by Barbara Karnes, R.N. | May 26, 2015

QUESTION: How do you handle feelings of anger, fear that is being projected onto the caregiver by the patient?

It is hard to be caring for someone (which is generally a challenging task at its best) and have that person be rude, demanding, irritable, or just down right nasty to you.

My first recommendation is to not take it personally. The behavior has nothing to do with you. As you stated above