What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

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Nurses that are brilliant but do not know the difference between contraindication and contradiction! :rotfl:

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Specializes in Acute Care.

We have containers of Caviwipes in brackets every couple dozen feet or so, I can't stand finding them empty.

We also use half-sheet of paper form to write down minor communication stuff to stick in the chart for Drs and other staff. I'll come in and somebody went to the trouble of printing the forms, cutting them in half, BUT NOT HOLE-PUNCHING them. Drives me freaking nuts!

Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
nurses that think just because they have a bsn they are better (they all take the nclex, adn or bsn)

old nurses that will not retire

nurses that are "too good" to clean a butt

nurses that gossip about everyone while they sit there and just get fatter like the majority of them are

as i am "old" and "fat", i'm sure i'd annoy the hell out of you. but it sounds that you have a bit of an attitude problem, so you'd probably annoy the hell out of me, too!

There are so many, but a couple come to mind:

1) going to the Pyxis to grab a common item, such as chux or an IV pump tubing set, and finding it empty (and yes, the count is zero, and yes, it will remain empty until the end of the shift when it finally gets re-stocked)

2) finding my confused patient happily pulling out his IV's and art line as his CO sleeps at the bedside! :angryfire

Eyeglasses. Specifically, LTC residents' eyeglasses that have not been cleaned properly in quite some time. Not just the lenses, I know those get wiped pretty regularly. I'm talking about caked on body oil on the nose pads, bows, and frames. I've had to use a toothbrush and SCRUB to get all the brownish black junk off. The last resident whose glasses I cleaned was surprised that the nose pads 'wiggled' when she put her glasses back on--the built up gunk had glued them to the frames!

Specializes in CCU, OR.

Let's see now- I'm an old nurse who has not one penny to her name.....I can't retire. I was ill for five years, lost everything I had, bankrupt and foreclosed, and came back to work at age 51. I'm sure not the barrel of fire I was when I was in my 20's or 30's, but I have kept up.

Hmmm. Fat. Gee whiz. I used to weigh a reasonable amount of weight and work out. Then apatient who weighed twice as much as me took me out by falling on me. I haven't been able to walk the dog or work out in a gym ever since. Could be one reason why I'm fat.

Do I wipe butts? Yup.

Pet peeve; opinionated people who have horrible attitudes, pre-judge others without knowing their stories and too cold to get to know them.

If you'd like to fund my retirement, PLEASE

But until there is enough money in the till, old fat, slow and experienced is hanging in there.

I wouldn't wish what happened to me on anyone else, but you are tempting me.....

I do not appreciate it when nurses describe body secretions in food terms such as "creamy" or "pudding like consistency" . Gross!!!

I hear you about the whole BSN think. Personally, I think BSN should be the minimum qualification but only because ADN nurses are getting ripped off. They know just about everything a BSN nurse knows but don't have an equal credential. It's stupid. And BSN nurses who "lord it over" ADN nurses are just buying into the ******** hierarchical structure that is healthcare.

I'm a second career nurse with a B.A. from an Ivy League school (in an unrelated discipline) and ADN equivalent from a community college and a massive amount of life experience and I in no way feel inferior to a BSN nurse.

Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
let's see now- i'm an old nurse who has not one penny to her name.....i can't retire. i was ill for five years, lost everything i had, bankrupt and foreclosed, and came back to work at age 51. i'm sure not the barrel of fire i was when i was in my 20's or 30's, but i have kept up.

hmmm. fat. gee whiz. i used to weigh a reasonable amount of weight and work out. then apatient who weighed twice as much as me took me out by falling on me. i haven't been able to walk the dog or work out in a gym ever since. could be one reason why i'm fat.

do i wipe butts? yup.

pet peeve; opinionated people who have horrible attitudes, pre-judge others without knowing their stories and too cold to get to know them.

if you'd like to fund my retirement, please

but until there is enough money in the till, old fat, slow and experienced is hanging in there.

i wouldn't wish what happened to me on anyone else, but you are tempting me.....

and one of my biggest nursing pet peeves is the newbie who thinks all the "old dog nurses" ought to just retire and get out of her way so she can get permanent day shift, charge, seniority or whatever!

Getting a great blood return and almost have it all capped off and ready to flush and the patients moves and you lose your site.......................

Specializes in Med-Surg.

when patients/families do not use the call light and come out of their room to find you. however, they cannot find you because you are busy with another patient. so they grab the first person they see.

nurses who leave work for you to do...

charge nurses not caring that you have multiple busy patients, and it's 3 pm (or 3 am for that matter) and you still haven't had lunch yet, and still give you that new admission.

Specializes in CVICU, CCU, Heart Transplant.

When a pt's family members, who is currently in some sort of medical program, try to flaunt their "extensive" medical skills by questioning everything I do in an attempt to impress their family. That bothers me to death.

Specializes in Cardiac.
The nurses that feel the need to inform me when they are menstrating. Had a tech today "don't mess with me today, I've got PMS".....ummm....thank you very much, I'll walk on eggshells, allow you do be lazy and short-tempered, appreciate the info. :)

I love this sooo much! lol:D

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