Just....walk out of the room

[u/NursingManChristDude]

Here's a PSA for my fellow nurses, in case anyone hasn't realized they can do this:

If a patient is being rude to you, just walk out of the room. If necessary, don't even say anything beforehand. When you return, at the time of your choosing, simply ask them "Are you ready to be more respectful?"

I haven't had to do this often, because I am aware of he misogynistic attitude patients have in treating me, a male, with more respect than my fellow female employees.

But, it's like having a secret weapon in your back pocket at all times, and you should never feel disrespected/mistreated/abused by your patients. They need you, not the other way around. This certainly falls under the category of "nursing hack".

[u/Gretel_Cosmonaut]

Yeah, but sometimes they will hop in their wheelchair and continue screaming at you as they make their way down the hall.

[u/vegasdrago → u/Gretel_Cosmonaut]

That's when they can leave

[u/Gretel_Cosmonaut → u/vegasdrago]

They can, but they don’t

[u/vegasdrago → u/Gretel_Cosmonaut]

Security can escort them to the wr

[u/Gretel_Cosmonaut → u/vegasdrago]

That’s just not realistic. If I had the personal authority to have patients thrown out, believe me, I’d use it. But I don’t.

[u/Poundaflesh → u/Gretel_Cosmonaut]

The fuck it ain’t! You can’t have them discharged but you can certainly have Security escort them back to their room!

[u/Gretel_Cosmonaut → u/Poundaflesh]

They can come back out! Are we allowed to lock them in there? Please say yes.

[u/Poundaflesh → u/Gretel_Cosmonaut]

Depending on the dress down they get from Security, they may stay there on their own!

[u/purplepe0pleeater → u/[deleted]]

That doesn’t work when your patients are being held against their will.

[u/purplepe0pleeater → u/[deleted]]

Our hospital administration pressures charge nurses to admit patients who clearly are going to be problems with assaultive and disrespectful behavior. The hospital just wants money. They don’t care about how the nurses and staff are treated. Once they come into our hospital they are nearly impossible to discharge because nobody will take them because their behaviors are so unsafe. We cannot discharge them to the street because that is unsafe for the community. The jails won’t take them because of their mental illness.

[u/purplepe0pleeater → u/[deleted]]

I doubt OSHA cares. OSHA didn’t care about the crap going on during Covid.

[u/Firegrl → u/[deleted]]

This also doesn't work with veterans. We can not deny care to any vet, so no, it's not always cut and dry like you think.

[u/bionicfeetgrl → u/Firegrl]

I’ve had veterans as pts. One time my coworker and I had a pt acting a fool and he did the “I’m a veteran” line as if it justified his behavior. Well he wasn’t expecting the two of us to answer back “so are we”. That shut him up real quick.

That’s right mofo. You’re not the only one in this room who served. But you’re the only one acting like an a$$. So calm down.

[u/Gretel_Cosmonaut → u/[deleted]]

You’re right. Next time I’m going to fight them until there’s blood everywhere. Managers who aren’t with me are against me, and I’m going to fight them too.

But seriously, I’m pretty good about finding balance. Plus, I tend to not care when someone runs their mouth at me. It’s just words, and I’m not that excitable. It’s even amusing, at times.