How to welcome a new staff member to the ED

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TraumaSurfer

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Whoa, I think this has been taken the wrong way.

Where I work, we are a team. A family. A group of friends. Co-workers. We live, laugh, cry and die at work each and every-other-day together. When I say prank, I meant it in a fun way, and most of you are worried about 'bullying' and the 'poor insecure new person.'

This dude is a 25 year old RN/boxer. I'm sure if he thought my 'prank' was so offensive, he would/could Mike Tyson me into next Tuesday.

A team? If your team is a group of like pranksters I doubt if you would be asking for advice here. A "team" of pranksters could easily come up with their own pranks.

I bet your ER is as diverse as the members on this discussion. Probably half think pranking is cool and the other half thinks it is unprofessional. "You" wanting to prank this guy does not sound like a "team" activity and probably would not be an unanimous vote if there was one.

This guy has his age, inexperience and probably his "Mike Tyson" personality and/or size as factors to be judged on. How you make him appeared when pranked and his response will set the tone for or against him for a very, very long time as a professional in the workplace.

Why not try a "team" activity like having the doctors order pizza for the "team" to get him acquainted?

And if I worked with everyone that thinks the ED is too professional for a prank, I would prank you first.

This would be exactly the kind of thing which would get HR's attention since you would be doing the prank out of spite or just plain meanness to those who do not agree with you. Having this attitude is called career suicide. You need to respect those who hold different values than you in the work place.

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Whoa, I think this has been taken the wrong way.

Where I work, we are a team. A family. A group of friends. Co-workers. We live, laugh, cry and die at work each and every-other-day together. When I say prank, I meant it in a fun way, and most of you are worried about 'bullying' and the 'poor insecure new person.'

Pish-posh.

This dude is a 25 year old RN/boxer. I'm sure if he thought my 'prank' was so offensive, he would/could Mike Tyson me into next Tuesday. Maybe he would do it when we hang out again, because I welcomed him to town with a few beers at my friend's bar. That's what type of co-worker I am. And when I asked for some prank advice from some like-minded folk (or so I thought), I was just fishing for some funny joke you guys pulled on your co-workers, because I assumed you were both friends and teammates, much like my crew, willing to share a laugh.

There is no reason why some fun cannot be had in the right setting. That includes professionally. Would that include doing something mean or hateful towards someone I work with and count on? No. Would I pull someone's leg? Yes.

And if I worked with everyone that thinks the ED is too professional for a prank, I would prank you first.

Just sayin'

Well, you like the prankster stuff; some of us don't.

If that were your game, I'd dislike working with you... I'd still have your back and pick you up - and expect the same from you to me - but I'd not particularly like having to put up with your behavior, of which I'd rapidly grow weary.

For example, I worked with someone of whom I was very fond but she had your attitude toward this junk... so one night she put a bunch of surgilube on the earpiece of the phone and then called me. I'm a pretty observant dude and didn't put it on my ear - but would've been ticked if I had - but I did have to take the phone apart to clean it up... a wasted of time and just a general irritant... it was the one major flaw in an otherwise good relationship.

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Specializes in Neuro ICU.

Do you see babies?

Mom/dad have to be in on it...

Parent calls your orientee and says something is bothering the baby. He starts his assessment, you come in behind with a loaded diaper.

Ask 1: does this look like blood?

2: does this smell like blood? (Take a whiff yourself)

3: does it taste like blood? (dip a finger in and take a taste)

Wait for his reaction.

The diaper should be "filled" with baby food to look appropriately dark and not have an easily identifiable fruity smell

I had this done to me once. I laughed like heck once the shock wore off.

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