welcome to the hilton...please dont forget to tip your waitress

[thisnurse]

i have no idea where the er is getting these people from but i wish theyd send them back...lol

they are sick..yes...but for goodness sakes!

i cant raise the head of my bed (i can however use the phone and change channels on my tv)

oh no im having chest pains...my chest really hurts (now while you go call the doc, im gonna call my friend and wish her happy birthday and then ill finish dinner while you warm up the ekg)

i REALLY REALLY REALLY have to go to the bathroom...right now..oh i have to go. i have to go NOW.

but first let me watch a little of the grammy's and chat with you a while. you just stay here until im ready to stand up then pivot to my bedside commode (i can do this, i can walk and EVERYTHING, i just need you to stand here)

could you heat my tray

could you heat my coffee

could you heat my coffee again...i didnt drink it yet

do you have any cream?

oh i hurt i hurt i hurt ...do you want your morphine? no thanks.

i dont like this food...get me something i like.

straighten up my bed (ill stand here and watch you)

i cant get in bed by myself (i can walk to the bathroom tho)

pull me up in bed (no theres nothing wrong with my legs, i just like you to do it)

this week has been CALL BELL HELL

[CrunchRN, ADN, RN]

I have days where I do see it as a profession and I like my job, but more and more I am seeing a trend towards 'customer service' which breeds a sense of entitlement and the idea nurses are just there to do whatever is demanded of them.

I have been a nurse for quite awhile and we have come a long way from being Doctors handmaidens but closer to being the general public's whipping boys. There is a general lack of understanding and respect for what we do. Working in the ER I am more exposed to the nastier side of human nature in many ways.

All in all the only reason I stay nursing is for the standard of living it gives me. Nursing has made me a true misogynist which is sad really.

"Scratch any cynic and you'll find a disappointed idealist." George Carlin (1937-2008)

Djuna,

I am not a hospital nurse, but I do not disagree with you at all. What you have to deal with boggles the mind. This focus on "customer service" vs. quality care is a huge error. And for quality care the nurse needs to be respected and in charge and supported by her facility. That will ensure quality care.

[Djuna]

Correction to previous post (which I can't edit),I meant to say misanthropist, not misogynist.