Its hard to have compassion sometimes.

[badgirl]

I sometimes have certain patients that I start out doing well with, but 3 or 4 hours into the shift I am sorry I cannot have compassion I may need to have. They are the ones who will ring that damn light off the wall I mean every 3 minutes. They want this and they want that, and at some point I will end up telling them "Your not the only patient on this floor, we have 20 other ones who also need our help."

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.

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.

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.

Ok I am blowing off some steam and it could go on forever

[Katipan]

Originally Posted by Hog Farmer

Which hospital do you work at. I feel the need to shit myself and have someone else clean it up .

The only time I will depend is when I'm seventy years old
That's when I can't hold my shit within so I shit on myself
Cause I'm so sick and tired of shitting on everybody else

[Fat Elvis]

Originally Posted by luv

I think you might be in the wrong line of work. You are always complaining about not getting sleep, having to lift people, scared of catching some disease, and now you lack compassion. Seriously. Why do what you're doing if you're so miserable, and you obviously are. You've also complained about how you don't make much, too. Why not go back to selling cars?

No doubt. These threads are going to wind up in a court of law when they discover that you are an "angel of mercy."

[Sandyskc]

I have to agree you are in the wrong job. Please, for your sake and the patients, find another line of work.

[mikeyis4dcats.]

you're apparently a biatch and a terrible nurse.

[Groves]

Originally Posted by luv

I think you might be in the wrong line of work. You are always complaining about not getting sleep, having to lift people, scared of catching some disease, and now you lack compassion. Seriously. Why do what you're doing if you're so miserable, and you obviously are. You've also complained about how you don't make much, too. Why not go back to selling cars?

This.


I for sure don't know badgirl, so it's probably a commentary on healthcare in general, as may be other people's comments.

It seems that the nursing profession (in our experience) actually attracts those without compassion.

There is certainly a place for disconnected compassionless action in the medical profession. You don't need a crying sympathizing ER/Trauma doc/nurse, you need rapid, objective decision-making.

Having said that, the number cold-fish nurses in the field is astounding.

Maybe this could all be solved with easier to open orange juice? I must agree that those suckers can be brutal. Can they just make that opening tab a bit longer? Would it kill them?

[Sam Hall]

This is how one former Wal-Mart associate felt

[StcChief]

Originally Posted by luv

I think you might be in the wrong line of work. You are always complaining about not getting sleep, having to lift people, scared of catching some disease, and now you lack compassion. Seriously. Why do what you're doing if you're so miserable, and you obviously are. You've also complained about how you don't make much, too. Why not go back to selling cars?

hustling cars in this market.... good luck. commission based work.... Steady employment. bite the bullet. speak to your boss.?

[Rain Man]

If you don't treat the customer well, they won't come back. They'll remove their gallbladders at home or in a local park.

[sedated]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

you're apparently a bitch and a terrible nurse.

[morphius]

Pretend its like having sex, and fake it

[Demonpenz]

I knew this one guy who hated his job but said he needed the money for a roof over his head and retirement. He had an heart attack at 33 and died a year ago today, but he smoked and was stressed and tried diet pills.

[Jilly]

nurses like you piss me off.... seriously.

I realize some people are bad patients, but you don't know their story. You don't know what they've gone through to be where they are....and all they need is someone to take care of them and care. I know it's a demanding job, since hospitals are understaffed...but try to see them as human beings.

it could be you in that bed and how would you want to be treated?

[MahiMike]

To them, this is the most expensive resort they'll ever get to go to. You're the wait staff.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

My mom and wife are both nurses.

You give them a bad name.

Please quit.

[ShortRoundChief]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

My mom and wife are both nurses.

You give them a bad name.

Please quit.

Hamas jenkins ftw.