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Jazmine
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How busy is a nurse
Is it hard to deal with some Patient that don’t let you touch them #nurse
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Suzanne Swain Brint
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Hello Jazmine,
This is Sue and I am a retired oncology (cancer) nurse. I've only had the experience of a couple of adults being unwilling to be "touched" especially if that touch meant drawing blood or giving an injection. Patients that are younger or who have mental health issues will the type of patients that resist touch.
When people are ill, they are very vulnerable. They often feel awful, they are scared and they are seeking care and comfort. Nurses are the healthcare providers most often tasked with very personal care: administering medications, starting IVs, providing healthcare information and education, giving hands on care. We are trained to provide this physical care with the utmost sensitivity and compassion. This approach mitigates the resistance a patient might feel to having a perfect stranger touch them in sometimes quite intimate ways. If a patient remains resistant to "touch", we will talk to them, call in for spiritual and psychological assistance, or use less invasive techniques to administer what the patient might need. We always attempt to alleviate any fear and anxiety and treat each patient with respect and kindness.
I hope this answers your question.
Sue
This is Sue and I am a retired oncology (cancer) nurse. I've only had the experience of a couple of adults being unwilling to be "touched" especially if that touch meant drawing blood or giving an injection. Patients that are younger or who have mental health issues will the type of patients that resist touch.
When people are ill, they are very vulnerable. They often feel awful, they are scared and they are seeking care and comfort. Nurses are the healthcare providers most often tasked with very personal care: administering medications, starting IVs, providing healthcare information and education, giving hands on care. We are trained to provide this physical care with the utmost sensitivity and compassion. This approach mitigates the resistance a patient might feel to having a perfect stranger touch them in sometimes quite intimate ways. If a patient remains resistant to "touch", we will talk to them, call in for spiritual and psychological assistance, or use less invasive techniques to administer what the patient might need. We always attempt to alleviate any fear and anxiety and treat each patient with respect and kindness.
I hope this answers your question.
Sue
Melissa Haltom, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
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The short answer is: extremely busy.
Hospital nursing is caring for individuals who cannot care for themselves in some capacity for 12 hours at a time. All patients in the hospital need 24 hour care, and the shifts are split between the day and night shifts (7am-7pm and 7pm-7am).
Deciding what to do in the hours of your life that you will be at work is one of the most important decisions you will make in your life.
Most people would consider themselves busy at work, no matter what the job title! Deciding what kind of busy to be....that is the question!
If you decide nursing is for you, be the best nurse out there! Your patients deserve it!
All the best to you,
Melissa
Hospital nursing is caring for individuals who cannot care for themselves in some capacity for 12 hours at a time. All patients in the hospital need 24 hour care, and the shifts are split between the day and night shifts (7am-7pm and 7pm-7am).
Deciding what to do in the hours of your life that you will be at work is one of the most important decisions you will make in your life.
Most people would consider themselves busy at work, no matter what the job title! Deciding what kind of busy to be....that is the question!
If you decide nursing is for you, be the best nurse out there! Your patients deserve it!
All the best to you,
Melissa