Sometimes I have found that people just are not the best communicators and generally interact in a aggressive manner just because this is who they are as a person it's not personal. Other times some...
This patient isn't frightened , he can no longer control any other aspect of his life so you attempts to control us by under minding and directing his own care despite redirection and education...
Oh and I must of forgot to mention I'm a nurse not a doctor ... And I'm amused you really had to ask why I'm giving neb treatments to a patient ? I mean I'm not lazy but why would I create extra work...
You have a unrealistic view of a long term care environment you have 17 patients and 8 hours to complete ordered care. You tell me hoe many test calls you do lol
What nurse do you know that goes down the hall administering neb medications just to random patients without orders ? Obviously a md order has been written to do so and further more I didn't post to...
Ty I am glad I'm not only one that his experienced this I thought for sure I was possibly being over dramatic but now I see this is a lot of Pysch nursing
I also feel like the with the trach patient its a controlling behavior because he tries to tell me how long to hold it down in his trachea how to suction wants you to beat on his chest ( cheats pt )...
Oh forgot to add this In a 8 hour shift ... And the cath pt .. it's not even but an hour later he wants you to cath him again and then you don't get but maybe 100 ml max. Then the pt complains about...
So I recently switched jobs , and I went from acute care ( critical care and step down units) to long term care but not your usual nursing home patients , these are Pts with mental and physical...