What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

critcarenurse16 · Apr 9, 2004

Where to start...

1. people who lie

2. people who lie to get attention

3. lazy nurses who say " that's not my job", or "that's not in my contract", or "that's why we have CNA's"

It was already said but the nurse who will hunt down an aide to clean up a patient. OR worse yet the nurse who tells a patient " I'll put your light on to get an aide"

4. breech of confidentiality--biggie (should be #1 in my book)

that's it...for now! I'm sure I can come up with more.

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Apr 9, 2004

The poor night shift charge nurse last night, had 7 pts. on top of being charge:

2 "intractable n/v" who are FF that were back for the Demerol.

1 post op with an epidural, that wound up going bad

1 pt. that had a jug and a half of Go-Lytely, and was going every 10 minutes. Also bowel incontinent.

1 with q2h vitals and q1 blood sugars, that would up going bad

2 septoplasties

1 post op that was combative and kept trying to rip off her dressing

The Peeve: And the day charge nurse had the nerve to ask this poor women just WHY she didn't do an LPNs admit assessment? Asked in a very demanding *****y way, and pretty much made it clear that this was such and inconveniece for her to put in the computer.

talaxandra · Apr 9, 2004

5. general poor nursing care - nil orally patients with no mouth care...

4. messiness - it's not that hard to tidy up as you go along, and leaving chairs in the middle of the room at night is just asking for trouble

3. clueless relatives - yes, I know your wife wants to be put back to bed (a three person job that takes a good 30 min because she's just that demanding), but as you would have heard by the running and such, we had a code, the patient's going to ICU, and this "packing thing" I'm doing means the resus trolley will be ready to roll if anyone else crashes

2. even more clueless visitors - I'd be delighted to tell you where your alleged friend is, but unless you can give me more information than "John" I can't help you.Do you know his last name? But you're really great friends. Uh-huh. Did you check at the visitors' desk on your way in? No. Just wandered up here on spec? Okay. Buh-bye

1. okay, this is a little different from everyone else's - if I see another unconscious patient on TV, tubed or not, lying flat on their back with the bed rails down, I will throw something hard at the television while I scream aloud "It's not that freaking hard to get right!"

newgrad2004 · Apr 9, 2004

Or a-systole and doing difibrilation

kastas, BSN, RN · Apr 9, 2004

2. even more clueless visitors - I'd be delighted to tell you where your alleged friend is, but unless you can give me more information than "John" I can't help you.Do you know his last name? But you're really great friends. Uh-huh. Did you check at the visitors' desk on your way in? No. Just wandered up here on spec? Okay. Buh-bye!

OH YES! Add another one to my list. It is even better when the pt is their sister and they just can't remeber her last name rith now. Again, Buh-bye!

:angryfire

talaxandra · Apr 9, 2004

Or a-systole ...

I can't believe I left this out! Argh! It's a really basic concept, it's not like it's that hard to find out, and I get that the whole "charge! clear!" zap, leap-off-the-bed-like-a-carp thing is more dramatic, but it's WRONG!

Stitchie · Apr 10, 2004

has to be the cna's who give you the :rolleyes: when you ask them to do a simple task, or who argue with you when you ask them to repeat the BS.

I just wish I had an aid who would quit being lazy or ticked off, come into the room without being asked/begged when a new patient comes in, especially when the aforementioned tech is just blabbling on the phone.

EEEEeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrggggggggggg...

nursing36 · Apr 10, 2004

LOL, I hate the "It's not my patient" or a nurse who finds a wet or poopy patient & spends 15 minutes looking for the CNA who is busting a** taking care of 10 other patients, to go clean up that wet/poopy pt.
Edited to add:::: How on earth could I forget how much it truly pi**es me off, when we find a diabetic patient has not even been OFFERED their HS snack. . .even worse, when the next shift comes in & finds the HS snack, all snuggled under the blanket with same pt?!?!? UNREAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have the same problen were I work I have some Cnas that are awesome and thens there are the ones who definatley dont need to be there I hate to hear its not my patient or you ask did you pass out you snacks and they say yes and you go into the room and they are sitting on the bedside table untouched all the way across the room some of my Patients cant get up and get there snacks

nursing36 · Apr 10, 2004

has to be the cna's who give you the when you ask them to do a simple task, or who argue with you when you ask them to repeat the BS.
I just wish I had an aid who would quit being lazy or ticked off, come into the room without being asked/begged when a new patient comes in, especially when the aforementioned tech is just blabbling on the phone.
EEEEeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrggggggggggg...

You hit the nail on the head.

LilgirlRN, ADN, RN · Apr 10, 2004

git up off yer a$$ and do yer job already!!!!!!!!!! hate whiney butt nurses who wanna just sit there and think about how bad they have it. also hate it when the pt slides down in the bed/stretcher and their nurse will do nothing about. treat pts the way you want your daughter or your daddy treated!!!! demmit!!!!

mattsmom81 · Apr 10, 2004

Ya know I have given this some thought and while I do have some peeves about nursing, I guess it bugs me worst when nurses are so quick to sink another nurse. Passive aggressive, hostile and competitive out to get another nurse. It really can screw up the workplace to work with this type nurse.

nursemaa · Apr 10, 2004

Ya know I have given this some thought and while I do have some peeves about nursing, I guess it bugs me worst when nurses are so quick to sink another nurse. Passive aggressive, hostile and competitive out to get another nurse. It really can screw up the workplace to work with this type nurse.

I agree 100% !! I get tired of listening to nurses bash each other, talk down to and about each other, or go into passive-agressive mode at the blink of an eye ! We are so quick to criticize; shouldn't we be supporting and teaching each other instead? The work is hard enough, why make it worse with all the backstabbing?