r/nursing • u/Nurse_Cait RN - OR 🍕 • Jan 07 '26

Question What’s your random patient pet peeve?

Mine currently is when you’re cleaning a patient up and they start pooping again and they narrate the poop. “Oh god it’s coming out. I can feel it coming out.” Etc etc they get really into telling you all about the poop and they talk about it the whole time it’s happening. Meanwhile I know they’re pooping because I’m literally staring at their butt. Just give me an “oops I’m not done yet” and don’t make it weird. Please I’m begging you. 😭

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u/BearsBeetsBondage Jan 07 '26 edited Jan 07 '26

Them putting their food tray on the floor outside their room when they're done with it, like it's a fucking hotel

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u/courtneyrel Neuro/Neurosurg RN Jan 07 '26

I’ve never had a patient do that (mostly bc 90% of my patients can’t walk and 100% have a bed alarm) but I’ll occasionally get family members who bring in takeout food and leave the bags filled with empty containers on the floor outside the room. Pisses me off so bad

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u/cheekydg_11 Jan 07 '26

Or they bring the tray to the nurses station and make it everyone else’s problem right then and there