I have to vent! I can’t stand new nurses!
There is a period of time that each nurse has to relay their patient’s information to the incoming nurse, and it is usually around 7 am and again at 7pm. They pretty much give a quick explanation of the events that happened throughout the day to the incoming nurse. It is extremely important that they give the correct information to the other nurse before clocking out. Well, one morning as my night nurse was giving her report to the day nurse; she woke me and introduced the day nurse to me. I was frustrated because first off, it was 7am and my blinds were still closed…. Second, the white board in my room says “Do NOT wake up for report!” I seriously tried to be nice and say “good morning,” but seeing how the night nurse had to turn on the bright light every time she checked in on me, I was in a bad mood. It isn’t like I could get up and leave the hospital area! I would rather be introduced to the day nurse later in the DAY…not the crack of dawn. But later I figured out that the day nurse was completely new to this hospital or just nursing in general.
I have to vent! I can’t stand new nurses!
There is a period of time that each nurse has to relay their patient’s information to the incoming nurse, and it is usually around 7 am and again at 7pm. They pretty much give a quick explanation of the events that happened throughout the day to the incoming nurse. It is extremely important that they give the correct information to the other nurse before clocking out. Well, one morning as my night nurse was giving her report to the day nurse; she woke me and introduced the day nurse to me. I was frustrated because first off, it was 7am and my blinds were still closed…. Second, the white board in my room says “Do NOT wake up for report!” I seriously tried to be nice and say “good morning,” but seeing how the night nurse had to turn on the bright light every time she checked in on me, I was in a bad mood. It isn’t like I could get up and leave the hospital area! I would rather be introduced to the day nurse later in the DAY…not the crack of dawn. But later I figured out that the day nurse was completely new to this hospital or just nursing in general.
In the morning, the nurse has to give me my day pills and usually it is fast, and I chug down the medication. This time, because the nurse is brand-spanking new, he had to read off EVERY pill and side effect before I got them in my hand. Mind you, I have had all these pills for years and I know them like the back of my hand. Anyways, he was really nice and seemed so happy to “teach me” all about the medication, so I just smiled and nodded. 30 minutes later, he was finally done talking and I finished taking my medication. Throughout the whole day the nurse acted like a cheerful little kid whenever he had to give me medication…but I was not in the mood to be excited with him.
New nurses are nice and sweet but I just can’t take it when they take forever, or when they feel the need to feed me my medicine as if I don’t have hands. I am 19 and have been taking medicine forever, please do NOT try to give me my pills
