What do you HATE to do at work?

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I thought it would be interesting to see what things nurses dread doing. For example, I hate suctioning people, there is something about seeing stuff go thru the suc cath that flips me out. Weird huh? I can take vomitting, poop, blood etc, but when its contained in that suc cath and moving thru to the cannister, I get sick. What about the rest of you?

Cheryl

I get so sick and tired of filling out incident reports, one right after another . Everytime a CNA observes the smallest pink area on a resident, or if a resident touches another resident without any altercation, an incident report needs to be filled out. The elderly Residents obtain skin tears so easy and you have to fill out the 3 page form, plus documentation , plus fax the phy. , plus notify the state ( DHS) with a fax, if it an unknown etiology, call the family , then transcribe a treatment or write down monitor, and if you use S.O. then we have to transcribe the standing orders onto the doctor`s orders section ,forget about if some one needs a duoderm , by the time you finish all the necessary paper work and get a dr. order , the area will be healed ..

This is my biggest beef at my work .

Thanks , nurse josie

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Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.
Meal trays, don't know why, but I can't stand them. Passing them, picking them up, menus, tallying I&Os, all of it. Something about that chore that drives me crazy.

Oh, I hear you! I hate that part of the job too......guess I just don't much care for waitressing in addition to all the OTHER stuff I have to do during the course of a shift.

My other big dislike is doing direct admits (from Urgent Care, doctor's office etc.), especially surgical admits. Since they don't come through the ER, you have to get them undressed and into a gown, call the Dr.'s office to get a copy of the chart if they haven't sent it with the pt. (and they usually don't :angryfire ), start the IV, insert the catheter, put down the NG, start the antibiotics right away, get the consent forms signed and so forth in addition to the usual admission paperwork. Sure makes me appreciate the ER nurses.......they do so much of that before the patient ever hits the floor that I can't really complain when they get backed up and have to bring pts. up without having gotten the preliminaries done.

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I can't stand suctioning, ewe that sound it makes, I remember when I worked in a small rural hospital, we had a respiratory therapist on at night- we were allowed to suction ourselves, but I would call him just about every time- make up a reason- ewe and empting the containers just tops it right off.... Also, trying to get all the food out of a pts mouth- one who has been "pocketing" food, ewe

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Specializes in Emergency, Orthopaedics, plastics.
Its a funny thing... there is nothing that grosses me out...

Next time I get a patient with a tampon stuck, you can come and remove it. Then we'll revisit that statement. :rotfl:

Uhm... been there and done that when I was a student doing an A&E placement (thats the UK version of the ER)...

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Glucommanders....hate'em hate'em hate'em. Especially since we have this new policy that anyone, who at anytime, has a BS over 110, must be placed on one and have a Diabetes consult. Can you say the entire i/p census and the staff as well!

Oh yes...and this one is really horrible (that its a problem)...taking care of BKA patients! Everyone on my unit knows not to ask me to help turn, pull up in bed, etc if at all possible. Gives me the willies.

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The smell of pseudomonas and copious soupy gloppy sputum flying out of a trach....(graphic enough for ya??):stone yukkers

Especially when you are suctioning the trach and stimulate a huge cough and you feel the trach spray your mask or hair. Sooooo grooooosssss

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I can handle almost any sounds or smells at work, but what I absolutely can't stand

is a patient or visitor ( or other staff ) wearing the cologne Obcession!!!

Obcession is worse than the smell of GI Bleeds..... ! How can people wear that on purpose??? I don't get it!

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Toenails. Please don't ever ask me to cut them! Just grosses me out

Pat

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:chuckle

I hate being pulled-out to other units. Basically because of the fact that you'll be working in a very different setting, environment, and people...

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I hate to hang blood! Something about it just grosses me out.

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Specializes in ICU, CCU, Trauma, neuro, Geriatrics.

I dont look forward to doing post-mortum care on someone I knew as a live person.

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