if only for one day......

One doctor I work with is considered very dangerous by every single nurse I work with. When he is doing a delivery NICU automatically turns a warmer on. He has pulled many babies out of 7-9 centimeter cervices, just because he could. He has injured babies by pulling and pulling on them with vacuums. And he wonders why none of his friends, co-workers, church members, etc come to see him as a patient. Just once I would like to tell him what a horrible doctor he is straight to his face.

There's not enough space on allnurses.com for me to say the things I've been wanting to rant about as a nurse. :rotfl:

Okay....I'll try to remain calm and use as few words as possible.

To the docs who have been rude and disrespectful; condescending, arrogant, and airheads................"YOU'RE FIRED!!!" :rotfl:

To the patients who love to whine, those who think they are my ONLY patient and therefore seek to abuse me as their personal slave instead of as their nurse; who think I'm into concierge service instead of healthcare -- "It's not all about you, okay!"

To other healthcare and ancillary hospital staff who think my job is to serve them PRONTO while the patient is kept waiting......."It's not all about you either!":p

Well, just recently I have had a patient who simply refuses to use the call bell or get to the BSC and has a big and very messy bm in the bed. This happens multiple times each shift. He is A/O x 3. He is obese but able to move himself in bed and help get himself OOB.

It frustrates me that someone would lie there in bm. I don't say anything. I try not to be judgmental.

But just once I'd like to say:

"Please stop soiling your bed".

steph (I know - sounds selfish)

Hmmm Steph..I don't see the problem with asking a pt to stop soiling the bed. if he's perfectly capable of doing so.

What's he going to do? Tell on you for asking him to stop?

Z

I would tell some very arrogant and rude doctors:

"get over yourself and quit being rude and/or griping about having to come in at night; it's what you get the big bucks for!"

And I would tell some (physically capable but whiny) patients who think we are waitresses and butlers

"go get it yourself dammit; I am not here to wait on you hand and foot".

fortunately, when I show them where they can get what they need themselves, most follow my cue. But a few......well you know....{sigh}

Steph, it certainly is NOT selfish to ask a capable person to quit soiling his bed!!!! That behavior is very passive-aggressive-sounding to me!

perhaps we need more than one day?????

Personally...I have ALWAYS wanted to say to the person on the phone who calls and says...."I lost my mucus plug".......

WHERE DID YOU LEAVE IT LAST???

Well, just recently I have had a patient who simply refuses to use the call bell or get to the BSC and has a big and very messy bm in the bed. This happens multiple times each shift. He is A/O x 3. He is obese but able to move himself in bed and help get himself OOB.

It frustrates me that someone would lie there in bm. I don't say anything. I try not to be judgmental.

But just once I'd like to say:

"Please stop soiling your bed".

steph (I know - sounds selfish)

I would have much more evil thoughts - like wanting to rub his nose in it and bopping him on the head with a rolled newspaper! :chuckle

Seriously, though, this person sounds as if he really has some mental health issues - or is this the only thing he has control over?

Personally...I have ALWAYS wanted to say to the person on the phone who calls and says...."I lost my mucus plug".......

WHERE DID YOU LEAVE IT LAST???

heh

To a few select patients..."Pregnancy IS NOT an illness!!!!!!!"

To a few select anesthesiologists..."I brought the epidural cart in the room and now YOU CAN manage to pull the tape and Mastisol out of drawer 3 yourself. You are a BIG boy now."

To a few select OB's..."When I have 2 labor patients I unfortunately can not be in two places at once...so put your own flippin' gel on your finger for an SVE.

"Breaking a bag at 2 cms with a ballotable head usually does end up in a cord prolapse doc, so don't act surprised when it actually happens!

"And I don't really care if it's the middle of the night...you are the one that CHOSE your profession".

AAAHHHHHH. I feel better already! :rotfl: