when you feel creeped out

menot · Apr 28, 2016

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AlphaM · Apr 28, 2016

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Yes exactly

Pangea Reunited, ASN, RN · Apr 28, 2016

Occasionally a special nurse comes along who thinks they shouldn't have any difficult patients ...but it's not fair that the other staff get more than their fair share of difficult patients so that the special nurse has none.

smartassmommy · Apr 28, 2016

If a patient causes you to feel uncomfortable you can always ask a coworker to go with you.

djh123 · Apr 28, 2016

This isn't a direct answer, but I want to say that sometimes a 'creepy scumbag guy' may not be what you think initially. I had a pt. for the last few months who'd been in prison for a long time, had multiple tattoos, etc., but most of us working with him liked him and did everything we could for him. Another way to put it is that for me, at least, what's happening with them *now* is what matters, and overrides whatever/whoever they were before. But I know, some people can be a sleazy pt. at the time you're dealing with them. Then you just have to try to give them the care you need to give them and try to discourage any sleazy behavior.

Farawyn · Apr 28, 2016

I've had creepy patients from mild flirting, to inappropriate to violence and groping, just like the rest of us have. It comes with the territory sometimes. I can usually forgive patients stuff, and I can definitely handle it.

The creepiest person I ever encountered at the hospital was a resident doc who said the most disgusting thing to me that I had no response - and I always have a response.

My friend started dating him a year later and I couldn't even hang out with them.

There's creeps everywhere.

Extra Pickles · Apr 28, 2016

Another reason I would like to be a nurse is I love to help people, I know that sounds clichÃ© but I'm actually really good at taking care of people, I'm nurturing and kind. But I can't stand the sleazy scumbag guy. I was wondering if a patient makes you uncomfortable can you refuse care?

Can you refuse care because you don't like someone? No. But if the patient is a real creep the chances are good that everyone thinks he's a creep and you'll take turns dealing with him. There's no Get Out of Creep Free Card lol. Everyone has had as a patient someone who at some point made someone uncomfortable, whether it's inappropriate language or mannerisms or behaviors or even just Looking at you weird. You can't refuse care but you can always make requests of your coworkers so that you don't have to do more than absolutely necessary and neither do they!

SmilingBluEyes · Apr 28, 2016

Learn how to deal with them. Cause creeps are gonna come into your world in nursing.

Share nothing about yourself with them. Keep the focus on them. Hold strong boundaries and if need be, get another staff member to help you with them if they are being extremely inappropriate or manipulative.

Some of these folks MAY benefit from social/psych consults, but many are just sick and are not going to change.

Typically, the TRUE creeps love to pit staff against each other saying things like "you are the only GOOD nurse here" or "you are the ONLY nurse I want caring for me". Don't let them do that. Don't take it as a compliment, cause it is NOT . It's simple manipulative behavior and it must be curbed where possible.

But you will have to deal with them if you choose to continue as a nurse.

amoLucia · Apr 28, 2016

Popcorn time??? I think all the ingredients might be here.

AlphaM · Apr 28, 2016

Popcorn time??? I think all the ingredients might be here.

Move over, pass the popcorn LOL

loriangel14, RN · Apr 28, 2016

You cannot refuse to care for someone just because you don't like them.

AlphaM · Apr 28, 2016

You cannot refuse to care for someone just because you don't like them.

What if it goes against "your sincerely held beliefs" like the current slippery slope laws in Mississippi and other states? Just wondering what everyone thinks about that here