Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Things that irk me

Something that have really annoy me:
*Some days I feel as though I we should have a sign out that says Marriott resort. I often wonder why people think we have room service in the ER. No I can not drop everything to bring you another warm blanket, no we do not have a pillow.
*And I am really sorry that you have not eaten all day, but you have only been in the ER for a total of 20 minutes so why is it so important that I find you food? What were you doing all day that made it impossible for you to feed yourself? *Asking "how long will I be here?" or "How long is the wait? don't have an exact time, but if you are in that much of a hurry why did you come in? And If I don't know the answer the probability of one of the other people walking buy your room knowing is pretty slim.
*When patients ask me to dress them, feed them or wipe there ass. when 20 minutes before stepping into the ER they were able to care for themselves without help. It is one thing if you truly can not do it yourself, but pure laziness is deplorable.
*When you ask a patient what they came in for and the answer is "You are the nurse/or Dr, you should know!" Well let me consult my magic eight ball for that answer.
So when you come to the ER remember This is not Burger King we do not do your way

I love ERnurseys blog about the same stuff. I guess we are all in the same boat, without a paddle and we know where this creek is headed

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