I love my job, I really do. I enjoy being a nurse, I enjoy a challenge, I enjoy learning new things every day.
But somedays, I swear it's not worth even trying to chew through those restraints.....
Last night, while I was attempting to walk a patient who was slightly unsteady (post op day 1 OHS) with another staff member, a member of another family walked right in front of us stopped, came way to close into my personal space to announce his mother's emergency........The emergency, she was hot and needed the heat turned down.
I politely asked him to excuse us for a moment and I would tend his mother's needs in a moment. Of course that was not good enough, and he continued blocking our path, despite being told (and could see) that I was busy with another patient. He continued to state his emergent needs and continued to block our path even though we were now helping hold up my patient.
So, I stated more firmly this time, "Please get out of our way immediately, I will help your mother when I am done."
Well, I guess the poor soul took offense and complained about the "rude" nurse. Thankfully, our supervisor saw the inappropriateness of his actions and explained that to him......
Good for you and good for your manager. I especially applaud her! What could have happened is what happened to one of my collegues in NICU. She was gavage feeding a baby in her pod and another baby started crying and a mother(not even the baby's mother) accused her of neglecting the baby. Now she is currently on suspension awaiting her execution.
1993RNGrad
16 Posts
what the heck???? how crazy is that?