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10 Things to NEVER Say to a Nurse
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Nurses get it all: The good, the bad, and the (very, very!) ugly. From pushy patients to bossy doctors, nurses handle it all with grace. But there are some things that can get under the most tolerant nurse’s skin.
We’ve put together a top 10 list if the comments that are guaranteed to make a nurse’s blood boil. Ever felt like strangling someone with your stethoscope? Then you’ve probably just heard one of these 10 things.
Flossy1
28 days ago
2 comments
"While your down there"!!! Ha ha not heard that before.
DebbieToller
about 1 month ago
10 comments
I have something wrong with my middle leg!! That's what i have had from several male patients and from men i meet!! I just answer "Really!!"
Handbagqueen
6 months ago
4 comments
People sometimes drop it a notch when I say I am a nurse ! For example they start to speak slowly and enunciate while saying " oh you must be so patient ? " ERRRR no actuallly I am not thick and deaf either so please don't speak down to me ! My son was watching a scrub nurse on Holby City and said "do you do that ?" so I said " yes" to which he replied " oh so you pass stuff then ? " . I wear scrubs and sometimes the patients don't know if I am a Dr or a nurse , interesting the different perspectives you get.You need broad shoulders in this job !
smileynurse09
6 months ago
18 comments
As a student nurse, i have all this to lookforward too!! :)
What do actually reply, or do you reply to these kind of comments?
uni_nurse
6 months ago
4 comments
' While I'm here'..................there's something I want to discuss but I don't want to waste the doctor's time.........(so I'll waste yours instead).
uni_nurse
6 months ago
4 comments
Oh you work at the uni? So you see a lot of alcohol-related incidents and unwanted pregnacies!!!!!!!!!!!grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
mark_sheldon
6 months ago
2 comments
Used to annoy me now I just smile...."Oh, you're a *male* nurse!"
Mmm? Yes I am a man & a nurse :-)
Makunde
7 months ago
2 comments
I agree it takes a special skill to be a nurse.We nurses are always steroetyped.The most annoying thing someone asked me was have you got you doctor yet .And I went hell no .
nursecathie
7 months ago
150 comments
Clairebear I agree with you.
Its soooooo annoying when ppl ask you this q! I think the variation I've had is 'are you not clever enough to be a doctor?' bleep bleep bleep f***ing bleep!!!!! Enough said!!!!
trapieter
7 months ago
10 comments
our ward is run by a nursing consultant and nurse specialists... you can imagine how confused the old dears are " I've been here a week and I still haven't seen a proper doctor" I think its beyond comprehension for some but our ward runs well and the nurse con makes beds, does washes.. lol love to see a dr do that!!!
Clairebear
7 months ago
10 comments
ARRGGHHH!!! Why didn't I become a doctor!! So many people have asked me this and it really and truly is an insult to people still training!! Thank you for putting this in writting :)
samantha1530
7 months ago
2 comments
Wipe my bum
hardupnurse
7 months ago
2 comments
Re no 7, "Nurses take orders from doctors": that's one of the funniest things about Holby City. The doctors tell the nurse to take a break, go home early & help out on another ward etc. And they reprimand them for being late etc. He, he. Gi's a break,man.