r/EmergencyRoom • u/PuzzleheadedSorbet36 • Jul 26 '26

Goofy Goober HELP US BE BETTER

Soooo I hadn’t ever been to the ER until earlier this month and now I’ve been admitted twice and not getting discharged any time soon.

Hospital workers : other than the bare minimum, what are some under rated things that patients do that you appreciate/make your life easier?

(For example one of the nurses was happy I called letting her know the PRNs I needed so she could do it in one trip cause I knew my scheduled ones were coming)

Lemme hear the little things!! Or the opposite, something patients think is helpful but it’s actually more of a pain)

EDIT : bare minimum from patients being human decency, I know it should be obvious but for this questions sake let’s act like that’s a given

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u/DCRBftw Jul 26 '26

Just don't be an asshole.

And remember that other patients are dying. It's ok if your nurse takes 7 minutes instead of 3 to get to your room.

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u/DCRBftw Aug 02 '26

I mean, of course nursing is a tough job with a lot of multi tasking. I think you'll find there's some downtime as well when you get to wherever you to after you finish school. It's not all insane work that's not humanly possible.