What are the 3 most dislike RN duties in demand?

loriangel14, RN · Sep 5, 2015

You cannot chart for someone else.

NOADLS · Sep 5, 2015

Since you're a LVN, I would assume that cleaning bodily fluids would be at the top of your list.

Admissions would make a either second or third on that list.

calivianya, BSN, RN · Sep 5, 2015

Dealing with hysterically upset family members.

Maybe this will make me unpopular for being insensitive, but when we have a two people limit at a time, there are over 20 in the waiting room, and they keep switching out asking the same questions over and over again in a panic because none of them are healthcare literate enough to understand what I say, so they can't explain it to anyone else, they all have to hear whatever I say directly from me... that's my number one. Ain't nobody got time for that.

And when they bring their eight year olds up and the eight year olds point to every single line, drain, number on the vent, number on the monitor... and go, "What's that? What's that? What's that mean? What's that number for? What about the blue number? What about the yellow number? What about the green number? What about the red numbers? Why are there two red numbers? Why are these squiggly lines on this machine changing colors?" "Grandma's blood pressure just went up to 140! It just went back down to 130! Now it's 125! Now it's 140 again! Why is it changing? IT JUST WENT TO 190! Now it's down to 110! Is that bad?"

Little dude, I'm glad you're interested, but I am trying to think about what I'm doing, and you are breaking my concentration.

Dranger · Sep 5, 2015

Dealing with hysterically upset family members.
Maybe this will make me unpopular for being insensitive, but when we have a two people limit at a time, there are over 20 in the waiting room, and they keep switching out asking the same questions over and over again in a panic because none of them are healthcare literate enough to understand what I say, so they can't explain it to anyone else, they all have to hear whatever I say directly from me... that's my number one. Ain't nobody got time for that.
And when they bring their eight year olds up and the eight year olds point to every single line, drain, number on the vent, number on the monitor... and go, "What's that? What's that? What's that mean? What's that number for? What about the blue number? What about the yellow number? What about the green number? What about the red numbers? Why are there two red numbers? Why are these squiggly lines on this machine changing colors?" "Grandma's blood pressure just went up to 140! It just went back down to 130! Now it's 125! Now it's 140 again! Why is it changing? IT JUST WENT TO 190! Now it's down to 110! Is that bad?"
Little dude, I'm glad you're interested, but I am trying to think about what I'm doing, and you are breaking my concentration.

Or when they twist your words. "You said John was going to die today so I call all of his relatives in!" No I never said that....Usually with younger sickies (usually people who are critical because they live a bad lifestyle or did something stupid) are the parents super adept at twisting words or being over dramatic.

Tenebrae, BSN, RN · Sep 6, 2015

Anything to do with snot

thinwildmercury · Sep 6, 2015

My least favorite nursing tasks have to be inserting ngs/dobhoffs and fingersticks. I don't know why but I haaate fingersticks.

la_chica_suerte85, BSN, RN · Sep 6, 2015

My least favorite nursing tasks have to be inserting ngs/dobhoffs and fingersticks. I don't know why but I haaate fingersticks.

I don't dislike the concept of the fingerstick - I just hate having to do it on a pt that is healing slowly and I have to pick a new place out of the multitude of old sticks and I know it has to really start getting old for the pt. :unsure:

On second thought, I really don't like having to do anything that has already been done to the point of starting to cause problems for the pt (i.e. cleaning a bottom that has been cleaned so much that excoriation is starting to take place because I can't convince the nurse to order a different kind of intervention for that much diarrhea!!). I know it must be done but thinking that I'm hurting the pt more makes me cringe.