Summer Sizzling Heat

[abbaking]

Every summer this happens on my unit.

I live in the Southern California desert area - in the summer it get VERY hot here (July/August daytime temps are normally 100). I work with many people who like the unit at 75 degrees. I AM SORRY - 75 is too hot to work in and be running all over creation for 12 hours.

They complain that they are cold - think about that for a minute. It is 105 outside and they bring winter coats to work because they are "cold". Add like clockwork, these same people raise the thermostat up to 80 - 80 in the summer is bull.

"We need to go green -- save the environment - Oh PLEASE PEOPLE GET A LIFE.

START WORKING - LOG OFF FACEBOOK, GET OFF YOUR BUTT, AND HAUL IT - Then tell me your still cold!

Frankly, I like it on the cooler side around 70.

1 - I am a large guy and I would rather be cool and clean than sweaty and funky (visual - drip drip - you see my point!).

[RhiaRN75, RN]

The solution is never to make it about you. There's always the person, usually one with more pull, that doesn't give a fig and isn't afraid to say so.

So, I'm hot. I'm flipping miserable, in fact. I'm on the verge of 'dun falled out'. Well, if I'm miserable, so are my poor COPDer's. It's all about the pts and ABC's rule, right? So I STRONGLY advocate for cooler temps so my pts can breathe :)

I haven't found many who can argue the 'my pt can't breathe' stance

[Hoozdo, ADN]

I live in a very hot area of the country. It is normal to have weeks of 110F+

highs. By general consensus, the nurses have agreed to keep it cold in the

common nursing areas. Usually it is 70 to 75 degrees. That is fine with us

since none of us can afford to set our home thermostats this cold.

The patient's rooms have separate thermostats. I was dying the other night. I

had two patients who were both on contact precautions. They both liked their

rooms to be 85 and I had to wear a gown every time I went in to each room.

There is nothing nice, sanitary, comfortable, or pretty about a sweating nurse.

My hair was completely wet with sweat.

[CrazierThanYou]

All medical centers should be kept on the cool side to help a little with bacteria growth. And to keep us from melting!