Expecting Competent Care

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>Kaylene wrote:

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> You are all correct, that no one should have to put up with the stupidity that

can occur. It makes me feel ashamed of my former colleagues.

Kaylene,

I would never take away from the hard working nurses that care but the ones that

just drag themselves around as it is just a pay check, I don't need.

Simple procedures that can be invasive to a patient and cause more problems

because of an RN that doesn't know or care to know what is correct.

Pushing fluids when you can't get a blood return and you just want to get the

med in and get out, is bad and can be lethal. Not getting the air out of the

lines in a IV before pushing the fluids in and not knowing the flow rates that

are to high and would burst a vein, is not acceptable for a RN who knows this as

it is basic Nursing courses.

I have been in the service industry and medical field for over 35 years and I

don't think I ever treated a patient bad, no matter how frustrated I got.

I got frustrated at the system, did not come in the room stating how busy I was

and I had to go to other patients, and then talk about them as the guy with the

knife wound, the lady with the migraine, or the guy with the indigestion to the

patient I was treating at that time. That was Basic Nursing 101- Talking to the

patient you are treating at that moment and giving them your time was the

standard. I found out more about Mr. s' impotence and and his pain down

there.

I did not like that I was " the lady with constipation or full of it (Poop) that

is " when actually I had ileus and was really hurting.

As with any field, they add more and more responsibly and your body will tell

what is right for you and when it is time to leave a job. I hated that feeling

but after I quit one of those jobs, the weight was lifted off my shoulders.

My philosophy is: If you don't like your job and can't be polite or serve

people as they were your only patient one at a time, get out of the field as you

are not doing yourself or the people you serve any good.

Okay, I am off the soapbox now. I just expect competent care and it doesn't take

away from anything or anybody to be kind. I also don't like doing what they

should do and wonder why we couldn't get paid for what we had to do instead of

them or have our bill lowered.

I am so far back in the medical field, I remember patients bringing us canned

goods, pies, and baked goods to tell us how much they appreciated us.

I cannot imaging being irate to a patient, and if I was rushed, I would tell

them I would be right back and appreciate them working with us.

Bennie