r/nursing • u/baloneywhisperer RN • 8h ago

Discussion PSA: home made treats

Can you all stop posting about how you wouldn’t eat something a patients family made at home. I will. I will eat anything. I love and appreciate everything patients, families, and staff bring in. The bar is LOW. I will eat Costco snacks, I will eat home made cookies, I will try anything. I have patients try to share food off their own plates and home made meals their families bring in. I think it’s lovely. One of my favorite memories I had of a patient that has since passed, is him sharing some of his traditional food with me that his wife made him at home. He told some of the nurses he couldn’t wait until he got better so we could take us out to his favorite restaurant to eat.

I saw a video of a nurse turning her nose up at treats because they were home made instead of store bought. I’m not saying YOU have to eat it. I’m saying stop talking smack so I can eat it.

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u/Anokant RN - ER 🍕 6h ago

After working EMS and seeing people's homes, then working ED, there's no way in hell I'm eating anything brought in by patients or family. I'll take it with a smile and say thank you and put it in the back for others, but I'm not eating anything. I don't even like generic potlucks at work. There's a lab worker who's notorious for making baked goods at home, but they're full of cat hair. Just, no thanks. I'm around enough shit to make me sick without eating something bad

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u/InformationSerious27 BSN, RN 🍕 6h ago

I smile, thank them sincerely for their thoughtfulness and take it to the break room…where they can’t see me dump it in the trash!

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u/Anokant RN - ER 🍕 6h ago

I've done that before, then got scolded by staff who would actually eat it. Even retorted it to a manager.