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/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.