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!
Seriously, WHY do patients think if they're a huge PIA that they'll get better treatment?? There's a direct correlation between degree of said PIAness and the time staff will spend in that patient's room.
And the same can be said of PIA FAMILIES. Argh!!!
Don't get me wrong....ALL my patients get great nursing care, but the nice ones get the special truern care :)
p.s. I'm sorry about offending people with my earlier post about "American poverty, 2007." My point was that many people create their own problems, and this includes modifying their bodies in ways that render them unemployable.
Guess I stepped over the line.
I dont find it offensive in the least. I see it everyday where I work! Young parents with cell phones, cigarettes, lap tops.......they want to know why I cant supply them with milk and diapers until they can afford them or unil WIC kicks in for formula. And believe me, they truely are shocked that we dont send supplies home with them! I work mother/baby.....see it alllll the time!
oh boy.....where to start???hmmm. first I am not waitress so making a pot of coffee for your whole family is out. Go down to the cafeteria. To the pt whose finger is glued to the call bell...if you ring that bell one more time I'm going to break your fingers! To all obnoxious visitors....I am doing CPR right now, your cup of ice can wait. I secretly would love to rewire the call bell with a "limit" of use. If you exceed your limit you get an electric shock.
aso where I work, in a "Planetree" hospital, obnoxious visitors actually receive a "gift basket" from senior administration...talk about BS. I watched a family member jack a nurse up against the wall. I intervened, was disciplined while the family got a basket of goodies. Wanted to puke!
aso where I work, in a "Planetree" hospital, obnoxious visitors actually receive a "gift basket" from senior administration...talk about BS. I watched a family member jack a nurse up against the wall. I intervened, was disciplined while the family got a basket of goodies. Wanted to puke!
WHAT!!!!??? They got a gift basket? What was in it? Sounds like what should have been in it was a good, swift kick to the orifice!
gift basket has "goodies" cookies, pastries, lotion, tea, coffee, juice, soda...no strychnine though
WHAT?! No euthanasia solution? Heck I'd even put it in the vein. I like most of my patients as even the bad ones usually have a good excuse to act the way that they do. However, some of the clients can be very aggrevating and difficult to deal with. It's those that I'd love to give a dose of "blue koolaid"
Oh since I have confused most of you, I work for a vet. Patients are the animals. Clients are the people. Blue koolaid and pink koolaid are euthanasia solutions in the afore mentioned colors. It has a dye in it to prevent tragic mistakes as once it's put in there's no taking it out.
Specializes in Management, Emergency, Psych, Med Surg.
Last night I had so many crazy relatives that were in need of MAIOR psychiatric intervention. One lady is soooo crazy that I finally told her that I would no longer talk to her about her father. I would only talk to his wife. I thought she was going to explode. Telling me she was not going to back down. I let her know that I was not going to either, she was yelling at me from down the hall. I can't wait to go to work tomorrow to see her to see how much of an altercation we can get in. I have it all planned out. May as well have some fun with her.
Last night I had so many crazy relatives that were in need of MAIOR psychiatric intervention. One lady is soooo crazy that I finally told her that I would no longer talk to her about her father. I would only talk to his wife. I thought she was going to explode. Telling me she was not going to back down. I let her know that I was not going to either, she was yelling at me from down the hall. I can't wait to go to work tomorrow to see her to see how much of an altercation we can get in. I have it all planned out. May as well have some fun with her.
Watch out. Get the charge nurse involved, have them monitor the situation. Remember, this is a vent thread, I dont think anybody actually says/does the things mentioned in here. Ask not to have the pt. if you must (this is if they already didnt refuse you for a nurse).
truern
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Seriously, WHY do patients think if they're a huge PIA that they'll get better treatment?? There's a direct correlation between degree of said PIAness and the time staff will spend in that patient's room.
And the same can be said of PIA FAMILIES. Argh!!!
Don't get me wrong....ALL my patients get great nursing care, but the nice ones get the special truern care :)