I think the most annoying part is having to deal with issues that aren’t really part of patient care - like broken equipment, missing supplies, transfer delays because there’s no bed/room/receiving nurse, etc. The difficulties doing actual patient care I can deal with because those come with the job, but what frustrates me are all these little annoying things that pile up and make my day even more difficult.
The politics.
Shortages of nurses which increase patient loads.
Administration and colleagues who aren't team players.
Feeling like a task master. Having to explain to the surgeon that, yet another, item is on backorder. Being dumped on by surgeons and management. Knowing that if something goes wrong/someone does something wrong, you're going to get the blame. Your IV blowing at the worst time (always ready to infiltrate when you need to start a unit of PRBCs). Wasting time looking for equipment. Needing to be professional when people are incredibly rude.
It for me would be supplies not being stocked, equipment not working, coming behind someone else's mistakes and trying to fix that, no detailed reports etc.
Working every other weekend. You miss so much of your children’s lives and you are always worried you won’t be able to get off for important events like weddings, family celebrations, friends gatherings…once/month is manageable but twice a month is not!!
People who wonder why we don’t know the answers to all their medical questions because as they say “you’re a nurse—shouldn’t you know this?”
GD female RN drama!!! Geez, you heifer's can’t get along if your life depended on it.
Having individuals with zero clinical experience or clinical education make decisions for clinicians
Other nurses and staff that constantly whine about everything. I especially hate the talk about their home life. Especially to patients
All the " Higher-Ups" who some administrators are lazy. Sitting while changing policies and procedures frequently and my life is confusing at work..
Starting CRRT as a last ditch effort to appease the family that, “We have done everything we can.”
Being harassed by heart central to do things within the scope of practice of a CNA, the administration, the inhuman way managers ruin the lives of their employees...
