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I'm still a fairly new nurse and I'm struggling with dealing with insults from patients. Just recently I had a patient who I think misunderstood me when I mentioned I needed the CNA to help me get him onto the the toilet as I could not safely transfer them on my own. Told me I should go and take a bandaid off of someone since he was being too much trouble and didn't want me to help him and it just kinda emotionally destroyed me. Other things had been increasing my stress the rest of the day, but after that comment I could barely make it out of the room before breaking down. People keep telling me I need to build a thick skin, but when I get insults like that, my mind just goes back to when I initially tried nursing school and wasn't allowed to retake a class i got a C- in because they thought I couldn't handle it due to my anxiety disorder. Then it just weighs me down and I just don't know what to do.
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I just found out I have to administer a survey related to an essay I am writing for my Nursing Research class but, being a student I do not yet know anyone who works with such patients. If you could answer these five questions for me in relationship to oral care for intubated and ventilated patients that would be really helpful! Answer the following questions related to your ventilated/intubated patients on a scale of 1-5 (1 being completely disagree, 3 being neither agree or disagree, and 5 being completely agree) I feel confident that I perform effective and helpful oral care on my intubated/ventilated patients. 2) I perform the oral care as it is just another task I am expected to perform 3) I believe that oral care is not performed enough 4) I feel I have a solid understanding on the health related purpose of oral care for my intubated/ventilated patients. 5) I feel that the best oral care practices for intubated/ventilated are not clearly defined where I work.