Time to admit .. things you've said to pt's/family members that you shouldn't

[kiszi]

In the hospital where I used to work, family members would come up to the desk all the time to say "dad needs a _______ (blanket, cup, straw) and I developed a nasty habit of saying (in a perfectly innocent tone) "Does he know how to use the call light?" Gradually my tone started getting more and more sarcastic. Had to stop that one after a few nasty looks. oops.

Or "that's not real high on my priority list"

I know there's been plenty more....

At least I knew I had to leave the hospital setting for a bit before my mouth could get me in too much trouble. Feeling much better suited to home health, where you can throw whatever you like at me! I'll be out of your house in less than an hour!

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

calling the police is a little extreme, is it not? i'm sure they have much better things to do than deal with wet beds in a hospital. that a total waste of valuable police time.

i've had patients call the police before -- once because he wanted an enema that we wouldn't give him. (he came in with a whole suitcase full of enemas!) and another because we wouldn't answer her call light. her short term memory sucked -- we'd answered her call light several times, and each time she had forgotten what she wanted. the only thing calling the police did was make us take her phone away (you could do that in those days) and give us a good story to tell!

[I_LOVE_TRAUMA, RN]

i think you must have accidentally posted this in the wrong thread -- this one is about things you've said to patients' family members that you ought not to have.

by the way -- it's "bawling", not "balling". the latter would mean she was having sexual intercourse, and i shudder to think of the vigorous sex that would result in her eyes popping out!

that would surely explain all the bleeding though!

[HoneyDew70]

Why am I not getting this comment? (my name is whooh) ??? :confused:

Insert her real name (not online community name) in the sentence. For example, "Good evening, my name is Jennie, and I will be your nurse today."

[Leelee2]

I will admit, I have on more than one occassion, asked "Do you understand how to use your call bell?" (said in a sarcastic way)

[I_LOVE_TRAUMA, RN]

Calling the police is a little extreme, is it not? I'm sure they have much better things to do than deal with wet beds in a hospital. That a total waste of valuable police time.

IMO if someone is that weak, then they should be NPO or at the very least a feed anyways. Very dangerous to be drinking thin liquids when you can't even scoot yourself over a bit to get out of the water- sound like you may be surgical to be.

I find it very hard to believe that this person is a nurse, sounds more like a troll to me.

I also find it very hard to believe that she laid in ice water the entire night. Was this a hospital in a third world country or what. If this happened at my hospital every person working on that floor would have been fired immediately for not checking on a patient the entire shift, especially someone who appearently was so sick/weak should should have been in an ICU with a 2:1 ratio. So let me make sure I have this straight... you were upset about the cold, wet, bed and not the fact that you were not given your meds, did not have labs drawn, were not offered the bedpan, didn't have your IV fluids replenished, or an assessment done the entire night (obviously all of these things would be done several times a shift for someone with symptomatic blood loss).

At the very least the water would have dried after a few hours so it could'nt have been all that bad!

Now please return to the original topic, I was LOVING it!