"Good job!"

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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.

Of course we encourage people.

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Specializes in LTC Family Practice.
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!"

:no::madface: Ohh that one woulda been taken out and shot at dawn;)jk

And what exactly does this young whipper snapper think we should be doing:confused: One day they will be us, so may everything go south into masses of sags and bags, may their joints ache, may their dentures not fit well and may they only be comfortable in moomoo's :D

I hate the high baby talkish stuff, drives me crazy. I work with dogs as a hobby and sometimes I'll be in a class and we get one of those, fortunatly the instructor hates it too:D.

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LOL!! :)

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Specializes in acute rehab, med surg, LTC, peds, home c.

I feel so indignant for the patient when some uneducated thug or low life (we all work with a couple) is talking condescendingly to a patient who is their intellectual and social superior. I know this sounds snobby and I may get flamed, but, I just can't stand when anybody "lords over" a person who is in a vulnerable state beause they are old and/or sick. Its like they are on a power trip or something.

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Specializes in Geriatrics.

My #1 thing I hear that drives me totally insane is in the dining room. the aid feeding ( only one does this) will say "come on honey, drink it all gone". I just wanna smack her on the back of her head!! GRRR

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Specializes in Gerontology, nursing education.
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.

I once overheard an administrator use that sort of voice with a confused, elderly resident. "Are you happy with the care you're receiving here, Mr. Jones?" She came off being very condescending and made me wonder if she'd ever had an actual conversation with a REAL LIVE ELDERLY PERSON in her entire life.

"Mr. Jones" (which is not a real name, of course) had a habit of cursing LOUDLY if someone tried to engage him in conversation. Sadly, he did not display this propensity at that particular time. Pity. I would have laughed my smelly Crocs off.

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Specializes in Gerontology, nursing education.
:no::madface: Ohh that one woulda been taken out and shot at dawn;)jk

And what exactly does this young whipper snapper think we should be doing:confused: One day they will be us, so may everything go south into masses of sags and bags, may their joints ache, may their dentures not fit well and may they only be comfortable in moomoo's :D

I hate the high baby talkish stuff, drives me crazy. I work with dogs as a hobby and sometimes I'll be in a class and we get one of those, fortunatly the instructor hates it too:D.

Well, I think there are a few who think that those of us who are "too old" to be nurses at the incredibly advanced age of, oh, fifty or so, are just a couple of steps from becoming residents in the nursing home ourselves.

I do confess to baby talking to my kittens but they're such sweet widdle cuddly-wuddly purrrrr-fect iddy biddy kiddy kats that I just can't resist! SQUEEE! :chair: (DogWmn, never fear, you won't have to endure us in an obedience class. My husband and I are already obedient to our dogs, so we don't need further classes.) :D

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Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.
Well, I think there are a few who think that those of us who are "too old" to be nurses at the incredibly advanced age of, oh, fifty or so, are just a couple of steps from becoming residents in the nursing home ourselves.

I do confess to baby talking to my kittens but they're such sweet widdle cuddly-wuddly purrrrr-fect iddy biddy kiddy kats that I just can't resist! SQUEEE! :chair: (DogWmn, never fear, you won't have to endure us in an obedience class. My husband and I are already obedient to our dogs, so we don't need further classes.) :D

:up: :up: :up: Also talk softly into the ear of an oldy- about to die kitty-cat for 10 minutes then realize other people think that's weird. Oh, well.

The thumbs up reminded me of a very moving article today about Roger Ebert - in Esquire Magazine

http://www.esquire.com/features/roger-ebert-0310

Yes, I know that is off-topic, probably belongs somewhere else but hey, I am at an incredibly advanced age so you must cut me maximum slack. :)

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I am guilty of saying good job to my residents all the time. I just don't do it in a sing-songy high pitched voice.

Also been known to clap for my residents in the hall when they are walking with therapy especially the ones who have been fighting really hard to get backup. Mostly they smile and seem to appreciate the encouragement.

I know it is wrong to think this is funny, but I do. One day a state surveyor was bent over one of my residents with dementia , talking to her in a babyish voice and my resident cold-cocked her. " mrs ---- , I am ----from the state, How are you doing today"? WHOP!

This resident used to be a don, seemed like she got some delayed gratification.

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One day a state surveyor was bent over one of my residents with dementia , talking to her in a babyish voice and my resident cold-cocked her. " mrs ---- , I am ----from the state, How are you doing today"? WHOP!

This resident used to be a don, seemed like she got some delayed gratification.

HAH! That's hysterical!

And why shouldn't you think something funny is? We're nurses, not saints, and if we don't laugh we're doomed.

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