Call Bell Requests

[pomRN]

What do you all think are the top requests when patients ring their call bells?

[imintrouble, BSN, RN]

Bedpan/BSC/Bathroom

Large geriatric pt population where I work.

CLose second is pain med.

[cb_rn]

A job where I worked implemented hourly rounds and you had to check the following each hour: bathroom needs, need for beverage, pain meds, room temperature/bed covers - based on a month long monitoring report of every single call light that the unit secretaries recieved these were the most frequent requests but I can't remember what order they were in

[RescueNinja]

Pain meds, sleeping pills, etc etc

Commode/bed pan

& my favorite... "What time is it?" when there is a clock RIGHT in front of them and they could see it just fine earlier.

[blondy2061h, MSN, RN]

Cold water

Sleeping pill

Pain med

Anti-emetic

Toileting

Too late for toileting

Too hot/cold

Wants extra blankets

"Who's my nurse tonight?"

IV Pump beeping

"What channel is the football game on?"

Wants light turned off

Something to eat/drink

Hit by accident trying to change the channel

[Flo., BSN, RN]

Bathroom

Pain

accidently hit

Nausea

beeping machine

Beverage

Blanket

turn on/ off lights

[momandstudent]

My favorite: "Where's my call-light?" as she has it clenched in her hands.

[jnrsmommy]

"I don't remember why I called"

[belgarion]

Without a doubt - toileting issues.

Some others that go along with senior citizens.

I need someone to turn the tv on/off.

Can someone raise/lower my bed? (Controls right beside them on the side rails)

Would you please come open/close my door?

I dropped the tv remote.

Would someone please bring me a cup of coffee. This one usually occurs 15 seconds after you were in the room asking them if you could get them anything.

[msjellybean]

1) toileting needs

2) beeping pump

3) accidental

We do hourly rounding as well for pain/potty/positioning/personal effects, but at night it's soo much different. I can look in on a patient, see that they are sleeping & chart it as such. And five minutes later, they're on the light needing to pee.

[ItsTheDude]

What do you all think are the top requests when patients ring their call bells?

o, i was just seeing if it worked.

[redtshirt]

Ive recently had a ward full of demanding bell hoppers....... Requests included...

-will you turn off the tv? ( remote on bed table nothing wrong with arms)

-I want a commode...followed by beds 1-6 wanting bedpans and commodes

-I want tea

-Get me pillows

-thats beeping.....

-shes screaming (yes she does that)

-shes walking around (yes she does have legs)

-check on him in the toilet

-hes been in the toilet too long

-will you wipe my backside

-adjust this

And the best ones

-nurse im paralysed i cant move...how did you ring the bell?

-nurse im dead ring the doctor

A please and thank you would be nice.