously expensive) health insurance. I have a pre-existing condition so I cannot find replacement coverage. I'd like Universal Health Care, but be able to exclude coverage for laziness and conditions caused by drug abuse, as well as send personal letters to those with $100 talons from the beauty salon, cigarrettes, designer bags, private school for their kids, and luxury cars that if they feel they can't afford health insurance, they will have to make a choice!

You are right, and try posting this on a non-health care message board and see what happens.

Ask me how I know this.

Specializes in OB/Gyn, L&D, NICU.

Does their opinion count?

imanedrn

547 Posts

Specializes in ED/trauma.
if you let your child or children behave in a way to make a savage blush, we will consider it to be a reflection on you and your parenting skills or lack thereof. we don't find it funny when a four-year-old curses us or flips us off. we aren't amused by being bitten, kicked, or hit, nor by watching your child do those things to you. if you don't address your child's inappropriate behavior, don't be shocked or offended when i do. if you don't like the parenting lecture you are going to get, then don't come back. please. on the other hand, don't be concerned that i'll be upset when your 18-month-old doesn't want me to examine him; it's normal for a child that age to cry or to push my hand away. biting and hitting are still not acceptable, however. if you tell your child "if you don't behave i'll have them give you a shot," then expect to be flatly contradicted, in front of your child, immediately. i will not have your child be afraid of me because you can't be bothered to come up with an appropriate consequence, and i will not have your child believe medical treatment is punishment.

thank you! my mom taught me this as a child -- don't be afraid of doctors and nurses -- and she hated seeing mom leaves with their kids and comfort the child by referring to that "mean old doctor/nurse who stuck you."

Specializes in OB/Gyn, L&D, NICU.

To be honest, patient care has come a long way since the "old" days when I was a child. There were a couple of times I had injuries that I was held down and "papoosed," (papoose is a board with velcro straps to hold down the arms) a blanket put over my head so I could not see what was going on while I was getting stitches. I was scared to death and screamed bloody murder. No comfort, no explanation. I was going to the gas chambers, for all I knew. Remember, back in the 1800s and 1700s doctors used no anesthesia, sawed limbs off, and the barber pulled teeth out after a swig of whiskey (for the patient or the barber I don't know!). Once I was locked in a small room with a toilet in order to force me to give a urine sample, but by then my experiecne, at 11 yrs of age, was so negative that I refused. So some people's connotation of the doctor is pretty antiquated. Patient care has come a long way. I always make sure to tell my health care providers if they did an excellent blood draw, and the dental hygienist how much my kids and I love the dentist now.

missyd1991

45 Posts

Specializes in LTC.

Oh my gosh I love this posting!:yeah: I don't think people realize how differnet they become when not feeling well. Some days you just want to scream at the top of your lungs to "put on your big boy/girl undies and deal with it" LOL.

PeachPie

515 Posts

Specializes in EC, IMU, LTAC.

You keep threatening to sue us if you don't get you what you want RIGHT NOW. You know, lawyers cost fees unless you have a case that they'd be willing to take on, which you don't. You're just a whiny coward trying to get people to wait on you hand and foot. For a fraction of the cost of a lawyer, why not hire a maid or a private duty CNA? You'll be much more likely to get quicker service, although I severely pity anyone who has to wait exclusively on you for a whole shift.

squeakykitty

934 Posts

Oh my gosh I love this posting!:yeah: I don't think people realize how differnet they become when not feeling well. Some days you just want to scream at the top of your lungs to "put on your big boy/girl undies and deal with it" LOL.
I've wanted to do this-----when I watch "COPS" on T.V. Some people can sure whine when they get arrested.

squeakykitty

934 Posts

You keep threatening to sue us if you don't get you what you want RIGHT NOW. You know, lawyers cost fees unless you have a case that they'd be willing to take on, which you don't. You're just a whiny coward trying to get people to wait on you hand and foot. For a fraction of the cost of a lawyer, why not hire a maid or a private duty CNA? You'll be much more likely to get quicker service, although I severely pity anyone who has to wait exclusively on you for a whole shift.

YES!!!!!:yeah:

I couldn't have said this better myself, and I truly hope that every whiner in the country gets to hear this.

CandyGyrl1985

136 Posts

I think that ALL call lights should come complete with instructions for each patients. We shall call it the DO's and Dont's of Calling - how to use the call bell within reason.

Mr. X please excuse me if I do not bow down to you - when you ask me for my number - you dont want me anyways - I have 3 children, a couple of X's, thousands of dollars in student loans, and I eat-sleep and breath this facility.....

And you sir - are married - self employed (yea right) - and nervous around needles.... no I do not think it will work. HA!

Mrs. S please dont eat the soap! (Oh wait - I have said that!)