We are all supposed to love our jobs and most of us do! But we are all supposed to over look just danged annoying behaviors.
My pet peeve, I do not care for drama patients. You walk out in the hall and they are laughing and having fun with a visitor, they take one look at YOU looking at them and they are hanging on to the walls to help them walk and moaning in pain. I sometimes think my mere presence causes them harm... ;o)
Me: "Great! Your temp is normal!" Patient: "Oh, if it is normal I am SICK! My usual is 72(F).
Me: "Great! Your b/p is 120/70!" Patient: "Oh, if it is normal I am SICK! My usual is 50/10."
My personal pet peeve is patients who come to the hospital, but then refuse vitals, assessment, labs, oxygen, repositioning, wound care, physical therapy, respiratory care, and the majority of medications (but almost never pain meds). Are they just drug seeking? Or are they contrary to the point of being suicidal?
My hubby had a nurse say "A 0 being no pain and a 10 being your unconscious." He looked at me and said, "Well since I am conscious I'll go with a 7."
I like your other references, they are great. But unconscious? Wouldn't my pain be a 0 at that point, and how would I be talking to you about my pain? Weirdest example we have ever heard.
No, your pain medications are as needed, and the earliest I could have given them to you was 2:15 had you asked for them then.
Usually this conversation occurs sometime between 2:30 and 3.
Did you possess my body?? This happened to me 2 nights ago! Flipped out on me that they were due at 2am (in reality, the earliest I could have given them was 2:20am). Soundly sleeping, snoring away..from 12am until 3am when they woke up to go to the bathroom. They aren't SCHEDULED, they are given AS NEEDED..and how could I know you needed them if A) you were sleeping quite peacefully and B) you didn't ask for them.
The geriatric patient with 20 pills who can only swallow one at a time. Then requires 20 sips after each pill. A burp, a chest thump, and a cough after each one. Chatting in between all of that because they know they got you until the pills are all gone.
I try to act like I have all the time in the world, because if you attempt to hurry things along, it just makes them go even slower.
The geriatric patient with 20 pills who can only swallow one at a time. Then requires 20 sips after each pill. A burp, a chest thump, and a cough after each one. Chatting in between all of that because they know they got you until the pills are all gone.
I try to act like I have all the time in the world, because if you attempt to hurry things along, it just makes them go even slower.
I suspect he meant the thread where the OP explained that she hated EVERYONE. And then wanted to be a nurse. Big difference between that thread and this one.
Lol, just catching up on this thread and it's awesome.
The only thing that makes me hate everyone is rush hour traffic. I may have cared about your well being more than anything in the world as your nurse, but cut me off when I'm driving home from a shift and there will be hell to pay.
Family/friends who camp out in the room fearing if they leave for a second you'll just go nuts and commit one of those 'medical errors' they just read are now the 2nd leading cause of death in the US (I must wonder what they include in medical 'errors.' I suspect it's increased to not being able to 'fix' the patients who come in DOA.) Now, when night shift rolls around they throw caution to the wind and all leave to get to a restaurant...
...and the doc won't give you any more PRNs for sedation/pain. 
Love, love that!!!! Something to get their attention!
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My personal pet peeve is patients who come to the hospital, but then refuse vitals, assessment, labs, oxygen, repositioning, wound care, physical therapy, respiratory care, and the majority of medications (but almost never pain meds). Are they just drug seeking? Or are they contrary to the point of being suicidal?