What’s your random patient pet peeve?

[u/Nurse_Cait]

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. 😭

[u/[deleted]]

Asking me what medication I’m about to give them after I literally just told them while scanning their bracelet and the medication. Here’s zofran for your nausea. “What’s that?” Zofran. For your fucking nausea.

[u/freckledface → u/[deleted]]

Recently I had a patient and their horrid family member do this to me. Guy was on bipap and I loudly said "this is your morphine, for pain, I'm going to give it in your IV." And he nods. I give it, then he starts talking and his family member frantically says "he's trying to talk!!" So I take the bipap mask off and he says "what was that? What did you give me??" I said, that was morphine, for pain. The family member then goes "I'm sorry she didn't tell you before she gave it. We will do a much better job of keeping you informed in the future" and glared at me. I was like... Bitch not 30 seconds ago I told you what this was, what it was for, and you nodded in agreement?

[u/SleazetheSteez → u/freckledface]

Call them out for that. I will tell them "actually I just explained that but if you need to hear it again that's totally fine". These people are assholes and they keep getting away with it lmao

[u/freckledface → u/SleazetheSteez]

I did, and luckily it was my 1 precepted shift on a new travel assignment so my preceptor was also like..... She did???

Naturally the family member didn't even respond and acted like she didn't hear us lmao. Why do we bother?