Hi, my name is AngelfireRN, I'll be your nurse tonight.
I am not a waitress, nor am I your slave.
Yelling and hurling obscenities at me will not get you your pain meds any sooner than they are ordered. Nor will having your family member or entourage do the same.
Threatening lawsuits and having umpteen family members camp out in the halls or hold up the nurse's station will not get you preferential treatment.
Physically grabbing me as I go down the hall is NOT a good idea.
I do not give the orders, but I do have to follow/enforce them. This is something that you should take up with your doctor.
No, I will not call him again to ask him for more pain medicine. He has been called twice and has said no both times.
No, I will not give you his number so you can "straighten him out".
No, you are not my only patient, and I highly doubt that you are single-handedly paying my salary. On the off chance that you are, let's talk about a raise.
NO, NO, NO, I most empahatically will NOT come get you when it is time for your next pain shot while you are having a smoke break. I also will not bring it to you in the smoking room. (Have actually said that, I am allergic to cigarettes. I did it once, had an asthma attack, desatted to 83, and turned blue, according to the patient and my charge nurse, after the patient had to help me back to the floor).
No, I don't really care if your family has not eaten all day, they drove here by themselves, they are not sick, and no, I will not call for 6 guest trays. (This of course, is if the patient in question does not need all 6 family members present, and is not at death's door).
No, you may not have 3 six-packs of soda from the kitchen, there are other people that would like a snack, too.
No, they will not open up the kitchen up just for you, at 1 in the morning, because you don't like the snacks we have on the floor.
I could think of hundreds, but those will do for a start. I know it sounds mean, but this is why I got out of bedside nursing. When a hospital becomes the Hilton, I'm gone!
You do not need to come to the ER for a pregnancy test
Especially when there's a dollar store a block away!
OTOH, some of us have wondered if they came to the ER thinking that if it was positive, they could get an abortion right away. Has anyone encountered this?
To the patient with a BP f 90/45. No, you can not have your pain meds-your doctor said so. And, futhermore, if you can jog up and down the hall to "up your pressure" then I really have a difficult time beleving that your suffer from 15/10 hip and knee pain.
Specializes in med-surg, psych, ER, school nurse-CRNP.
Why, on the Friday before Christmas, is the unchanged chest pain that you've had "for several months and just wanted to get checked" all of a sudden a dire emergency?
Please put on your big boy/big girl pants, you just had a lap chole, just take your pain meds and GO HOME, we're not doing anything for you here but provide room service.
What the HELL have you been doing with your feet for the past 20 years? I mean -- COME ON. Those toenails haven't been clipped in at least five years. Do you even SEE the dirt in and around those nails? Do the scales and flakes even matter to you?
And to the family of these foot offenders -- come on. Cut mom's/dad's toes once in a while. It is not ok to allow the nails to grow so long they curl up and around several times. That is just the ultimate in laziness and sloth.
Once and only once have I ever seen a person over the age of 70 come in w/ a pedicure done. It was the cute little old lady who had her toes done in pink w/ little designs on them. it was SO cute on her.
Jasminbear
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You do not need to come to the ER for a pregnancy test