Do you "allnurse" at work ?

makes needs known · May 31, 2010

Orginally Posted by makes needs known

"I'm surprised so many of you openly admit that you are online while at work. So many facilities are down-sizing staff to save money. I pass medications, do treatments, talk to anxious family members, handle emerging health problems, take new orders, and deal with the staff I supervise. I have 20-42 LTC/rehab patients, and if I have a "slow" night I take my supper break at a decent time. If I really need advice, I get it from our facility SV, or I contact a DR."

There is no policy against it where I work, I have my own office where patients come to see me, it never interferes with the work I do, and I don't take a lunch break. I don't take smoke breaks, talk on the phone or gossip with co-workers. Nobody would say "boo" to me for surfing allnurses, checking my email, researching new drugs/procedures or reading the news. I also pass meds, do treatments, talk to anxious patients and their family members, other care providers, consult with the docs and deal with the staff. I am also very good at what I do, and my employers respect me as a professional and as a human enough to understand that I know how to manage my time. Every nurse's situation is different, and just because somebody is able to read allnurses at work does NOT mean they're a lazy employee.

I guess it just depends where you work and who you are. Lucky you!:)

iNurseUK, RN · Jun 1, 2010

My particular Trust intranet tags allnurses as "Having no relevance to the business of the Trust" and the ward computers won't let me on it. This same intranet does however permit access to such "relevant" websites as Lolcats,IMdB and Amazon.

Go figure