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 Emergency Nursing.

"orientate"

Specializes in ICU, ER, EP,.

Joint comission and all the unnecessary paperwork that it brings.

Specializes in Peds, PACU, ICU, ER, OB, MED-Surg,.

Beeping IV's and the sudden loss of hearing my colleagues develop.

triple and quadruple doccumentation. In my current facility they are to broke to invest in an EMR. So accuchesks are charted four different places. Online in the mar, on paper flow sheet, on high risk nflow sheet and in the I&O section of the chart. ENOUGH! Or we are required to chart extra, because it makes it easier for the physician. No a good excuse. They can be taught where to look for the information!

Specializes in acute rehab, med surg, LTC, peds, home c.
"orientate"

haha. it sounds stupid to me too but somewhere on one of these threads where the subject came up, someone proved that "orientate" was actually a legit word and not just someone pronouncing it wrong.

Specializes in CVICU, Obs/Gyn, Derm, NICU.

I love having students to teach and new RN's to orientate.

However I do not enjoy the impersonal manner that seems to be more evident with some of the newer nurses.

Please smile, be accommodating and less self-centric....demonstrate a willingness to learn, rather than to critique first.

On whilst we are on the matter...pls turn off cellphones, and I don't want to see a single sudoku puzzle ....and I do not appreciate seeing you yawn all day. Thankyou

Specializes in Acute Care.

The people who have NO idea what we really do in a day, making decisions about how much staff we need.

The people who have NO idea what we really do in a day, making decisions about how much staff we need.

...then hollering about overtime...which do you want? Do you want no overtime, or do you want minimal staffing? If you want both, you'd better prepare for a mass exodus and/or loss of reimbursement when staff morale and patient safety go down the toilet.

Specializes in Peds.
Strangers that find out you are a nurse and start asking medical questions AND expecting answers!

I second this post!

Specializes in Peds.

Patients/Families who see nurses/techs as servants. Dear little 12 year-old girl...your feet and hands work. If you can get up to go to your sister's room next door, then u can surely walk 2 feet from your bed to your wardrobe and get your own bag of chips. And no, I will NOT wash your clothes for you...or provide the quarters needed to run the washer/dryer. Yes, this was a real request. :-/

IVs and very active toddlers...

When the IV team starts an IV on said active toddler, but puts tape directly over the catheter insertion site. I know you want to hold down this IV, but can you PLEASE tape around it?! I like to see my site in full to make sure the IV is still in, and not have to take of a mountain of tape and risk ripping the dern IV out in the process.

Specializes in Med Surg.
I hate being the only non-smoker on my shift. All of the smokers (including the evening supervisor) take their smoke breaks together, leaving me alone to deal with falls and other crises.

Amen and Amen again!

Specializes in Peds.

Nurses who have forgotten what it felt like to be a student.

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