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  1. Demanding patient wanting me to page MD about insignificant issue.

    0.adamantite posted a topic in Relations

    Worked a late shift and had a patient who was admitted by a specialty service. It was about 11pm and patient wanted his eye vitamins NOW. (he usually took them with HS meds, but when inpatient a lot of MD's won't order vitamins, especially weird ones...
  2. Virgo_RN

    Hostile and demanding patients. How do you handle them?

    Virgo_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    My recent experience with a hostile and demanding patient got me thinking of ways I can improve the way I handle these patients in the future. This patient was a homeless man with a history of chronic pain, uncontrolled diabetes, COPD, and MRSA, curr...

  3. Rant about ungrateful, demanding patients

    KSU-SN posted a topic in Relations

    I had a patient tonight in her late teens, had a C-section back in May and spent some time in ICU recently due to an abscess and came to our floor (med/surg) a few days ago. This patient is morbidly obese and obviously very spoiled or just a brat. He...

  4. Objective Documentation on Demanding Patient?

    al586 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Please, I need some help with proper documentation. I am a new LPN studying for my RN, and have been fortunate enough to have obtained a job in a large nursing home while I am in school. I have a patient with mild dementia who is exceedingly demandin...

  5. Demanding Patient

    bikeracer5313 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Please help. We are at our wits end about a patient in our facility. Each night he is on the call light-CONSTANTLY. I am talking every 5 minutes-sometimes more! I counted one night-87 times in one shift. Ridiculous. Requests are-"I need to sle...

  6. How do you handle manipulative/demanding patients?

    kimmyanne02 posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I am a new psych nurse (this is my first nursing job) and I'm having a hard time with what to say to patients with unrealistic requests. I just recently came off orientation, so I don't have my preceptor with me anymore when dealing with difficult pa...

  7. Demanding Patients

    slauren posted a topic in Relations

    Hi, I am wondering if anyone has any advice/tips on how to cope with the stress of demanding patients. I work in Long Term Care, each shift I am responsible for 20+ patients. I do the night shift, so during the majority of the shift, it is OK (they'r...

  8. Dealing with tedious and demanding patients

    Ms. Nurse Assistant posted a topic in CNA/MA

    Sometimes, I feel so overwhelmed. I have a patient who has alot of steps when it comes to getting them out of bed. It's very overwhelming. And if you miss a step or don't do it at all, she throws a fit. And will not get up or move until you complete...