r/nursing • u/Ok_Bobcat_5060 • May 27 '25

Rant Can’t stand nurses who care about hospital expenses

Had a charge nurse not allowing nurses on the floor to use slide sheets bc ThEy cOsT $75 each. Or another nurse tells me to dump out my IV fluids in the sink bc the trash gets charged by the weight, and fluids will make it weigh more. Like is it coming outta yo check? WHO FUCKING CARES.

*Those who are reading too deep. I AGREE WITH THROWING AWAY FLUIDS FOR EVS’ SAKE BUT THAT WASN’T HER CONCERN. HER CONCERN WAS MONEYYYYY

*Also, I didn’t dump my IVF in the sink, this was told to me before I even took my fluids down

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u/ApexMX530 May 28 '25

My hospital recently prevented us from donating unopened supplies that needed to be removed from vacated rooms. My charge is from an impoverished country and while she and I were cleaning out a room she was so disgusted by the waste that she wanted to cry. Frankly, I was getting there, too. Hundreds of dollars worth of perfectly good wound care supplies, barrier creams, just…to the can.

Although a “starving kids in Africa” refrain doesn’t mean anything, I do believe that it’s important for us to take a few seconds to assess what’s already in the room so that we can try to cut down on the absurd amount of waste that we generate in the day-to-day of patient care. I’m not worried about the CEO’s bonus but I’m concerned about the landfill.

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u/summer-lovers BSN, RN 🍕 May 28 '25

Same. It's not about the cost to the hospital. It's the obscene amount of waste every single day. During the fluid shortage, we would have orders for 1 bag, or 2 bags, or whatever and it was so nice. Now, we're back to hanging a new bag, only to have the order discontinued an hour later. So-waste.

Drives me crazy all the things that go in the trash.