"Good job!"

[SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN]

If I hear one more 20-something kid utter this phrase in the same voice they use to talk to their toddlers to one of my residents when they do something they expect to do, like stand up, I am going to puke.

That is all.

[Forever Sunshine, ASN, RN]

No I don't like to tell residents that, not even if they are notorious for refusing meds and I get them to take it. I'll just say thank you.

I have used "good job" before with one of my patients in med-surg clinical. She was an elderly patient with mental retardation, parkinsons and a previous stroke. She basically had the activity level of a 1 year old. Feeding her was a challenge and one day at lunch we got her to eat basically everything on her plate and we said "Good job!" after she finished lunch. Not in a toddler voice.. in a regular tone.

[SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN]

Julie, I'm not talking about encouragement and praise. I mean that canned, squeaky, over the top baby praise. Do you know the tone I mean? Grates on me.

[Forever Sunshine, ASN, RN]

Oh I know what you mean though. One of the LTC facilities I had clinical at a non-nursing staff member was speaking like that to a resident. The resident gave it right back to her. "Why do you always have to be so ******* annoying?"

[SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN]

Oh I know what you mean though. One of the LTC facilities I had clinical at a non-nursing staff member was speaking like that to a resident. The resident gave it right back to her. "Why do you always have to be so ******* annoying?"

[Coriander, BSN, RN]

When I worked in LTC, we had a lot of caregivers using those same squeaky over-enthusiastic tones. They would always wonder why the residents would be grumpy or combative... I've heard it all from "I am NOT your honey!" to "Well if you think it's such a good job, then YOU do it."

I loved my residents. :)

[ItsTheDude]

it works with some residents and not so much with others. let's face it, some residents think they're a toddler.

[SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN]

it works with some residents and not so much with others. let's face it, some residents think they're a toddler.

I haven't experienced that aside from with one severely MR woman who had suffered multiple CVAs.

[Katie5]

If I hear one more 20-something kid utter this phrase in the same voice they use to talk to their toddlers to one of my residents when they do something they expect to do, like stand up, I am going to puke.

That is all.

Seems it's the age that you have a problem with. Would it make more difference it they were older?

[nursel56]

Yes, it is annoying. Also don't really like "c'mon, Mama" "right over here, hun" like they are talking to a puppy. I know some of the residents must find it endearing, but I am certain a good many do not appreciate it. People come from all walks of life, and I'd rather start out with more formal, adult language, then ratchet down on an individual basis. .002 :)

[SuesquatchRN, BSN, RN]

Seems it's the age that you have a problem with. Would it make more difference it they were older?

The older staff don't do it. I recently had one of the 20-somethings explode TO ME that a nurse 10 years my senior is "TOO OLD TO BE WORKING!"

But yes, if someone older were being that condescending I'd have a definite problem with it.

[CapeCodMermaid, RN]

We're supposed to be providing resident centered care so for the 62 year old post op hip replacement, we don't cheer good job when he walks down the hall with his walker, but for the 89 year old resident who really needs encouragement to walk more than 3 feet, we DO say good job or wow look at you or some other words of encouragement.