some thing nice

[mustanglover]

What is some thing nice you have done for a patient, and then later came to regret? Why did you later regret doing some thing nice for the patient?

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

Like what? Crossing professional boundaries and having it bite you back with management later?

[mustanglover]

I was thinking more along the lines like maybe you did some thing for a patient who was capable of doing it them self's and then the patient felt you may be their personal servant. Or you did some thing for a patient and they did not appreciate your kindness things like that.

[mustanglover]

On one occasion in the emergency room, I witnessed a drunk patient in a neck brace who was yelling and screaming at the nurse's. The nurse's were extremely nice to the patient, even though the patient was not very nice to the nurse's. The patient told the nurse's he had to pee, one nurse told him he would have to use a hand urinal and could not get up because he had a head injury. The nurse even offered to hold the urinal for him even though the patient was more than capable of doing it him self. The patient gets up, pee's a little bit in the urinal and then proceeds to pee all over the floor. The patient then throws the half full urinal at the nurse and then starts walking towards the nurse with a closed fist, he looked like he was going to hit her, at this point I was getting ready to pull the IV from my arm and then start beating the guy. Luckily for his sake security showed up, I would not have been as coddling as security was.

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

I honestly cannot think of anything in 9 years as a nurse.

[BuckyBadgerRN, ASN, RN]

What instances can you offer that you've seen as a NURSE. Not a patient. You've been asked before if YOURE a nurse, yet you've never answered. So I ask again, are YOU A NURSE? If you're not (and I think we've all come to realize that you are not) why are you posting here?

On one occasion in the emergency room, I witnessed a drunk patient in a neck brace who was yelling and screaming at the nurse's. The nurse's were extremely nice to the patient, even though the patient was not very nice to the nurse's. The patient told the nurse's he had to pee, one nurse told him he would have to use a hand urinal and could not get up because he had a head injury. The nurse even offered to hold the urinal for him even though the patient was more than capable of doing it him self. The patient gets up, pee's a little bit in the urinal and then proceeds to pee all over the floor. The patient then throws the half full urinal at the nurse and then starts walking towards the nurse with a closed fist, he looked like he was going to hit her, at this point I was getting ready to pull the IV from my arm and then start beating the guy. Luckily for his sake security showed up, I would not have been as coddling as security was.