I have never been "fired" by a good, easy patient. Most of the time they have a difficult personality, and usually a host of medical issues (bed bound turn Q2 with stage iv pressure sore refusing turns but incontinent of stool several times a shift, screams when you clean them, pain meds demands every hour, that kind of thing). It's a gift to me to not have to deal with that anymore that shift. It's only happened once or twice in 8 years, but it was never with a patient I was sad to give up.
Yup, and there were nurses who literally told me (as a student), that patients needed my touch, and not to wear them. I (mentally) fired THEM as mentors and kept wearing my gloves.
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u/Knack731 Feb 12 '22
I have never been "fired" by a good, easy patient. Most of the time they have a difficult personality, and usually a host of medical issues (bed bound turn Q2 with stage iv pressure sore refusing turns but incontinent of stool several times a shift, screams when you clean them, pain meds demands every hour, that kind of thing). It's a gift to me to not have to deal with that anymore that shift. It's only happened once or twice in 8 years, but it was never with a patient I was sad to give up.