Do nurses often flirt with patients?

That would be a crossing boundaries, unprofessional, don't do it behavior on their part. Hard to talk about symptoms (potentially embarrassing ones for example) or other issues with someone you are flirting with. It undermines with you are there for and puts you as a patient in a vulnerable position. read more

Let me preface this by saying it would be completely unprofessional for a nurse to flirt with his/her patient. I wouldn't say it's normal, but I've seen it happen many times, especially with the younger nurses over the last 10 years. read more

If what you mean is to joke around and be friendly depends on the situation and the patient. If I have a patient who knows each time they see me, it is hardly anything nice, I do try and lighten the mood a bit "Yes, it is me Nurse Jade again. Like a bad penny I just keep turning up". Sometimes, it will lighten a situation. But again, depends. read more

This. Being a male nurse, I can say that this happens much more than one would think. However, simply always conduct yourself in a strictly professional manner, ignore the comments if made, or a "That's not appropriate.," usually solves the problem for me. As a male ER nurse, we do the same thing on my unit. read more