It drives me nuts when....

......the staffing mgr calls my cell phone when I am working and then when I don't answer calls the client's house phone. I mean if it's not urgent leave me a message and I will call you back. I hate having to interrupt patient care to talk to you about working next Tues or whatever. It's rude to the client.

......the staffing mgr calls my cell phone when I am working and then when I don't answer calls the client's house phone. I mean if it's not urgent leave me a message and I will call you back. I hate having to interrupt patient care to talk to you about working next Tues or whatever. It's rude to the client.

I thought that was just me. How about the email after that? Just to make sure. It just makes them look like they have too much time on their hands in the office. I had a supervisor get mad that I didn't answer the door one day. I was changing a central line dressing which takes a lot of time the way this one was done. I had a sterile field and wasn't walking away. It could have been a Jehovah witness or door to door salesperson at the door. No way!

...health-care providers are taking personal calls at the bedside or eating at the bedside. It is gross and disrespectful.

...health-care providers are taking personal calls at the bedside or eating at the bedside. It is gross and disrespectful.

I posted this in the PDN area for PDN related stuff. Some of us must eat at the bedside since insurance requires us to be in the same room as the patient and we don't get breaks. We also take calls. Its a different world from the hospital.

I know it may sound silly,but it is annoying to me when some nurses show up 30 minutes before my shift ends.

It is distracting because i cannot talk and write my notes at the same time.

It drives me crazy when mom texts me after hours to ask why I didnt fold the laundry. Maybe because your child was SICK and I was taking care of her?

It drives me crazy when mom texts me after hours to ask why I didnt fold the laundry. Maybe because your child was SICK and I was taking care of her?

That's why no matter how much I got along with the family I never ever gave them my personal number. I didn't need them texting me with stuff like that. Ugh.

Hmm... I can think of so many things lol.

Here are a few:

When parents call (family provides a cell phone to keep in touch w/ the nurses) 10 min before the shift ends to get a "mini" report on the patient while I'm trying to change pt's diaper/clean up/finish charting. This is especially frustrating considering they already make us fill out a sheet basically stating how the shift went. If there's a problem I'll call you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When supplies get put in ten thousand different places and you can't find what you're looking for.

Nurses who think they're God's gift to the nursing profession and make sure you're aware of it.

Nurses who write passive aggressive notes to each other and gossip about one another to the agency and family.

Families who gossip about nurses to other nurses.

Families who change the way they want certain things done five million times (and I'm talking petty things like how to organize the kid's backpack).

....parents complain about this issue or that issue constantly but then refuse to follow the doctor's advice and/or (gasp) medicate for same issues

It drive me nuts when:

*the parents aren't on the same page regarding patient care. Mom says to do it one way, dad says to do it another- communicate, people!

*I'm trying to get my toddler SMA pt. (who only communicates with eyes) ready for school and mom is giving her choices for EVERYTHING- which socks? which shirt? which shoes? What color medicine first? etc. I understand giving choices, but there is a time and place (and 15 minutes before the bus leaves is not the time).

*sloppy/subjective charting. Nurse charts "pt. shows s/s pain" and leaves it at that... what?? "pt. unhappy" and leaves it at that- what?? How about AEB...... I personally chart as if an insurance person is going through the note with a fine toothed comb. And please follow up with the effectiveness of interventions- how were the lung sounds after suction? How did the pt. tolerate this or that?

And I agree with SDALPN about the eating. In PDN I have to be able to jump up at a moments notice to follow my mobile pt. who has his feed (pump in a bag) attached to his GT and is on the move. I have to be right there to intervene when his self harming behaviors are present. I cannot leave the side of my ventilated pt. who requires frequent nasal, oral and trach suction (q 5-10 minutes). I have eaten my lunch (noting that requires a fork, lol) on the floor, in the bathroom (while clt. in drained tub), and almost always at the bedside. The only other option is to not eat (which has happened as well, but not by choice. Once the dog ate my turkey san ).

Nurses take incomplete orders and expect others to verify. Same nurse never transcribes orders to the MAR (oh all my cases someone else always does it...)

Tylenol q 4-8h PRN pain (um dose? Route? Formulation? Rectal Tylenol and PO/GT/JT Tylenol are not the same dosing)

Incomplete documentation seemed in pain (really how so? What did you do about it? Did it work?)

Nurses seeking parental favor to get hours. Even asking if another (senior) nurse is getting fired so she can have the hours. Telling the parent they are taking my shift (I'm a senior nurse) the next day when parent texts me in a panic asking if it's true as they were expecting me. I just responded my schedule has _____. Don't ask me if other nurses are in trouble or getting pulled off the case so you can have more hours. I will just refer you to the case supervisor. ( hint don't **** off the siblings' babysitters as they are good friends with the parents and will tell them everything you said and did. And mom is not afraid to call the office and report what the sitters observed.)

Don't tell nurses you will fight them for hours. I have more experience and can do other cases, take my hours and you will quickly find out why the senior nurses are in the parents' favor.

Gossip with the mom. Go ahead. Especially if you do more than listen. Know mom talks about you too.

Don't pre pour meds for me. Worse no labels on the mystery syringes & solutions. This happened. Mom let me know with a sly grin that you wanted to be helpful. I cannot legally use unlabeled unknown medications or solutions. Helpful is setting up for the next day and stocking supplies. Not wasting medications.