Nurse reality show

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I often visit the "All Nurses" website and I think the general public would never believe what we face as nurses. Often at work I say I wish there was a camera crew because some of what we do would make an awesome, eye opening reality show. It could have lots of drama as well as comedy. I sit here today with my bones aching from my 16 hour shift yesterday. I lost track of how many times in those 16 hours I pulled up my 300 lb confused, trying to get oob the bed with NGT patient, with just me and 1 other person, but my left lower abd is telling me I pulled her up quite a few times. I lost track of how many times my totally withit 78 year old patient put on her call light or screamed out help but I remember by 10 pm I was telling I am sorry but I have had enough, she then called me a "nasty b****" and believe me I used every therapeutic tool available to me. Trying to meet her needs before she even thought of one, nothing worked. I told the physician she was extremely anxious but instead of giving her anything for anxiety he told me her "bottom was sore" and I should turn her more often....If I had turned her anymore often I would have been the first human automatic patient turner. Then again, if we should have a reality show I don't think anyone would go into nursing........:banghead:

Specializes in Geriatrics.
My apologies for off-topic, but I am sorry to see you leave, G., where are you headed? (I threaten to defect to starbucks about every other week).

I am currently studying for Paralegal. I find it interesting and from what I've heard from the Paralegals I've spoken to there isn't any of the backstabbing and other politics we deal with on a daily basis.

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That is very true. After watching that who in their right minds wants to go into nursing. LOL

Not necessarily true. Some of us watch those reality er/trauma shows on discovery health but that hasn't turned people off from wanting to do it. And anyone who's watched "Big Medicine", etc., also on discovery health have an idea of what it must be like to have to move an 800 lb person. Still some people want to work in bariatrics.

I like reality tv (good reality tv) so if there was a show about nurses I'd watch. :)

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Specializes in LTC.

I often times think that as an aide I'd love if there was a reality show about the nursing home I work at. There is always drama drama drama as it's a small facility. Also as an aide it's the most thankless job I've ever had! Seriously people were more appreciative of me when I bagged their groceries, yet I take the best care I can of their families or them themselves. But there is so much good. I love the bond I have with them! I remember going on maternity leave and how they really worried for me. I have one lady who I took care of through my whole pregnancy, she'd rub my belly every night. We had a baby shower and there was an extra cake so I donated it, which was over 16 months ago, because my daughter is 16 months. And there were cute little pins on the cake and this lady still has the pin that was on her piece of cake.

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Specializes in tele, oncology.
When I worked in the ED I always wanted to have a video camera so that I could film these people when they were drunk or high and making as A$$ out of themselves and make them watch it with their family after they got sober.

My sister-in-law got a really nice digital video camera for Christmas, which she brought with her when we all got together on New Year's Eve. We watched it the next day. Most of us sat there with our mouths hanging open going "Oh....my....is that what I looked like?" Luckily none of us are obnoxious drunks, and there were some pretty funny moments, but we did decide that video cameras were banned from now on!

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Personally, I'd like to see a show that focused on the negative behavior of the patients, more than anything. Yes, nursing is tough -- but what truly makes it tough? It's the obnoxious behavior of the patients! I mean -- I know there are demands, and we have too much to do in too little time, but that is not what makes it difficult, for me at least -- it's the demands of the patients, and their families. Yes, management can be ridiculous, but they are only trying to do their jobs -- I just think Americans need to see what jerks they really are when they're in a hospital -- how they look and how they demand so much -- I just think it would open a lot of eyes to how much nurses are stretched and how riduculous they can be. I hate sometimes what they do to doctors also . . .just downright abusive to the very professionals who are trying to help them. I just can't stand it sometimes, and I think it's a story that needs to be told.

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Specializes in Stepdown, ECF, Agency.
When I worked in the ED I always wanted to have a video camera so that I could film these people when they were drunk or high and making as A$$ out of themselves and make them watch it with their family after they got sober.

Haha! I used to work at a huge university hospital in a state with a HUGE football following. On game days the ER would take a poloriod of the drunks when they came in and tuck it into their belongings when they left. I thought it was a great policy!

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Specializes in Geriatrics.
Like what? I am serious, we must have some good writers among us! What sort of plot do you think people would watch? What would you watch?

Reality TV: Nurses At Work!!! (From the Patient's View!!!!!!!)

Open Scene: 4 Nurses sitting at Nursing Station, call bells going off from every room, phone ringing off the hook, counters piled high with pt charts waitting for Nurses to place Dr's orders, Lab results, tests ordered into them.

Nurse # 1: Someone want to answer the call bells??? (filing nails)

Nurse # 2: Not me I'm busy (looking thru Better Homes & Gardens magazine)

Nurse # 3: Phone's ringing too (playing on-line games)

Nurse # 4: I'm going for a coffee, anyone want to come along??

N # 1: I'll go with you, I'm bored there's nothing to do here.

N # 2: Me too, I'm hungry.

N # 3: Grab me a coke & a snack, I'm not moving til I beat this game!

N # 4: No problem, be back in like an hour or so.

Large Crashing sound!!!!!

N#2: I hate when those Dr's leave the charts laying around. (Looking at charts laying in a tumbled mess on the floor)

N#1: I know, like it's too hard to put them back where they belong. (Glancing over the counter at the charts.)

N#4: They always come up here and mess the place up. We should place a complaint! (Shaking her head in resignation)

N#3: We can do that tomorrow, I punch out in 2 hours, I don't have time to fill out the paperwork.

N# 4: Ok, we ready to go??

Nurses # 1,2 & 4 get up and walk past the ringing call bells on the way to the Break Room.

So, what do you all think??

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