I love nursing but I'm too busy to:

UM Review RN, ASN, RN · Mar 19, 2005

My answer would be:

To sit with a dying patient.

allnurses Guide · Mar 19, 2005

I love rural nursing because I'm not too busy to sit with a dying patient.

Hey, we need nurses up here by the way.

steph

UM Review RN, ASN, RN · Mar 19, 2005

I love rural nursing because I'm not too busy to sit with a dying patient.
Hey, we need nurses up here by the way.

Now, now, Steph, stick to the topic.

And no :nono: recruiting. We need all those nurses we stole from other countries and states.

:clown: :clown: :clown:

NurseRachy · Mar 19, 2005

I love nursing but I'm too busy to run around and find the patients friend a different flavour of jam for the patients toast! :nurse:

(but i do it anyway cause I'm a softy)

ERNurse752, RN · Mar 19, 2005

I love nursing, but I'm too busy to get you something to eat, get you a phone, get you a remote control, get you a fan, and babysit your kids.

allnurses Guide · Mar 19, 2005

Now, now, Steph, stick to the topic.
And no recruiting. We need all those nurses we stole from other countries and states.
:clown:

Ok :imbar

Sometimes I'm too busy to run down to the kitchen for extra mayonaisse for your turkey sandwich.

Sometimes I'm too busy to run to pharmacy to get your meds for your new patient.

I'M ALWAYS TOO BUSY to mess with the computer!!

steph

unknown99, BSN, RN · Mar 19, 2005

I love nursing but I am too busy to watch that TV show with them when they ask me too.

talaxandra · Mar 19, 2005

i love nursing but i am too busy to sit next to you and hold your hand while you fall asleep, even though you promise it will only be a few minutes, maybe half an hour. yes, i'm sure it would really help, but i have seven other patients to take care of and a ward to be in charge of, and no! you are not sicker than all the other patients, particularly not the man with a troponin of 3.48, a urea of 78, a creatinine of 0.88 and a k+ heading toward double digits!!!! :angryfire

(it's been looong night - does it show?!)

ERNurse752, RN · Mar 19, 2005

I love nursing but I am too busy to watch that TV show with them when they ask me too.

But, boy, would that not be super-cool? :saint:

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Mar 19, 2005

You said this, it made me think of when i was an aide (on a night where we were full and there was some sort of deal on pt. with dementia that liked to go for strolls toward the elevator) and one of the pts. rang her call light and asked for some water. She seems upset so i asked her if she was ok. She said she was sad because it was her son's birthday, he would have been 30, and he'd died 2 years prior from an aggressive form of cancer. I asked if she would like someone to talk to, and she said yes, said i could sit if i wanted to.

Well i'd been seeated and we had talked for all of 2 minutes when i saw the pt. next door (dementia) literally running down the hall toward the elevator. The pt. i was talking to saw this, and i quickly excused myself to get the other pt. back to his room. It took a good 15 minutes to (temporarily) convince him of where he is and why, and then somoene's bathroom light rang, so i had to go there, and then 45 minutes later i get back to the the FIRST pt.'s room. By then, she looked ok, meaning she wasn't crying, but i truly didn't know how she felt. She was talking on the phone with her husband, and seemed fine, and whispered "thank you" to me.

Long story, sorry, but my answer would be to SIT with my pt. To sit and talk to them, to sit when they're dying, etc. Just because they might be there for a physical condition doesn't mean they don't have things or concerns on their mind that they would like to express.

snowfreeze, BSN, RN · Mar 19, 2005

I love being a nurse but I don't have time to help you fight with your family, I will get you the social workers phone number.