Which one would you do first?

[obfuscate]

Who would you see first?

1. Patient really needs to go to the toilet/bathroom

2. Verbally abusing relative and patient

[klone, MSN, RN]

Are you in school?

Who would YOU see first?

[ChristineN, BSN, RN]

You can delegate the pt that needs to go to the bathroom to a nurse's aide to assist. Then you can go see the verbally abusive situation and try to calm things down there.

[Flying ICU RN]

You can delegate the pt that needs to go to the bathroom to a nurse's aide to assist.

The reaction from the Nursing Assistant....

[bagladyrn, RN]

Obsfucate - All exept for one post of yours have been "homework" or "test" types of questions.

Don't you think you might try to at least answer some of them before coming here for someone else's answer?

Asking someone to review your answers or reasoning might be more appropriate.

[Pepper The Cat, BSN, RN]

Delegating to a nursing assistand only works if you work in that type of environment! I'd toilet pt first because if you don't they may either a) wet themselves or b) try to get there on their own and fall.

Abusive may not like waiting and may become more abusive but that can't be helped.

And this still sounds like homework! You already have one thread going about this and you still haven't shared YOUR ideas!

[Sun0408, ASN, RN]

OP, asking others to so your work for you will actually hurt you in the long run because you will lack the needed critical thinking skills your instructors talk so much about.. You really need to do this yourself, post what you think and WHY. Then ask others.. Good luck to you

[GHGoonette, BSN, RN]

I'd probably hear the verbal abusers first, and smell the patient needing toileting second; I'd pretend I didn't see either of them...

[lvnsandiego]

If no one to immediately delegate toileting to, I would utilize good 'ol Maslow and toilet first (physical needs), deal with abuse second (safety and security).

[MassED, BSN, RN]

tend to the bathroom patient, while simultaneously telling the angry ones I'll "be right there!" in a singsong voice.

[MassED, BSN, RN]

You can delegate the pt that needs to go to the bathroom to a nurse's aide to assist. Then you can go see the verbally abusive situation and try to calm things down there.

sometimes you don't have someone to delegate to....

[esrun00]

Delegating to a nursing assistand only works if you work in that type of environment! I'd toilet pt first because if you don't they may either a) wet themselves or b) try to get there on their own and fall.

Abusive may not like waiting and may become more abusive but that can't be helped.

And this still sounds like homework! You already have one thread going about this and you still haven't shared YOUR ideas!

But why would they share their ideas, when so many are willing to answer for them here.