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!
I feel sorry for you nrsang97. Hold on to "your baby".
I am not sure what you are referring to. Can you explain? I searched the thread for what I have posted and really aren't sure what you are referring to.
Specializes in med-surg, psych, ER, school nurse-CRNP.
Yep, she meant me, and I'm NOT worried about it. I have bigger fish to fry. I certainly don't need her pity.
I really hate that she thinks that this thread is the most important thing in my life, as she obviously does, or so it seems, but that is not my concern. I know where my priorities lie. What I said stands, it is just plain rude to come on a vent thread and bash someone for venting. If that's all you're after, start your own thread.
That being said, I can not believe that this has hit 64 pages!!!!!!!!! That's incredible! Keep it up, guys!
To the devoted son who stayed in the room w/ his demented mom all night -- you ARE one amazing person to be here with your aging parent, to stay, to help, to do what a family member SHOULD do when their aging parent is in the hospital. You are probably one of the FIRST I've seen do this in a year's time.
However, since you ARE staying, it's not fair to expect me and the other pt in the room to be quiet so your mom can sleep. Your mom won't sleep anyway, and this patient also has a right to care and is going to make noise during the night. That's just the way it is -- our hospital hasn't built the new building w/ private rooms, yet.
But other than that, I thank you PROFUSELY for staying and doing the right thing. You are not a handsome man, but you would make a great catch for any woman, if you are not already married. Not a lot left like you out there anymore. :wink2:
Specializes in alzeheimers, skilled, assis. living.
Not worried about it just confused. I was suprised to see that.
sorry nrsang97, it was angel fire. Sorry also that the whole thing got blown out or porportion. Take care , I am only a cna anyway, too old to go any further. I love my job and get great rewards of helping ppl. but no, i wouldn't want to work with the mentally challenged, because of having had to help my son so much. I would say it would be the most stressful job there could be. Once when he was hospitalized the nurses on staff treated him like a nobody, it hurt, but then there were the good ones also, that did understand. Like all professions. Once again sorry I had the wrong person.
I used to joke with my pts and tell them something like that.I'm gonna have to give you a shot,I'll get a big needle,a big rusty needle,a big rusty crooked needle".Nobody ever took me serious of course
I used to joke with my pts and tell them something like that.I'm gonna have to give you a shot,I'll get a big needle,a big rusty needle,a big rusty crooked needle".Nobody ever took me serious of course
On a side note to this, I HATE when parents tell their little kids, "you better be good or that lady is going to give you a shot"! arrghhh, this drives me nuts!
nrsang97, BSN, RN
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I am not sure what you are referring to. Can you explain? I searched the thread for what I have posted and really aren't sure what you are referring to.