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Originally Posted by badgirl
She wanted orange juice so I took her some, then she rang out and said "I can't get this orange juice open" I told her she could open it there was nothing wrong with her hands to keep her from opening it." She said "I thought you were a nice nurse" i said I try to be.  |
Maybe if you'd opened the orange juice before you gave it to her, she wouldn't have have to call you again? It's really that simple. Anticipating a patient's needs is part of the job.
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Originally Posted by badgirl
I lose it with these kind of people and only people in the medical field could possible understand what its like. The ones who have never worked in a medical field probably think this is terrible way to be.  |
My mother, my brother's girlfriend and several of my best friends are nurses. I've never once heard any them b*tch about anything that has to do with the care of a patient. Most of the complaining usually has to do with a-hole doctors, overbearing families of patients or the multiple extended shifts they have to work.
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When you have a middle aged person who wets the bed although they don't do it at home and act like they can't walk to the bathroom to me is just being lazy when there is no diagnosis that says they cannot walk.
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Yeah, because grown adults just
love peeing all over themselves and pooing their beds. It's a very satisfying experience for them. I just can't wait until I have can stay in a hospital so I don't have to walk to the bathroom.
Pardon me if I sound cranky but my dad has been in the hospital for over six weeks and this type of attitude seriously ticks me off. I've seen both ends of the nursing spectrum. There have been wonderful compassionate nurses and there have been nurses who acts like their doing him a favor to even acknowledge him. Those types always think they are being great nurses to their patients but you can feel the attitude coming off them a mile away.