Stupid hospital/company tricks

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  • by AOx1
    Specializes in ER, ICU, Education.

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Specializes in SICU, trauma, neuro.
I actually kinda like that idea. Much more usefully than the stoplight/alarm or cookies.

I'll give you that. :)

Specializes in Geriatrics, Home Health.

When I was an ER volunteer, the hospital had a harpist who played in various locations. I guess it was meant to promote calm and relaxation. Whenever the harpist played in the ER waiting area, people freaked out.

Specializes in Geriatrics, Home Health.
Oh, I remember one! This LTACH I used to work at would pipe music over the PA on the even hours to remind us to turn our pt's. The songs had clever pt turning lyrics... "To everything turn, turn, turn...," "Rolling, rolling, rolling on a river...," "Could have had it all, rolling in the deep..."

Because you know, it's sooooo difficult to remember that bed/chair ridden people need to be repositioned. :bored:

When I was in Nursing Home Hell, patients who needed to be turned on a schedule had extremely vague rainbow stickers on their door frames. I think I was there for 3 weeks before someone told me what the stickers meant.

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Specializes in Med/surg, Tele, educator, FNP.

The whole care plan written on the white board for the patient every shift. The hourly rounding sheets, a list that is to be checked off every shift by every nurse that nothing was missing in the room, the trash and Linens picked up, there were clocks and remote controls in each room. They also started making us tell the on coming nurse what updates we did to the care plan, even if we did not do any. I work 2 days a month here and I find it ridiculous.

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