Co-workers who think out loud at the nursing station

[SoundofMusic]

What is it with co-workers who constantly chat and basically think out loud, with a constant stream of words coming out of their mouths in a tight, crowded nursing station with others all around them who are diligently and seriously trying to get their own work done?

I mean, I sit there just trying to THINK -- and the nurses all around me just walk around YAPPING out loud about what just happened with her patient, or what she still needs to get done for the shift, or what she is doing at the moment, needs to do next, etc, etc. It's like diarreah of the MOUTH of some of these people. And then there are just the socializers who never, ever stop talking about things not even related to the workday.

I feel a nursing station should be a place of "relative" quiet. Of course, it also is a place where communication has to take place - but if you are one of these folks who "thinks out loud" all day long -- please be aware and realize this could seriously be disturbing your co-workers.

How does anyone cope with this? When I tune it out, then all of a sudden, people are calling me, buzzing me, and it seems I'm not paying attention - and well, because I'm not -- I'm trying to tune out the noise!

[preemieRNkate, RN]

Well, not only do I talk to myself, but I also talk to my patients. Like they might actually answer me. "Okay, time to get started. Let's get your temp, then change your stinky pants and then I'll feed you, okay?" I hope I never get an answer though!

(BTW, I'm a NICU nurse if you haven't figured that out by my username.)

We try to keep it quiet as much as possible on the unit, so my chatter is not usually very loud. Maybe just loud enough for my roommate to hear me, but probably not loud enough for him/her to actually make out what I'm saying. I think anyway, nobody has ever really complained about it to me....

[mizfradd, CNA]

:up::up:

all day, everyday...

once had someone tell me i was being rude calling someone an "idiot"..

had to admit it was me talking to me!!!

:roll:lol2: :roll

[AlabamaBelle]

Lets see a show of hands for how many here not only talk to themselves, but actually answer themselves? :bdyhdclp:

So, so guilty:hpygrp:

[softstorms]

This is not our world to chat in at the nurses station.....it has never been our provence to say this is our home to carry-on in. Our words have never been meant for others. So quiet down and be quiet. Venting is for later, not for the nurses station.

[hikernurse]

Lets see a show of hands for how many here not only talk to themselves, but actually answer themselves? :bdyhdclp:

Well, of course. It would be rude not to answer (especially when the the conversation is so interesting ).

I don't chat out loud about my personal life (besides, it's kind of boring), but I definitely talk through what I need to do at work. I try to be quiet, but it really helps me concentrate. Ironically, I think it's a way of cutting out everyone else's chatter and focusing me on what I need to do .