Re: [QUAD-L] RN- Quad

[StubanRN]

Thanks for letting me know, W. I haven't met Linda yet. I can honestly say I am still alive because I'm a nurse, an ICU nurse. The people who think nurses are "bad patients" are the ones who border on incompetence themselves. Here's an example of many I could tell you: a new "nurse" is with me, she takes off her shoes and socks and starts digging around her toes and toenails then replaces her shoes and socks. When I ask her to wash her hands before she suctions me, she laughes and I am a "difficult" patient. I guess you can tell this bugs me. A lot!! I know the right way to do things and I expect them done that way. Fungus in my lungs is unacceptable. Managing my feeding tube improperly is unacceptable. Messing up my ventilator is unacceptable. If this makes me "difficult" so be it. I have one caregiver who has been with me 3 years, another 2 years. The ones who find me "difficult" of course don't stay. They can take their incompetent self somewhere else. Yep, I'm pretty feisty! Am I "difficult"? Only to those who are dangerous to me. I'm not ready to check out yet so I will continue to be my own best advocate. Sandy