Nurse commenting on house

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My neighbour had a community nurse around today while I was there. When the nurse walked in she commented on my neighbours photo on the wall of a dog and asked who the dog is/was. Neighbour told her. She then used the bathroom and came out saying it was a beautiful bathroom!! Neighbour thanked her. As she was leaving she commented on a painting on the wall and asked her who had painted it.

AIBU to think healthcare professions shouldn’t comment on people’s houses? What does she say if she walks into a shithole?

Either

1. OP is going to drip feed about how the nurse kicked a kitten in the face on the way out
2. Goady fucker and the above didn’t happen
3. Has been licking Pritt stick

Seriously? She was just being nice and made your neighbour feel at ease.

OP bored?

& this along with other reasons is why I left nursing

She could well have been making conversation.
On the other hand, working in the emergency services it is so, so nice to go into a clean home. Most of the time we wipe our feet on the way out.......

She sounds lovely, I’m not a nurse but do lots of home visits and would very rarely use the bathroom.

@QueenAnneBoleyn I had the police out once and being emergency services myself I offered a brew. She stuck her head in the kitchen, glanced around and said "oh yes please" they accepted cake too

absolutley true that any hcp using the bathroom is praise indeed!

been in houses where I wouldn`t even sit down anywhere, let alone use a bathroom, accept food and drink!

OP grow up.

YesQueen That is high praise indeed!

What is your job op? Perhaps we can all wade in and moan about how you do your job too.

Wow OP, overwhelming response!
You're not going to come back but I truly hope that you take these comments on board.
You are everything that is wrong with today's society.

Think of those people who don't see another soul except for that nurse, and spend the day being proud of their bathroom/picture etc.
Get a grip.

What a weird, miserable thread OP.

Get a grip. What a ridiculous post. Nurses shouldn’t be entirely task focussed, they also want to try to build rapport with their patient. Some community nurses get to know their patients very well as can be in visiting so frequently.

I’m a social worker, and we’re encouraged to make pleasant conversation and chit chat. I often compliment things in people’s homes they like. It helps my clients feel at ease. The fact that you think this is an issue, is highly concerning,

We've had community nurses for 4 years, what enables me to talk to her and open up is she's HUMAN, she makes small ltalk and chit chat, she doesn't walk in officiously, confine any conversation to the state of my child and then walk out coldly advising when next she can visit.

If the biggest complaint you can make about a community nurse is she's friendly, I hardly think that's something to bitch about

Jesus, are you serious?!

What a thing to be annoyed about. Completely bizarre.

Nurse sounds friendly and nice.

My Nana’s district nurse once picked up on an uti purely because my Nana mentioned the wrong name in relation to a photo.

Had she not been nice enough to have had general conversation and built a relationship with her over the months she wouldn’t have known it was confusion (or a very very rapid increase in her dementia symptoms).

@lyralalala what a fantastic example of the importance of holistic health care . I'm going to use that example when talking to my students about the benefits of person centred care.

You know why she asked who painted the photo? So she could google and see if it was worth pocketing on her next visit...

District nurses, full of decent bedside manner, conversation and petty theft!

Report her!

I'm a Nurse it's what we do. She's making conversation,building a rapport. Would you complain if she had been surly & never struck up much conversation?
By the way using your Neighbours toilet is a compliment. I've been in some shit holes where I didn't dare cross the threshold never mind use the loo!!

@ScribblyGum That nurse was worth her weight in gold in our family. She frequently picked up uti’s as she visited at the same time every day, whereas for family visiting at different times she was different so it was harder to tell.

She also picked up on her mood being very low on a lucid day and called one of us. When we got there my Nana was day with all of her tablets sat out contemplating taking them all.

ffs!

Wtf?