Is This Bullying?

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The unit ran out of red Jello. The Nurse Manager knows it's my favorite flavor. :sneaky:

HELP!!

I think my patient the other day may have been a red jello seeker! He demanded his red jello ever hour, but he was just sitting there calmly talking on the phone and didn't even appear to be hungry!

What should I have done? He rated his hunger a 15 on a scale of 10, so I went ahead and gave him the jello. Did I do the right thing?

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Specializes in Maternity.
HELP!!

I think my patient the other day may have been a red jello seeker! He demanded his red jello ever hour, but he was just sitting there calmly talking on the phone and didn't even appear to be hungry!

What should I have done? He rated his hunger a 15 on a scale of 10, so I went ahead and gave him the jello. Did I do the right thing?

You should let him go hungry so he will learn to stop bothering you...that is what nurse centered care is all about.

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Specializes in Maternity.

We could do this forever guys...

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
Do you chart lies about jello?

Brace yourself taciturnly for a ton of righteous indignation if you chart lies by not awakening the alcoholics after administering red jello shooters!

Maybe that could be a new flavor: "Taciturn Tangerine."

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
Your dreams!!! What dreams... There is no dreaming in nursing. No crying either. Oh wait, maybe that was baseball? No, no you can't cry in nursing either...cause I'm older and I said so.

​If you make red jello, they will come.

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You should let him go hungry so he will learn to stop bothering you...that is what nurse centered care is all about.

He couldn't even pronounce it correctly! He just laid there screaming for his red jellala. Or red jelada. Eventually he just gave up and yelled "I'm starving here! Just give me the good stuff!"

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
We could do this forever guys...

​And so we shall, until we manage to get the thread closed (like we did in another thread), or until we get bored.

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Specializes in Maternity.

I'm sure you mother did tell you that you DESERVE to be a nurse just like the commercial. You still have to do your own homework and yes pass that silly NCLEX even though you think it's not a fair test because you have figure out the best answer when they all the answers are right answers. No, no that don't give you a jello break during the test.

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He couldn't even pronounce it correctly! He just laid there screaming for his red jellala. Or red jelada. Eventually he just gave up and yelled "I'm starving here! Just give me the good stuff!"

Did he also tell you to warm it up a little so he get it in fast? You have to watch for these type of behaviors. You can always tell from experience that a patient is not really hungry. I know cause I have been a nurse for a really long time.

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I can see a new entry in the course catalogue for Nursing University: Jello 101: Red or Green?

Don't forget about orange…it deserves consideration too!

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Specializes in Maternity.
HELP!!

I think my patient the other day may have been a red jello seeker! He demanded his red jello ever hour, but he was just sitting there calmly talking on the phone and didn't even appear to be hungry!

What should I have done? He rated his hunger a 15 on a scale of 10, so I went ahead and gave him the jello. Did I do the right thing?

Whatever you do don't use the white board....then he will really get one over on you.

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Did he also tell you to warm it up a little so he get it in fast?

How'd you know?!! :eek:

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