To all nurses, what are some of the things that medical students do that annoy you?

I am a PCT, but there is a certain pattern of behavior I find irritating. When a student or provider is in the patients room and hits the call bell, when I enter the room to answer the bell, the provider or the patient inform me the patient needs to use the restroom. However, the provider or the patient continue their discussion putting me in a position to either: 1) Awkwardly stand around indefinitely until they are finished talking while other tasks could be done Or 2) Navigate the room to cancel the call bell, smile, and ask the patient to hit the bell again when the provider has left

Moral of the story: please don’t hit the call bell for the patient if you are planning on sticking around for a while, it wastes time for the both of us. I’ve answered at least one call bell a day to this.

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