I know I'm still a newbie. But I'm still shock at how much focus on families of patients take away from care of the patients themselves.
Would you rather me bring you a cup of water, or oh I don't know, find RT because Grandma is desatting on pressure control? Oh you don't know what that means? Because no docs have explained anything to you? And you only come to visit once a week and I need to call the doc NOW so he can tell you what's going on? Ok, Grandma, hold on and suffocate for a few minutes while I fulfill your families every request.
Yes Mrs. Wife, I am your husbands nurse today. What's that? You want to speak to the supervisor? Because no one notified you of your husbands Code Blue until after he got transfered to ICU? Supervisor said next time we'll call you first before we call the code.
Hi Mrs Obese. Yes you're hubby is doing to same today. Yes we're doing our jobs. OH, you got your bill today. And you think we aren't caring for your husband properly because you're self pay. And he's got a decubitus I could fit my head it. Well that might be because he's 500 lbs and almost died everytime we moved him for the first two months he was here. No were are not neglecting him. Yes, I promise. *Meanwhile Mr. Obese is A&O lying in the bed behind her nodding and waving tryng to get her to shut up. But since he's trached with no passy-muir yet, she's ignoring his attempts at defending us.)
I'm a little too new to be this jaded.
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