Family members that work together

honeykrown, MSN, NP · Oct 7, 2011

I work with my husband in the same hospital (pharmacist) no problem there. I have a nurse that works with her daughter (a pediatrician), she said there was no problem there as she worked with her husband who was a doctor also.

TiffyRN, BSN, PhD · Oct 7, 2011

I currently work with an RN married to one of the Neonatologists. She only works PRN but almost always schedules herself on the nights her husband is on call. It works just fine. He has a reputation for being kind of grumpy but it's like he can't misbehave in front of his wife. He's always in a good mood those nights and doesn't snap at anyone. It's kind of cute as they've been married probably close to 30 years.

I used to work in the same hospital as my husband. He worked as a tech on one M/S floor and I was an RN on another MS floor. There was one shift where they pulled him to my floor but did assign him to the other end of the floor from my patients. We both stayed very professional and it was not uncomfortable. All my fellow nurses wanted him to transfer to our floor but management wouldn't have it (and I agree, not an ideal situation).

Once during my brief career as an agency nurse I worked a floor in a LTAC unit where the two techs assigned were married. They were two of the best techs I've ever had the pleasure of working with. They truly worked as a team, something I have rarely witnessed with techs/CNA's. I can imagine things might get bad if the couple had a spat but the one night I worked there was great.

LongislandRN23 · Oct 7, 2011

I work at the same facility as my cousin who is a registered dietitian. We only see each other for maybe 10-15 min a day if we are both working that day. She's always running from floor to floor and in the charts, and I'm always busy with my patients. We are close and its great seeing her at work!!

caliotter3 · Oct 7, 2011

We had a mother, son CNA pair one time. They usually worked together and both were excellent employees.

Sunny Lioness · Oct 7, 2011

Before becoming an RN I worked with my husband at a law firm, but for different departments. I enjoyed our ride in/out of work together as well as lunch. The rest of the time we generally were in our on departments. It worked well for us. Of course we already had experience with this as we actually met on another job, but didn't start seeing each other until that was over.

Trauma Columnist · Oct 7, 2011

I worked with a husband/wife travel team in a busy ER for about 6 months - they were fantastic. Without a doubt one of the best two nurses I've ever worked with. They worked together, were very efficient, friendly and very smart.

ChristineN, BSN, RN · Oct 7, 2011

I've seen several family pairs

- Husband/wife who work in "sister" units with the same specialty. He picks up OT on her unit (she could not be in charge when he was working there)

-sisters that are both nurses in a NICU

lots of husband/wives in other departments.

jamieslovingmom · Oct 7, 2011

I have worked with my sister in a family practice clinic for the past 5 years. We are both LPNs. We treat each other as coworkers at work and it has never felt "weird". :coollook:

Flo., BSN, RN · Oct 7, 2011

We have a married couple at work, both nurses. You can definitely tell when they are fighting. Not good!

canesdukegirl, BSN, RN · Oct 7, 2011

I work with my husband when we are deployed to disaster sites. He delegates to me, and treats me no differently than any of the other staff members. I like to rib him when we come home, and tell him that I am done taking orders for the day...now would he please start dinner already?!?

I work with two surgeons who are married to each other. They are NOT professional at all when in the OR. They fight about issues at home, and when they start raising their voices, it gets tense in a hurry. They don't work together often, but when they do, it usually isn't pretty.

MomRN0913 · Oct 7, 2011

In my last place of employment, there were lots of family members working together. Husband Wife teams, 2 sets were all nurses. Actually, come to think of there were lots of husbands and wives besides those, but in differnt departments. I swear I am the only one who wasn't related to someone actually.

Worked well, no problems, they were very professional at work. The problem for me sometimes a a manager was staffing, because they would usually take vacations together ot their days off together, but it wasn't a big issue, because they were all good responsible workers.