I don't know why but that statement makes my jaw clench up everytime I hear it.
I had a patient the other day ask me how I was going to insert a foley since "the head is down there, wont that hurt the baby?" For the love god, people .... come on .. 2 HOLES! SERIOUSLY!
and my favorite of all time ...
"Does that machine beep everytime I dilate?" .. this one left me speechless
Please share your "omg, no she didn't say/ask that" quotes
Two that I get a lot are..."Aren't you pretty young to be doing this? Is there someone older who could take care of mom?" Well...the housekeeper is old enough to be my mother...would you like her to come in and titrate her drip? Also, I get a lot of, "Wow, you're short..." Followed by either, "You're pretty good at this even though you are short," or "Isn't there someone taller here?" Again, I could have the CNA come in and titrate your drip or start your IV! :)
LOLOLOLOL!!!! HAAHAAA. I loved this one, I laugh everytime I think of this one:roll . I am not done with school yet, and I have so much to look forward to. "Well, maybe the housekeeper can come help you out." Oh you dont know how this made my day. What would have been funnier is if you did say that with a matter of fact kinda smile on your face. That would have been classic.
You don't have to have an LDRP to keep the baby with the mother. That will work in any setting. You just have to have a good manager who can see the need to keep Mom with the baby. Transitioning a baby is no different than transitioning the mother. This whooey about how labor nurses can't care for a baby is ridiculous. They have cared for the baby throughout the entire labor (which is actually far MORE critical than after birth)and now they aren't trained to follow through?
The size of the city the hospital serves has nothing at all to do with the development of a philosophy. It's a matter of updating the philosophy and geting those archaic managers out there to visit places which keep mother and baby together.
I do agree with you that you don't need an LDRP to keep mom with baby. Some of our hospitals are better than others about getting baby back to mom. I was cuddling one of our newborns when she just woke up. She was looking into my face, rooting. I went over to the bassinett to see if she was bf. Yep. She was. The RN felt badly that the baby had even been kept back in the nursery that long (she was only 3 hours old), and immediately sent the baby back to mom. Usually in our hospital, the RN's like to see the babies with mom as much as possible. In fact, if the baby is camped out or sent to the nursery too much, that sends up "red flags" in their mind on how this baby will be cared for at home. BTW, there are exceptions to every rule, of course, if mom is sick for example.
Some of the other hospitals in our community aren't like that. I was visiting a client PP at a hospital known for not getting babies back to mom. She was bf, and I was shocked when I went into the room and baby wasn't in there. I asked where baby was, and she said that they took him a few hours ago to run some tests. I immediately went to the nursery to see if he was having tests (the hearing screening, for example, is not done in the room) because she wanted the baby back with her. There he was, upfront and center - no testing being done, he was just... there. When I reported this to mom she called down there and asked if he could be brought down. They said, "No problem.. he's just been sleeping in her for the last few hours." Argh! He should have been with mom when the testing was done!
Yes, I know that nurseries get busy, staff always has something to do but this has happened repeatedly at this hospital. It would be easier to have mom with baby 24/7 after delivery if babies weren't routinely brought down to the nursery after birth.
I also agree that city size has nothing to do with it, it's all about philosophy and trying to get people to change. Scary word for some people around here. It's just that in larger cities people seem to be up on this (LDRP) and it's more likely to be implemented.
Not only have I heard that, I have parents ask me if the member was the right size!!!
Let me guess. It's usually the "dad" portion of the parental unit that asks this question, huh?
Talk about idiots. Warning: this is a little disgusting. I've heard a father or two comparing their son's genitalia to other babies in the nursery. This same dad calls up relatives and brags on how well his son is "hung." This is a baby we are talking about! :angryfire
I hate it when a patient calls me by yelling...MISS...OH, MISS!!!! I am not Miss...I am a RN. I am a married woman and a grandmother.. I am definately not Miss! It just feels demeaning. To me, it's equivalent to calling a male doctor...Boy....OH, Boy.... Thats just a littlle thing that irkes me.
I hate it when a patient calls me by yelling...MISS...OH, MISS!!!! I am not Miss...I am a RN. I am a married woman and a grandmother.. I am definately not Miss! It just feels demeaning. To me, it's equivalent to calling a male doctor...Boy....OH, Boy.... Thats just a littlle thing that irkes me.
The other one is "hon". I hate hon especially if it's someone my own age calling me it!
I hate it when a patient says things like "That's your job" or "That is what you get pais for." I absolutely hate that!!
First off, How do they know what my job is?? My job is to assess them, maintain quality care for them, and to be their advocate. My job is not to be at their beck and call.
Second, I get paid to do what my job actually is, not to do for them things they can do for themselves!!
I hate it when a patient calls me by yelling...MISS...OH, MISS!!!! I am not Miss...I am a RN. I am a married woman and a grandmother.. I am definately not Miss! It just feels demeaning. To me, it's equivalent to calling a male doctor...Boy....OH, Boy.... Thats just a littlle thing that irkes me.
I can deal with 'miss'. it's "HEY YOU" being yelled down the hall that bugs me.
I love it when you go into a patient's room to start an IV or some other procedure, and the patient's family asks, "do you know what you are doing?" I am so tempted to say, "well sort of, you see they were short staffed tonight, so they just yanked me off of the street corner - hey I clean-up pretty nicely don't I? I love the scrubs!". Or, my personal fave "No, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night!". Geeezzz :rotfl:
You could say, "NO but I got a good rate on my car insurance by switching to GYCO LOL" :rotfl: :rotfl:
jaiy
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Two that I get a lot are..."Aren't you pretty young to be doing this? Is there someone older who could take care of mom?" Well...the housekeeper is old enough to be my mother...would you like her to come in and titrate her drip? Also, I get a lot of, "Wow, you're short..." Followed by either, "You're pretty good at this even though you are short," or "Isn't there someone taller here?" Again, I could have the CNA come in and titrate your drip or start your IV! :)
LOLOLOLOL!!!! HAAHAAA. I loved this one, I laugh everytime I think of this one:roll . I am not done with school yet, and I have so much to look forward to. "Well, maybe the housekeeper can come help you out." Oh you dont know how this made my day. What would have been funnier is if you did say that with a matter of fact kinda smile on your face. That would have been classic.