What do you have most difficulty with in your everyday job?

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I'm a student in Arizona, and I'm curious to know what problems that established nurses have to deal with most often in their daily tasks.

Or in other words, what particular thing would you omit if you had the opportunity?

Thanks for the insight.

_MIKE

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Specializes in Home Health, Geriatrics.

If I had the opportunity - I'd omit working altogether. No chance of that yet! On a more serious note, I would omit all of the gossiping and back biting that seems to go on no matter where you work. :o

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Specializes in LTC, med-surg.
On a more serious note, I would omit all of the gossiping and back biting that seems to go on no matter where you work. :o

ditto

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i'd omit all the dying.

it's finally getting to me.

leslie

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Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.

I'd omit the "Triple Special" procedures. As in, the family refuses to say goodbye to a loved one, loved one physically can't speak for themselves. So the pt. gets a central line, a trach, a PEG, to prolong life.

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Specializes in Trauma ICU,ER,ACLS/BLS instructor.

I would omit the constant complaining of my peers! Or get selctive hearing!

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Specializes in Jack of all trades, and still learning.

Aggressive, abusive and violent patients. People who treat you like their personal maid who expect one to one attention even if the person in the next bed is critical or worse. And people who are racist.

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Specializes in Jack of all trades, and still learning.

One more thing...I hate it when ppl are sweet to your face, and bad mouth you behind your back. We had an experience recently when a relative had gone to another hospital and said some really nasty things. What she didn't know was that the hospital reported back to us! One of our nurses went and gave the number of our complaints officer to the lady, who sat there dumbfounded apparently!

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Specializes in ER.

The paperwork! Things would go so smoothly if we didn't have to stop and write it all down!

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There was a time when people came to WORK to WORK. I can't stand all of the b**** and moaning about what people don't want to do.

I also wish they would go back to putting a nun and a security guard at the elevator. She would decide who got to go up and visit and who didn't.:lol2:

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Specializes in ICU, ER, EP,.

family that brings in their own drama, takes away precious nursing time, time away from the patient, the other patient that I'm carring for. Then they have no respect for my knowlege, the rules of the unit and general rules of behavior that affect the entire unit.

Because it's not about the patients, it's about THEM. Worse is when management expects me to be their maid, fetch drinks, snacks.. service recovery packets, anything to score a 5 on a survey. The fact that several patients lacked basic care for some time, durring each of their "show their butt" episodes, is irrelevant:angryfire

Now if family is concerned, behaves as apropriate, I WILL offer coffee, a recliner to sleep in the unit and a blanket (when I can easily say "not allowed"). I will go out of my way when it's in everyones best interest.

ok, rant off, but there is my daily difficulty. It's not patient care.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
Or in other words, what particular thing would you omit if you had the opportunity?

I would readily omit the abusive family members, testy doctors, backstabbing coworkers, uncaring managers, and overly demanding patients. If the aforementioned persons were eliminated from the bedside nursing equation, I would actually love my job like the high heavens.

Attitude is everything, and I cannot stand people who need their attitudes adjusted.

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