Scripting Nurses?

Aw gee, Tom, you were doing so well till I got to that line.

But true, tell me you never think that.

I too have had to deal with the scripting B.S. and I refuse to use it. A simple fact I don't really have the time but do you need anything else while I am here. I refuse again and again to be scripted. We had one to go as far and say "Hi my name is _____, and I will be your nurse today. Your dx is ______, and you will expect a _______ day hospital stay." I questioned this due to the face that we shouldn't say you will only be in x amt of days when we all know that medicine is not exact and some could be let go sooner and others have a longer stay. I flat out told my manager that people are unreasonable and wouldn't use it. We were made to have hang tags on our badges with various diagnoses and legnths of stay. I refused to carry it. Simply put I AM a RN NOT A ROBOT!!!!!

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at my hospital, they want us to say upon discharge "thank you for choosing (our hospital), we know you have a choice as to where you want to receive your healthcare and we are glad that you chose us"....i'm sorry but if i say that, I will truly feel like I work at a hotel or something. I'd rather say have a safe trip home, feel better soon....or something heartfelt in my own words!

Thank you for coming to visit us, I hope you continue to do better. Im glad to have been able to meet you and assist you in recoverying. Good Luck Ya'll

Translation, Patients are like fish, after 3 days they get ripe.

I agree 100% with every word Spacenurse had to say.

Thank you for coming to visit us, I hope you continue to do better. Im glad to have been able to meet you and assist you in recoverying. Good Luck Ya'll

Translation, Patients are like fish, after 3 days they get ripe.

Love it.

ok if i was a patient i would not want to be cared for by a "robot" wth.....what if i dont want to know the time.....last i checked my people have clocks in their rooms....

When I finish what I am in their room to do-flush a line, give a med, change a dressing, then I say, "What else can I do for you?" They tell me things they need and want, and that seems to let them know 'now is your chance, tell me what you need/want' makes for less time on the call bell.

But true, tell me you never think that.

Actually, I don't think of patients or families as "idiots."

I assess and classify their behaviors like a pain scale: "nice," "mean," "needy," "annoying," "sue-happy," or "psycho."

Psycho patients or extremely annoying patients get psych consults and I just avoid dealing with psycho families as much as possible.

special needs?.... I dont know why but that makes me think of the kids on the short bus

:smackingf I think I work at the same facility as Cindylufus. Oh my gosh! The saddest thing about it is that my manager has went a step further. We have been getting low satisfaction scores lately. So we were asked to tell patients on discharge that if anyone called them for a survey, rate our unit as excellent. LIKE I WOULD DARE! If you get good service then great but Im not gonna prompt you to lie for us if you didn't. When I saw the note, I just laughed. This profession is not what I thought it would be!