spiderman630

I am new to dialysis and I see nurses buzy with personal phone calls when patients or techs need them. I need the experience and instruction from one of these nurses so I do not want to say anything to get on thier sh*t list. I guess I see things differently than they do. They have many years of experience. I am talking of a nurse with 10 years experience. I have seen one charge nurse who was thought of as being bossy who would chew out anyone at the end of the day who was not pulling their weight. I miss that bossy nurse now.

I agree that sometimes patients do not understand that things happen that will cause the next shift of patients to get put on late. There are unexpected mechinical problems or a patient is bleeding or having chest pains. Rushing through getting a patient on and off increases the risk that a mistake will be made such the wrong perameters being put in a machine or wrong dialysate bath or something more serious. There are times when a staff member may do somthing that causes a patient to be put on late that was avoidable...I will admit that. If your auto mechanic rushes makes a mistake, he has to do the work over. If your nurse or tech rushes and makes a mistake, you may end up being taken to a hospital or lose a lot of blood due to heparin being forgotten and your blood could not be returend due to clotting.