People’s entitlement

So I was between codes on a multi-code patient, and one of my other patients happens to walk out of her room, past all of the hallway patients, past the code room that is extending its chaos into the hall, and tells me “Bye, I’m going to another hospital. Nobody is paying attention to me here.”Keep in mind. This lady has only been here for an hour and a half, and I specifically drew her blood an hour ago and said “I have to go to an emergency. Either I or the doctor will be back in 1-2 hours when your results come back. Hit the call light if you need anything.”it was “Alright. Let me take your IV out.”it was “ And she didn’t like that at all. She complained to my charge (AS I BEGIN CODING THIS PATIENT AGAIN) and complained about how she’s been waiting 20 WHOLE minutes for her tylenol! and that I was a horrible nurse and I’m just trying to make her leave and I don’t really care.Some days I just don’t understand people’s entitlement.

Published by cooltow

4 years ago

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kking375 4 years ago

They feel like they need to be the center of everybody's world

nyhorntoad 4 years ago

You're MUCH better off.. Let he go be someone else's pain in the ass! If she can get up and walk out, she didn't need to be in the ER in the first place!

cooltow Publisher 4 years ago

to weasel40870 : I was here first why aren't you taking care of my headache because he's having a heart attack and you are not

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weasel40870 4 years ago

Everyone thinks they have to first and don’t matter who needs it worse

cooltow Publisher 4 years ago

to ShamelessPerv : You have at least one everytime in the ER that's why I hate working down there

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ShamelessPerv 4 years ago

Maybe she wanted the full code treatment. Having her ribs broken from CPR, plus maybe a defibrillator shock while conscious (may as well skip the initial shock and go straight to 360) will definitely let her know she's receiving attention.

rivdriver 4 years ago

Another fine use of a hospital bed!!!