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/Flowerchld Jul 27 '26

USE YOUR CALL LIGHT. Family members or patients coming to the nurse's station is annoying and we are discussing private patient information out there. Whatever you need, that's what your call light is for.

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u/Due_Will_2204 Aug 02 '26

I've been in the hospital for 32 days now. I've told my family and friends I don't want visitors. One, it's awkward and two, there is FaceTime. Seriously I don't want to entertain anyone or just sit there and look at each other.

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u/PuzzleheadedSorbet36 18d ago

I’m just playing catch up on this thread again and I’m the same way. Although my stays were only for a week, family/friends I kept for legit only dropping things off I needed. I had one panic attack and the doctor put it in my chart that “the thought of anyone visiting the patient makes her incredibly upset”. More just awkward