How you trat the pateint u r taking care of?

[JuLyAnGeL]

Hi,

Im in my second year of nursing science , i dont have much expereince in this field to talk about but i want to know :

1st: Do u deal ur as a nusre that have a specfic duty ?

2nd: do u care for ur patient?

3nd:do u respect their feelings?

4th: do u deal them sometimes as u ur friend ur parents or ur relatives?

for me i have a great problem in dealing pateints i would like to be as a freind but i see the RN they dont care for patient they want to end their shifts and went?

so wat do u think ?

[Woodenpug, BSN]

I'd guess you haven't been exposed to the concept of a therapeutic relationship. The patient is not best treated as a friend and is not best treated like something to get done. The best comparison for someone with little health care experience is to treat the patient the way a "mom & pop" small business treats the customers. That is not accurate but, it's better than the two options you have at this time.

It may also be helpful for you to work on interpersonal and communication skills in general. (I'm pretty sure your clinical instructor or another professor can point you in the right direction.)

Congratulations on making it so far. Keep up the hard work.

[UM Review RN, ASN, RN]

Hello and welcome to Allnurses.

I'm not sure I understand your first question, so I'll skip it. I see that your location is Lebanon, so I guess English is not your first language.

#2. Yes, I do care for my patients.

#3. I try to treat all of my patients in a respectful and kind manner. This includes respecting their feelings.

#4. Yes, I try to treat my patients as I would a respected family member.

However, we have to take care of ourselves if we are to take care of others. If we cried every time we wanted to or if we never left the hospital and stayed late to care for patients, we would not be able to do our jobs effectively.

[Zookeeper3]

welcome!

1. not sure about the specific duty question

2. I care for my patients enough to get fired for in my current position to fight for their rights and safety. I will refuse an unsafe assignment if I can't care for their basic needs, I will fight any doctor to the end for an order I feel I need or an order I feel will do harm, even if I may be reprimanded or fired.

3. I respect their feelings and cultural and religious differences, especially when different than my own. But if those differences prevent what I feel to be needed care given on my part, I'll spend a tremendous amount of time trying to help them see why it's needed, but respect the decline from them if it is informed, although I may be sad.

4. I cannot care for friends or relatives as I am too close emotionally to critically think to care for them. Just the same, my patients are people who I am morally, ethically and legally responsible to provide the best care I can. I am NOT their friend. There is a HUGE line here. With some nursing jobs, nurses spend months with patients and family. Yes, you become part of that circle, it sometimes gets confused and mixed. BUT when needed I must separate myself to be objective or I have to remove myself from the case and be a supportive friend, NOT the nurse.

I hope I have understood you and addressed your questions. It is a thin line when we are close, too close to our patients. It does happen, with more experience, you learn when to love and nurture and when to hold the line to not enable or interfere.

[Woodenpug, BSN]

"4. I cannot care for friends or relatives as I am too close emotionally to critically think to care for them. Just the same, my patients are people who I am morally, ethically and legally responsible to provide the best care I can. I am NOT their friend. There is a HUGE line here. With some nursing jobs, nurses spend months with patients and family. Yes, you become part of that circle, it sometimes gets confused and mixed. BUT when needed I must separate myself to be objective or I have to remove myself from the case and be a supportive friend, NOT the nurse."

Great post. You are much more eloquent than I. The above is the only difference. I can care for friends and relatives, if they are friends before they are my patients. I do find it impossible to care for myself. That becomes too close and I make poor emotional and critical decisions.

[ohmeowzer RN, RN]

i treat my patients like i would my family.. even the mean ones.. i try to smile and do my best for them.i actually have taken care of people i know and have had no trouble. but i have never taken care of family member .. knock on wood..keep us posted on your nursing schooling.

[classicdame, MSN, EdD]

The Bible states that when it is in your power to do good for someone, do it. Good advice to follow when nursing. If nothing else I feel better when I make someone else feel better.

[Ms Kylee]

I feel like I just walked into a text message here.

1. It's my job to make sure my patients have all of their needs met. It is NOT my job to pass their meds, pull their IV's, or anything else that requires the nursing license that I do not have. (Yet).

2. I had better care for my patient, otherwise, I am not doing my job and getting paid to do nothing.

3. Of course I respect their feelings. They're human beings.

4. No, I do not deal with them as if they are friends or relatives. I treat them how I would want my family to be treated. Every patient is important to someone, so therefore, they are important to me. Every patient is someone's Mom, Dad, Grandmother, Grandfather, Aunt, Uncle. They are not a bother, they are the reason for my work. If I didn't have patients to care for, I wouldn't have a job.

5. If I can do something to make their stay in the hospital just a little more pleasant, then I have done my job successfully.