What patients/behaviors/illnesses/injuries do you HATE the most?

[JZ_RN]

I'll start with people who say "I went to nursing school" Okay, but are you a nurse?

I need my meds today. Also I can't pay for them.

Moms who let their kids run wild and scream. I get that stuff hurts, go ahead and cry. No need to run like a wile monkey or screech like you're dying, I assure you that if you were dying you'd have no time to yell like that.

And let's not get started on the drug-seekers!

[BabyCatchr, ADN, ASN, RN]

I recently had an experience when I answered a call bell (not my pt) and a patient's daughter asked me to make her mother's bed because she was too tired and I am getting paid to do it, not her. No, I don't get paid to do this - I am an RN student. The patient was in isolation so I gowned/gloved/masked while the daughter puffed on her mother's oxygen and said she didn't feel well and by the way, was I done making that bed yet? She complained about how long it was taking and asked me if it was my first bed I'd made, then pointed at the pillow cases and demanded I put them on. I said very firmly, "I'm MORE than happy to HELP you. Now is there something else you would like before I get back to MY patient???"

I had another patient's daughter come in at 11:00 and complain to me that her mother's breakfast was cold. No kidding. It was served at 8 am and I tried to get her to eat it for an hour.

All of my patients and families have been great for the last year. I just started at a new hospital with lots of indigent care. They seem to feel entitled.

[sistasoul]

I too like psych patients. The really sick ones-addiction, DTs, schizos, alzheimers, etc. It fascinates me.

I would love to work on a psych floor equipped to deal with these guys.

However, there isn't one within a 60 mile drive.

On a med surg floor, which is where the medical manifestations of these illnesses end up, as well as those with actual physical problems (chole, appy, fracture, etc.) I simply do not have the time or resources to deal with both their medical problem and their psych issues while caring for 6 other patients at the same time.

They are not there to be treated for their psych issues, and many times it ends up compromising care for the other patients who must be cared for because of their demands on the nurse. It is very frustrating, and there is very little help for these people.

Sad but true. These people are not their for psych but their pysch issues disrupt the care and the other patients get very little of your care. It is even worse when you have no idea they have psych issues until they start acting out. Extremely frustrating.

[enchantmentdis, BSN, RN]

Pt's who are not on hospice. I love hospice. Lol.