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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 24. 07. 2024
- How do you manage difficult patients? How can you manage disgruntled patients? If you're a medical professional, watch this video for some tips!
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When encountering a patient who is being "difficult," the first thing you need to do is take a deep breath. The patient is most likely experiencing a lot of stress or anxiety and simply just taking it out on you. Itâs important to remain calm, no matter how difficult the situation may be.
âĄïž 1. Empathize With the Patient
Itâs important to remember that theyâre going through a tough time, and most likely, theyâre just taking their frustrations out on you because youâre the closest person to them.
âĄïž 2. Let the Patient Tell Their Story
Sometimes, all a patient wants is to be heard. In many cases, they just need to vent and let everything out. If you can, let them tell their story without interruption. Just listen to what they have to say and try to understand where theyâre coming from.
âĄïž 3. Stay Calm, Cool, and Collected
This one is easier said than done. But itâs important to try and remain calm during difficult situations such as this. If you let the patient see that theyâre getting to you, itâll only make the situation worse. Theyâll know that they have the upper hand, and theyâll continue to act out.
âĄïž 4. Donât Take it Personally
When a patient is taking out their frustrations on you, it actually doesnât mean that they donât like you as a person. Their issue is likely not about you but about the situation that theyâre in.
âĄïž 5. Connect With the Patient
If you can establish a connection with the patient, itâll be easier to understand where theyâre coming from and what theyâre going through. And after they begin acting out, it will be much easier to disarm the situation if youâve already established a connection.
âĄïž 6. Never Argue
Agitated patients may attempt to maneuver you into an argument. While you are entitled to your own opinion, it is imperative that you do not engage in a heated argument with the patient. This will only escalate the situation and make it more difficult to manage.
âĄïž 7. Set Boundaries
You always want to do your best to help patients in need, but you must do so within a set of boundaries. Never let a patient push you around. Sometimes patients will ask for things just to see if they can actually get away with it.
âĄïž 8. Keep Stress to a Minimum
If youâre dealing with stress and personal issues while on the job, itâll be a lot more difficult to sympathize with patients who are giving you a hard time.
âĄïž 9. Control Your Body Language
Your body language says a lot, even if youâre not saying anything at all. Non-verbal communication is a very powerful tool. Thatâs why itâs important to be aware of your body language when youâre interacting with patients. Patients can pick up on even the smallest of cues.
âĄïž 10. Ask for Help
If youâre having a difficult time managing a patient, donât be afraid to ask for help. Thereâs no shame in admitting that you need assistance. In fact, itâs actually a sign of strength.
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â°TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
1:03 - Empathize With the Patient
1:24 - Let the Patient Tell Their Story
1:48 - Stay Calm, Cool, and Collected
2:17 - Donât Take it Personally
2:35 - Connect With the Patient
2:59 - Never Argue
3:30 - Set Boundaries
4:00 - Keep Stress to a Minimum
4:32 - Control Your Body Language
5:10 - Ask for Help
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What can you do about a GP who won't let you talk - she already knows whats wrong with you and why!!!!!! I'm changing PA's
Awesome Topic! I would say no. 4 - Donât Take it Personally is a really good one, though it is easier said than done sometimes.
Great topic. I just got released tonight after an 8 day stay to ditch my pneumoniaâŠ
As with every job in this life, youâre gonna come across just as many patients (clients) that know less about their health and treatments as you will encounter those who know 10x more about their health issues than yourself. I had 3 RTâs walk away without connecting the oxygen tube they just disconnected 5 minutes before a treatment. Iâm ok with letting them know their mistake without being condescending towards them. I do think that many nurses look down on RTâs which is bullshitâŠbecause I find them very undereducated with only booksmarts instead of compassion. It is what it is
"Upper hand"? like we're intentionally being difficult? How do you deal with difficult doctors who lie about things you've already researched many times and know better? Ya know, the doctors who treat the symptoms and act like they don't know the route cause? Yeah, how do you deal with that?
@@johnskarns1607 That's a great idea! However, I've been through too many doctors who are like that to even trust another one ever again. I get more accurate information about my conditions from my research, I just get tired of it because I have ADHD and can't read too much because my brain automatically distracts itself and I don't retain much of the info. I'm beginning to think that my life itself is actively killing me. I give up. If I'm meant to live, whatever's wrong with me will go away. Otherwise, it doesn't much matter as I have nothing to live for anyway. đ
Q: *Whatâs the difference between God and a doctor?*
A: _God doesnât think Heâs a doctor._
@@DaRyteJuan Another difference between god and a doctor is that doctors actually exist. đ€Ł
@@travismorse4762 True. But thatâs not how the joke goes. lol
@@DaRyteJuan I guess you're right, but it's funny either way. đ
09/20/2022 How do I handle a difficult ER DR? Very well known about her history of near abuse. COmments to upper staff. Shortage of staff. She was over scheduled. She worked all night. All BS. She would not allow any clean up of blood on neck, shoulders, chest, back, arm and hands. I refused OXY. She went nuts. Wrote me up as a difficult patient on permanent record. Rude, short temper, and bad sercice. She forbade other staff to help. I had to return to ER by Ambulance. Different ER DR. So much better but would not discuss the other DRs work. Management said she was overscheduled, short staff. My record is now scarred. Don
If youâre a patient, donât feel the need to tell your doctor your lifeâs story. Just answer their questions. Less is more. Your doctor doesnât like it if you think you know more than him or her. So keep your answers as short as possible.
Youâll Never Guess What Happened To Me! I was given a brain cat scan a year ago for nothing out of malpractice and then the doctor said I donât know why you were given a brain cat scan. I went in for gas in the stomach and got a brain cat scan smh. After the scan I started having foamy urine to this day, dark spots appearing on left foot, toe pain, flank pain and pain in the kidneys in the back that comes and goes, burning in stomach, frequent urination and much more. I got a kidney ultrasound and it came back normal, urine test and it was also normal, no protein but I still have foamy urine for a year now, flank pain and toe pain. What should I do? Iâm Only 33 Years Old! A Young Black Male. I Want The Foamy Urine To End Please
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@@mountainmedium111 I got no dye! I was told to just lie there! Nothing was done besides the scan!
I find the more the patient is disagreeable and difficult. The more the nurse bothers them ,, just stay away give the patient some room, donât bark donât be bossy, sarcastic and demandingâŠ
Give âem a hot enema !
Thatâs fucking weird
Lol....or sedate them....that's 1 way to handle a patient
I know 1 way straight how to manage a difficult patient....One way and the only way: SEDATE THEM... Bam....easy as that.... lol đ€Łđđ€Ł
In the U.S, sedation is usually welcomed by the patient, but frowned upon by the lawyers and finger pointers who essentially are choosing your â best interest â for your livelihood and health. You have to tell them how itâs gonna be, or youâll get pushed in the ER room hallway for hours
@@jphb7730 your right....here by us they push you in the ER hallways for hours and make you wait until you pass out or fall over before they will attend to you and not even then i think they would
The more easy way to manage difficult patient is just to ignore them, actually we help them when they need but if it not urgent just leave them. This is happening to me as well.
What youâre saying is hospitals are war zones, conflict between patient and nurse is unnatural. Something is definitely wrong with the system and how nurses perceive patients, health care is definitely screwed up, patients are the enemy, and that crazyâŠ
Just lock them in the morgueâŠâŠâŠ