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Soooo....
Its been a while. So I figured.."What the H*ll, I should post." Anywho...Here we is.
Meet Mr. Demanding
I walked into a patients room about 8am. Hes eating breakfast with his back to me. I walk over to him.
Me: Good morning! How are you doing today?
Patient: These eggs taste like shit.
Me: *oook..one of these* Im sorry to hear that would you w......
Pt. Get me some damn ketchup!
Me: Ok, well let me see if youre able to have ketchup then Ill get you some if Im able.
Pt. What the hell do u mean if Im able? I want it.
Me: Well, if youre diabetic or have any heart issues we prefer to keep your diet low sodium. Ketchup has lots of salt in it.
Pt: Thats bullshit. This breakfast is SHIT. I want the food supervisor in here NOW.
Me: *still smiling b/c at this point, hes so miserable, its f**king hilarious* Ok, we have the food service hostess on the floor. Would you like to speak with her?
Pt. : NOOO. I WANT THE MANAGER NOW
Me: * i turn and start to walk out the door*
Pt. And bring me some more eggs.
Me: *facepalm*
So, after bitching about how horrible the breakfast was...he wanted more! Also, this whole conversation he had with his back to me. Did not turn around to face me even once. So, I walk out and explain to the nurse orienting me what was going on and how pissed off this guy was (though we are a hospital, there is a HUGE emphasis on customer service...b/c after all, patients have a choice in healthcare). The food service manager came up to see him, but I wasnt privy to that conversation.
I walk away and see my other patients. I come back later in the day and hes actually ok. Not pleasant but not angry..just blah. He shared a little bit of what he was going through and his health issues and I was able to tolerate him.
Then...we were having issues with his IV, every time he would bend his arm, it would cause the IV machine to beep b/c it was "occluded". All one had to do was press a button and the machine would kick back on. But when the patient bent his arm completely up, it would go off. I was in his room no less than 6 times in about 2 hrs, explaining that if he could keep his arm as straight as possible, it wouldnt beep. Well, he gets pissy. I then offer him a NEW IV in a different site. He says no..he doesnt want anymore needles. Now that I understand. I just stress to him to keep his arm straight if he can.
BUT then...he went MAJORLY SC. Just wait and see.
7pm rolls around and one of the aides comes up to me.
Aide: Hey the patient in 10 is getting really angry that his IV machine keeps beeping *the aides arent allowed to mess with the machines, so I go over to his room to shut it off*
Patient: *already yelling* WHAT THE HELL IS THAT FUCKIN THING BEEPING FOR?
Me: *calm..surprisingly* I already explained to you, you keep bending your arm, its going to go off.
Pt: WELL TURN IT OFF.
Me: I cant turn it off! It will beep every time the fluid cant get through, its a safety feature.
PT: THATS A LIE. EVERYONES TOO LAZY AROUND HERE TO FIX A GODDAMN THING! ITS BULLSHIT. EVERYONES LAZY
Me: *puts hands on hips and looks pretty, generally evil b/c I had been running around FOR and WITH this patient all fuckin day.*
Pt: *takes a step back...this made me LOL* EVeryone but you I mean. ( I swear he said this and I almost cracked up). I wanna take a walk.
Me: Let me get *aides name* and you can go for a walk (something I wouldve done myself, but It was report time and people were waiting on me
Pt: NO...WHEREs that SNOTTY LITTLE BITCH THAT WAS IN HERE BEFORE? That bitch needs to learn her place and get in here and walk me. She needs to learn her place.
Now at this point he lost me, I had no idea what he was talking about. I confusedly excused myself and went over to the other nurses, explain what was said and etc. My preceptor goes in there. Now, shes 6 months preggers and and at this point, had had enough of this guy.
She trys to have a conversation..but he gets to the part when he starts calling someone a "snotty little bitch"..I hear her explode.
NursePreceptor: You WILL NOT speak to me or anyone else on this floor like that. It is UNACCEPTABLE and I refuse to speak to you if thats how youre going to handle this. We offered you a new IV site and you declined. We exaplined why your IV was beeping and you still bend your arm.
Pt: I WANT TO TAKE A WALK...GET THAT BITCH IN HERE, SHE NEEDS TO LEARN HER PLACE.
Nursepreceptor. : I am not speaking with you any longer. *walks out*
I wanted to hug her after that. lol.
Any who....so, no less then 3 different employees go in and try to diffuse the situation...and eventually about 1hr after Im supposed to be off my shift..he calms down, and starts to cry about random shit. Why, I have no idea. At that time,they get him a new IV site and my preceptor informs those in charge that when we (me and her) come in tomorrow, we will not be accepting room 10 for her assignment, so dont bother assigning him to us * i also wanted to high five her for that too*.
**WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS: Apparently, one of the nurses coming onto the shift had walked into his room a little before 7 p, to help him to the bathroom b/c his call light was on....but she apprently didnt help him the way he thought he shouldve been helped (she also had to leave for report, but the patient was squared away by the time she left the room) so she was the snotty bitch for not catering to him like he thought she shoulve. IDK. I was so emotionally drained by the end of this day....ugh. I didnt even want to talk about it til now....and it was like 3 weeks ago. LOL.
Its been a while. So I figured.."What the H*ll, I should post." Anywho...Here we is.
Meet Mr. Demanding
I walked into a patients room about 8am. Hes eating breakfast with his back to me. I walk over to him.
Me: Good morning! How are you doing today?
Patient: These eggs taste like shit.
Me: *oook..one of these* Im sorry to hear that would you w......
Pt. Get me some damn ketchup!
Me: Ok, well let me see if youre able to have ketchup then Ill get you some if Im able.
Pt. What the hell do u mean if Im able? I want it.
Me: Well, if youre diabetic or have any heart issues we prefer to keep your diet low sodium. Ketchup has lots of salt in it.
Pt: Thats bullshit. This breakfast is SHIT. I want the food supervisor in here NOW.
Me: *still smiling b/c at this point, hes so miserable, its f**king hilarious* Ok, we have the food service hostess on the floor. Would you like to speak with her?
Pt. : NOOO. I WANT THE MANAGER NOW
Me: * i turn and start to walk out the door*
Pt. And bring me some more eggs.
Me: *facepalm*
So, after bitching about how horrible the breakfast was...he wanted more! Also, this whole conversation he had with his back to me. Did not turn around to face me even once. So, I walk out and explain to the nurse orienting me what was going on and how pissed off this guy was (though we are a hospital, there is a HUGE emphasis on customer service...b/c after all, patients have a choice in healthcare). The food service manager came up to see him, but I wasnt privy to that conversation.
I walk away and see my other patients. I come back later in the day and hes actually ok. Not pleasant but not angry..just blah. He shared a little bit of what he was going through and his health issues and I was able to tolerate him.
Then...we were having issues with his IV, every time he would bend his arm, it would cause the IV machine to beep b/c it was "occluded". All one had to do was press a button and the machine would kick back on. But when the patient bent his arm completely up, it would go off. I was in his room no less than 6 times in about 2 hrs, explaining that if he could keep his arm as straight as possible, it wouldnt beep. Well, he gets pissy. I then offer him a NEW IV in a different site. He says no..he doesnt want anymore needles. Now that I understand. I just stress to him to keep his arm straight if he can.
BUT then...he went MAJORLY SC. Just wait and see.
7pm rolls around and one of the aides comes up to me.
Aide: Hey the patient in 10 is getting really angry that his IV machine keeps beeping *the aides arent allowed to mess with the machines, so I go over to his room to shut it off*
Patient: *already yelling* WHAT THE HELL IS THAT FUCKIN THING BEEPING FOR?
Me: *calm..surprisingly* I already explained to you, you keep bending your arm, its going to go off.
Pt: WELL TURN IT OFF.
Me: I cant turn it off! It will beep every time the fluid cant get through, its a safety feature.
PT: THATS A LIE. EVERYONES TOO LAZY AROUND HERE TO FIX A GODDAMN THING! ITS BULLSHIT. EVERYONES LAZY
Me: *puts hands on hips and looks pretty, generally evil b/c I had been running around FOR and WITH this patient all fuckin day.*
Pt: *takes a step back...this made me LOL* EVeryone but you I mean. ( I swear he said this and I almost cracked up). I wanna take a walk.
Me: Let me get *aides name* and you can go for a walk (something I wouldve done myself, but It was report time and people were waiting on me
Pt: NO...WHEREs that SNOTTY LITTLE BITCH THAT WAS IN HERE BEFORE? That bitch needs to learn her place and get in here and walk me. She needs to learn her place.
Now at this point he lost me, I had no idea what he was talking about. I confusedly excused myself and went over to the other nurses, explain what was said and etc. My preceptor goes in there. Now, shes 6 months preggers and and at this point, had had enough of this guy.
She trys to have a conversation..but he gets to the part when he starts calling someone a "snotty little bitch"..I hear her explode.
NursePreceptor: You WILL NOT speak to me or anyone else on this floor like that. It is UNACCEPTABLE and I refuse to speak to you if thats how youre going to handle this. We offered you a new IV site and you declined. We exaplined why your IV was beeping and you still bend your arm.
Pt: I WANT TO TAKE A WALK...GET THAT BITCH IN HERE, SHE NEEDS TO LEARN HER PLACE.
Nursepreceptor. : I am not speaking with you any longer. *walks out*
I wanted to hug her after that. lol.
Any who....so, no less then 3 different employees go in and try to diffuse the situation...and eventually about 1hr after Im supposed to be off my shift..he calms down, and starts to cry about random shit. Why, I have no idea. At that time,they get him a new IV site and my preceptor informs those in charge that when we (me and her) come in tomorrow, we will not be accepting room 10 for her assignment, so dont bother assigning him to us * i also wanted to high five her for that too*.
**WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS: Apparently, one of the nurses coming onto the shift had walked into his room a little before 7 p, to help him to the bathroom b/c his call light was on....but she apprently didnt help him the way he thought he shouldve been helped (she also had to leave for report, but the patient was squared away by the time she left the room) so she was the snotty bitch for not catering to him like he thought she shoulve. IDK. I was so emotionally drained by the end of this day....ugh. I didnt even want to talk about it til now....and it was like 3 weeks ago. LOL.
- Angelspit, '100%'
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