Saturday, June 25, 2005
Tips For Nurses
In an effort to improve clinician/nurse relationships I have decided to post some helpful tips for nurses:
-When waking me up a 3 a.m. don't start the phone call with "mornin sunshine!"
-When calling about a patient please have their chart with you, oh and make sure it's my patient first. I can't tell you how many times I've argued with a nurse over whether a patient is mine or not.
-Don't wait until 3 a.m. to call and ask me what diet I want on the patient.
-Don't wait until 3 a.m. to call and tell me about that "unresponsive episode" my patient had 12 hours earlier.
-I would really appreciate it if you could refrain from cackling at the top of your lungs and cursing like a drunk sailor while I'm trying to dictate.
-Just because you've never heard of the medication before doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.
-No matter how much they may promise you that they don't, patients tell me everything you say about me.
-(for CCU nurses) The answer to every problem is not more Morphine.
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-When waking me up a 3 a.m. don't start the phone call with "mornin sunshine!"
-When calling about a patient please have their chart with you, oh and make sure it's my patient first. I can't tell you how many times I've argued with a nurse over whether a patient is mine or not.
-Don't wait until 3 a.m. to call and ask me what diet I want on the patient.
-Don't wait until 3 a.m. to call and tell me about that "unresponsive episode" my patient had 12 hours earlier.
-I would really appreciate it if you could refrain from cackling at the top of your lungs and cursing like a drunk sailor while I'm trying to dictate.
-Just because you've never heard of the medication before doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.
-No matter how much they may promise you that they don't, patients tell me everything you say about me.
-(for CCU nurses) The answer to every problem is not more Morphine.
# posted by Joe Florida @ 1:29 PM 
