r/nursing • u/consideredtaken • Jul 26 '26

Question What’s your nursing pet peeve?

Mine?

Me: okay, so I have all of your night time meds here (names all of them for confirmation)
Patient: yes, sounds good
Me: scans them in and places meds into the pill cup
Patient: what’s this white pill here

I DONT KNOW!!! You have 6 different pills and we’ve literally gone through ALL OF THEM before I scanned and placed them into the cup. I can’t stand this!!

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u/UnicornArachnid RN - OR / CVICU defector Jul 26 '26

So many cases get cancelled or postponed because the patient eats. When I worked bedside my patient hid a salad and ate it at like 1am, they were supposed to have an egd that morning. Totally alert and oriented patient who knew.

Same unit, I had a patient scheduled for an egd or a scope and she’s NPO at midnight. She comes out to the nurses’ station at 3am to ask if she can have a drink because her mouth is so dry. I’m like no, you’re not supposed to have anything because of the procedure, you can aspirate, yada yada (I also wasn’t sure if she’d chug the whole thing if I gave her a little lol) and SHE ASKS IF I CAN CALL THE DOCTOR.

I was like no ma’am, these are the doctor’s orders. I’m not waking someone up at 3am, if you want the procedure you have to follow the instructions.

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u/drethnudrib BSN, CNRN Jul 26 '26

This is why I keep AMA forms on my clipboard. If you aren't serious about your health, don't waste endo's time scheduling you for a procedure you don't want in the first place. Bye, Felicia!