r/nursing • u/NursingManChristDude BSN, RN, FoC, CRRN, CBIS, PCCN • Sep 16 '24
Nursing Hacks Just....walk out of the room
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".
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u/echoIalia L&D: pussy posse at your cervix 🫡 Sep 16 '24
Omg it feels so good. I once had a patient bitch me out as soon as I entered the room because of how long his call bell had been going off. (Backstory, his was a covid room and I’d been dealing with a massive code brown in a regular room. Like, full bed change massive and everything.) So I told him if he couldn’t be respectful I would leave. He said “so leave!” And I did. I could hear him screaming through the closed door afterwards. It was a major shift in how I approached patients after that.