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8 the post:

"seriously...do you really have to change out the freaking latex gloves at 1:40am?? i bet that freaking box can stay empty until 7am without any problems!!!!"

the replies:

"they do crazy stuff in the hospital to keep the patient and visitors from getting any sleep that's for sure. i hope your brother is getting better. thinking of you and praying for him and the family. hugs."


"oh i'm with you girl! you can not get rest in a hospital. it's either checking bp,or waking you up to give you meds come on people!"



i understand this person is distressed with their loved one in the hospital, but it is a hospital, not a hotel. ok, maybe changing out the gloves can wait, but you never know when there is an emergency, and people need them. and, we are required to make sure the patient is stable during the night and check in on them. at times, it seems you cannot win...either not doing enough or doing too much. we do some "crazy stuff" to purposely keep you awake, like checking bp and giving medications. i think the replies bother me more...so rude, unappreciative, etc... what happened to respect for caring for you or your loved one? guess they would have to walk in our shoes...hate that saying, but most medical staff have empathy, and we have also been in the hospital, and/or we have had a loved one there. Last edit by KarmaComesAround on Nov 14, '10
The post the day before the other one: "Lord give me the patience to deal w these people at hospital. Its not my brother's fault they are short handed. You'd think they would make sure this flr is staffed.....Deep breath and AMEN!"Ok, apparently, not doing enough or checking in enough, but not sure...

I hear ya but I bet those same people will be all over us IF something happened in the night and we were not there because "we were letting them rest".. It is a no win situation. You are in the hospital because you are sick, need care and yes you can become unstable very quickly.. BP checks in the middle of the night are a must on our floor. Our pts code or crash very quick. I have seen many a few minutes earlier O&A X 3 and then 10 minutes later unresponsive.. It is unreal.

When I have a patient who is sleeping and I know I will eventually come into the room for vitals signs, or whatever, I do warn them in advance. "Just a heads up, I know you are trying to get some sleep, but I will come in at about XX to do XX". No one is surprised when I wake them up after.As far as changing the glove box at 1am, I most likely would have just put a new box ON TOP of the old box and change it out in the morning or whenever I came in to wake the patient up for vitals, etc.

Quote from KarmaComesAroundThe post the day before the other one: "Lord give me the patience to deal w these people at hospital. Its not my brother's fault they are short handed. You'd think they would make sure this flr is staffed.....Deep breath and AMEN!"Ok, apparently, not doing enough or checking in enough, but not sure...

When I was in the hospital as a patient recently a nurse woke me up at 2am to do an admission assessment. I can't write here what I said to her.

people aren't in the hospital because they need sleep. if that's all they needed, they could stay home. they're in the hospital to be monitored. i understand that it's aggravating to be woken up at 2am to do an assessment -- but i seriously doubt that anyone held off on your assessment until 2am just to be nasty. you came in late, someone else was coding or crawling out of bed or trying to leave ama or something kept the staff from your bedside until 2am. instead of being proud of how nasty you can be to the nurse who annoyed you, you might stop and think about the reason you're in the hospital. she was just doing what she was supposed to be doing -- monitoring you.

You don't get rest in the hospital. You get rest at home after discharge.

Quote from karmacomesaroundi understand this person is distressed with their loved one in the hospital, but it is a hospital, not a hotel. ok, maybe changing out the gloves can wait, but you never know when there is an emergency, and people need them. and, we are required to make sure the patient is stable during the night and check in on them. at times, it seems you cannot win...either not doing enough or doing too much. we do some "crazy stuff" to purposely keep you awake, like checking bp and giving medications. i think the replies bother me more...so rude, unappreciative, etc... what happened to respect for caring for you or your loved one? guess they would have to walk in our shoes...hate that saying, but most medical staff have empathy, and we have also been in the hospital, and/or we have had a loved one there.

Im not even accepted into my nursing program yet, and this makes me mad. Some people are so clueless

Quote from bill4745When I was in the hospital as a patient recently a nurse woke me up at 2am to do an admission assessment. I can't write here what I said to her.

I've spent a bunch of time 'in house' as a patient. Depends a lot on the circumstances. As an MS patient, I need my sleep. Especially on an acute rehab floor. Nurses should maintain some respect for sleep, it's a great therapy.

People do forget what the hospital is for. It is most definately not a motel. If someone is ill and in the hospital, then they get continuous 24 hour care around the clock. The hospital is not closed at night for a reason. I would be willing to bet that if no nurse came in at night to do their job and something did happen, then you would be singing a different song. We would hear how crappy the care was, and about lazy nurses not doing their job. You can't have it both ways. Nurses have care to provide at night just as well as the daytime. I really can't even believe I am hearing this! Complaints over getting too much care. So if this is indeed what you are complaining about, then your loved one if lucky. If it's because it's keeping you up at night, go home. It's the old catch 22 once again, danged if you do, danged if you don't!!!!