The happy policy

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There's apparently a policy in our workplace, a new one that says something along the line of; Anyone who appears drained, unenthusiastic, unhappy in anyway etc. can be asked by the manager to leave that work day in order to reflect on their behavior. Thoughts? Do you have a policy like this?

I remember a thread a while back in which a member got dinged in some fashion for smiling too much!

really.:confused:

i do remember something similar where some members were confronting another member, for his/her frequent use of a smilie that offended some people, as it wasn't used in proper context.

it seemed the smilie response from said member, offended some who felt their thoughts/statements were being downplayed and/or disrespected by the smilie's application.

now, in order for me to smile when starting my shift, it would have to include:

having a cup of strong, fresh coffee awaiting me.

receiving report on time.

few more sips of this mighty fine coffee and start work for my assignment of 4 pts.

my day comprised of willing colleagues to help one another out, and being treated consistently with respect.

if work was truly like this, the smile policy would not have to be demanded.

it'd happen automatically.

leslie:)

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Specializes in MS, ED.

The hospital where I work has a variation of this policy, recently announced. We are to 'consistently show our enthusiasm and pride for our workplace and position via conveniently placed, easy-to-memorize prompt cards, a cheery outward appearance, and a brilliant smile'.....

or something close to same. :rolleyes:

Ridiculous nonsense, really. Sorry OP - the admin at your hospital are obviously drinking the kool-aid. I haven't seen the policy policed much where I work; as others have noted, there would be too many folks to send home on many units. Then again, I fled to noc shift and am thus immune to many of management's campaigns.

Good luck.

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Specializes in Intermediate care.
There's apparently a policy in our workplace, a new one that says something along the line of; Anyone who appears drained, unenthusiastic, unhappy in anyway etc. can be asked by the manager to leave that work day in order to reflect on their behavior. Thoughts? Do you have a policy like this?

:uhoh3: :uhoh3: oh My.....

how about they make a "happy" work environment for us to be "happy" in???

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YOU SAID IT!!! You want perky? You want smiley? You want us to respond to every patient with "of course I can do that for you, yes, I can get your bed made again even tho it is clean and made last shift", "Please let me help you open up that carton of milk and yes I know you do not have a hand injury, let me do it". etc etc etc. I would love to do this and get tons of gift cards, nice ones. VISA, MasterCard. Why does my hairdresser get tipped? The bar tender get tipped, the valet get tipped, the person who carries your bag to your room get tipped, the luggage guy at the airport get tipped? and so on and so on. I WANT A TIP JAR. And gift certificates to movies, and restaurants. I promise I will be perky every second.:lol2::clown::yeah:

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Specializes in Rehab, LTC, Peds, Hospice.

I love the tip jar idea!

Usually if you have an environment that has a lot of dissatisfied, grumpy people - there is a culture problem and no 'Disney Model' is going to fix it. If the nurses don't feel supported, staffing is poor, teamwork is lacking, supplies are few and far between, you can't do your job even close to how you want to... Etc etc etc.

It is a bandaid over a gaping, ugly festering wound. I believe in treating people well, and often joke with my patients. I prefer to be with like minded coworkers that try their best to work hard, work together and try to have a good time together. And support each other when things get rough. And they can get very, very rough. Patients deserve the best you can give - but this is just insulting in my opinion.

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Specializes in ICU, Telemetry.

I'd just be happy if we could put a time out feature on the callbells for the overly needy, not very sick but have great insurance folks -- not for the folks who are really sick, but the ones that you see their name and think, "OMG, not again..."

"If you hit your callbell more than 3 times in 5 minutes, you go into a 15 minute lockout window. If you come to the nurse's station to complain about the channel selection on the TV, it goes to 30 minutes. If you call the CEO to complain that we don't carry Starbuck's coffee, your bed will wheel itself to the nearest window, the window will open, and your bed will be violently propelled to a vertical position, ejecting you from the facility. Security will have put your discharge orders under your windshield wiper."

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Specializes in MS, ED.
If you call the CEO to complain that we don't carry Starbuck's coffee, your bed will wheel itself to the nearest window, the window will open, and your bed will be violently propelled to a vertical position, ejecting you from the facility. Security will have put your discharge orders under your windshield wiper."

THIS! :yeah::lol2::lol2::lol2:

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What irks me.....is this....

Say I went to work today... My day started with helping my step-son to the wheelchair so he could use the bathroom....see he shot himself in the thigh with a hollow point bullet (and NO I will not go into the hows, whys of it)...it is what it is. I change his dressings after helping him shower..... And, as I am getting dressed, I reach for my newly purchased (temporary?) sound amplifier to put in my ear (I only bought one) since I had bi-lateral hearing loss suddenly hit me ~5 weeks ago.....wondering if the ENT got the results of this MRI yet....not to mention the other MRI that identified my thyroid nodule as being solid and needing a biopsy yet-to-be scheduled... with my distressed hubby feeling down about himself because one son shot his own leg with daddy's gun (daddy is military) and oldest, grown son, stupidly got a DUI yesterday......

Yeah, paste on that smile and be chipper or get written up! Are we allowed to be human anymore?!?!?!?

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"If you hit your callbell more than 3 times in 5 minutes, you go into a 15 minute lockout window. If you come to the nurse's station to complain about the channel selection on the TV, it goes to 30 minutes. If you call the CEO to complain that we don't carry Starbuck's coffee, your bed will wheel itself to the nearest window, the window will open, and your bed will be violently propelled to a vertical position, ejecting you from the facility. Security will have put your discharge orders under your windshield wiper."

I really needed a reason to laugh this morning and your post achieved it. So, thank you. I am going to copy this, magnify it 200x and stick it all over my work place.

I will think about your post throughout the day when I am in dire need of a laugh!

:lol2:

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I'd just be happy if we could put a time out feature on the callbells for the overly needy, not very sick but have great insurance folks -- not for the folks who are really sick, but the ones that you see their name and think, "OMG, not again..."

"If you hit your callbell more than 3 times in 5 minutes, you go into a 15 minute lockout window. If you come to the nurse's station to complain about the channel selection on the TV, it goes to 30 minutes. If you call the CEO to complain that we don't carry Starbuck's coffee, your bed will wheel itself to the nearest window, the window will open, and your bed will be violently propelled to a vertical position, ejecting you from the facility. Security will have put your discharge orders under your windshield wiper."

You can quit nursing and commence working with a mechanical engineer; you will be the new patron saint of nurses (and I'm not into patron saints of anything, but I'd keep a statue of you around somewhere :D)

I had a pottery jar that had "Ashes of Problem Patients" on it....those should be standard issues for med carts :D

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Our hospital is so "client oriented" that they refuse to have a call answered at the desk. It sure would be nice to hear what they want before running all the way down a long hall to find out they want the box of kleenex picked up. Yes, that has happened to me. I have told patients that it is not necessary to call me for such things and to make all their needs at one time when I am there and of course call if it is important. Well, the patient then says "I want to make sure you earn your money". What the h... can I say other than to give them the "stare".

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Specializes in Oncology/Haemetology/HIV.

Guys, I have worked for Disney.......

It doesn't work that well, there is not enough money in the world to get me to do so again, they do not pay well, and the conditions left much to be desired, if you are in "public" view.

I've heard some horror stories from the nurses at Celebration (the adjoining Disney planned community in FL w/ hospital)

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