Opinions wanted!

[spoild2588]

Hello!

So, during my clinical rotation this week, my patient was eating lunch. My instructor wanted me to apply cream to her bum. This would require me to transfer the patient from her wheel chair to the bed. I told my instructor the patient was in the middle of her lunch but she insisted I do it at that moment. I apologized to the patient for interrupting her lunch and she said" ya that was dumb!" Ishe then refused the cream to her bottom. I towel as though I should have waited until she was done her meal before event transferring her. Was my instructor in the wrong?? I treacly believe so.

[spoild2588]

Sorry for the spelling errors! Dang iPhones!

[MrsCuoco]

Ummm, it's generally bad form and almost always not allowed for student nurses to pull a patient out of a meal or activity for anything. In fact, I got a dressing down just this morning for going into the dining room just to ask a gentleman if I could do an assessment on him after his breakfast.

[spoild2588]

This patient ate in her room, but I think it would have been common courtesy to let the woman finish eating before I started 1. Moving her around and 2. Undressing her to apply cream. I just feel it was especially rude of my instructor when she came in the patients room with me and started barking orders at other students to assess the patients bottom as well. This is my instructors first year teaching, but she has been a nurse for like 7 years.

[Compassion_x]

Yeah that doesn't sound right to me. I know if I was the patient I'd rather finish my meal. But if you did as you were told and asked the patient if you could do it then and she refused, you did the best you could and there's nothing for you to get in "trouble" for, or yelled at.