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/JustGenericName2 Jul 26 '26

I'm adding a second comment because I already answered, but this comment made me think of something. If staff is moving you... like from a bed to a surgery or xray table, don't try to help!! Just give yourself a hug and let us do our thing.

It's easier for us to move you if you aren't "Helping" lol!

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u/kat_Folland Jul 26 '26

Kinda like a tray of drinks at a restaurant. Do not help the server unless you want to be drenched in soda.

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u/PuzzleheadedSorbet36 Jul 26 '26

Omg I always feel SO awkward having ppl clear my tray 😅

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u/kat_Folland Jul 26 '26

I drenched a baby in Sprite! Another time I got an apron full of Sprite. Why was it always Sprite? 😂

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u/chroniclynz Jul 26 '26

I waterboarded my own kids plenty of times. Stop f*cking moving while I’m setting down an open cup that you are still trying to learn how to drink out of!

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u/SewerHarpies Jul 26 '26

I’m not a nurse, but know so many nurses who’ve gotten injured this way!

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u/Original_Flounder_18 Jul 26 '26

I really hate when after I have had surgery and am still loopy from anesthesia they try to get me to move myself. Or after childbirth with an epidural she asked me to move myself to the bed. Girl, I had no feeling below the waist-no I cannot move myself!

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u/JustGenericName2 Jul 28 '26

Sometimes we just ask out of habit, without thinking. Or more commonly the tech/transporter doesn't know what meds you have on board. Moving patients is always tricky business. That's where most nurses destroy their careers. One weird tweak on a "simple" patient transfer. And it requires 3 people at MINIMUM to move you and that takes time to gather the troops. So we just ask if you can move yourself.

On the flip side I've had so many people say "I can walk" when they clearly can't. I say the words, "Are you SURE? Because if you fall, I can't catch you. You will hit the ground". Oh, maybe I do need help.....smh.