Reflection On Tolerance In Patient Care

Appreciation and Tolerance
Tolerance in Patient Care
I try to be tolerant, but sometimes I am not if I am being honest. I had one incident that I do not know where I got the strength to remain tolerant in caring for this patient. I was one of the first persons to come up on an accident; a nurse had been driving a car and had hit a person on a bicycle, it was dark outside and the person on the bike was in dark clothes and had no lights on the bike. The nurse that had hit the person on the bike was not functioning well and was having a hard time trying to provide care for the person; she had not stabilized the head and was not using the precautions she needed to. The person who was hit was was drunk and being belligerent, but was severely injured. …show more content…
At this time another person stopped to help. I had that person take over holding the head and I continued to work on the patient, who was calling me nasty names and was trying to spit on me and the other person holding his head. I was trying to stop the bleeding and stabilize the patient as much as I could. This patient had a broken arm, leg, possible pelvic facture and head injury. He kept trying to spit on the people who were trying to help him. I need to tell you I would rather be punched fully in the face then spit upon, I feel spitting on someone is one of the lowest things you can do to a person. It took all I had to continue to care for this person until the ambulance arrived, the longest twenty minutes of my life. After the ambulance crew loaded up the patient and left, I went to check on the nurse that had hit him she was sitting in her car crying and waiting for the police to interview her. I sat with her, told her it was going to be ok, and asked her if she had someone she could call to come and get her, or would she like me to take her home after she finished with her police interview. She …show more content…
I was very committed to making sure this patient was being medicated as needed, turning and making him and keeping him as comfortable as possible. His family kept requesting that I be his nurse, they told my charge nurse, that I knew how to take care of him, and when “Robin is his nurse he does not moan in pain and she makes sure he is comfortable and well taken care of”. This family tried to give me money, which I did not take, but I appreciated that this family recognized the care I was giving to their family member. Nurses need to provide the best possible care for their patients and be compassionate and supportive to family