Patients Please Leave Your Crazy Friends, Friends With Benefits at Home

There is nothing worse than a crazy "friend" at the bedside.  This crazy "friend" is the type of friend who doesn't want to be present for an invasive procedure-- an IV or a foley insertion, but will get in everyones' face, and I do me everyone!  They will stop you from talking to your own patient, they will stop you mid sentence with a colleague, you might not have anything to do with their "friend's" care, but they will attempt to hold you accountable as if you have the power to know every patient and every patients' health issues and the plan for care.  And if you god forbid say, "let me find the nurse caring for XXX", it turns out that that is the kiss of death.  See the friend isn't really interested in shutting the fuck up in order of the staff to try to help, he or she is there pacing the hall, obstructing the hall, hanging over other patients for attention.  They rant and rave.  They complain and refuse to leave the area, but they were never actually in the area holding the hand of the "friend".  It is truly an amazing phenomena while you are actively attempting to help the patients you can't because the "friend" just wants to argue, and for what?

What's So Hard About Doing Your Job?

I've worked in a couple of ERs over the years and I am often left wondering why people find it so hard to just do their job.  I don't mean all people, but some people.  What makes it even more frustrating is when the job is to just stay awake and keep an eye on a psych patient.  Seriously why  is it so difficult?

What is even worse is when you wake up the sleeping employee or ask them to remove their earbuds so they can hear what you have already said to them, and they get pissed.

Seriously.  I run around for 12 hours and I'm lucky if I have the time to pee...  but somebody is actually getting paid to sit and their responsibility is to really just stay awake and get the nurse is the patient needs something.

My rant is over!!!