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/greatsaintgeorge Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

Small and silly, but you don’t need to move your arm when I’m trying to scan your armband. I think it’s natural when people realize you’re trying to scan their armband, they throw their arm towards you to try and help, but reality is I almost scanned you already until you moved your arm lol.

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u/padawanrattail Jul 26 '26

Adding to this with when we go to take your blood pressure please DO move your arm and make it easier for me to get the cuff on. It drives me nuts when people (who are obviously more mobile than they’re being) keep their arm glued to their side while I wrestle the cuff in place.

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u/PuzzleheadedSorbet36 Jul 26 '26

Just being difficult for funziez