You know what I'm freaking sick of? Mixed-unit and mixed-discipline hostilities. Or at least that's what I call it. We're all on the same team. We all want what's best for the patient. We need to start acting like it. Nurses Announcements Archive Article
I'm talking about the constant complaints about everyone else in the hospital. Now granted, I've only ever worked at one hospital, but having talked to both my mom and my sister who both work at separate hospitals, it seems that it's the same no matter where you go.
QuoteRT giving attitude because the nurse calls them about a patient.
- Don't worry, I'm only assisting with an intubation. I'll be sure to rush to your 89% O2sat.
QuoteThe nurse is mad because the telemetry monitoring people keep calling them.
- I've got BM up to my elbows and all they care about is that the stupid batteries are dead.
QuoteThe telemetry people are mad because they can't see their patients.
- Replace the freaking batteries already, it's been 15 minutes!
QuoteThe ER's mad because they're on hold.
- Sure I'll sit and listen to the hold music for 10 minutes, I don't have anything to do.
QuoteEveryone's mad at the ER for bringing them patients.
- Just before lunch, of course they're dumping all their patients now.
QuoteHospitalist is ****** because he's overloaded and you're calling him.
- I don't care about a morning K of 3.4!
QuoteThe day shift nurse is mad because the night shift nurse doesn't know how much O2 the patient is on.
- What do you even do at night, the patients are sleeping?!
QuoteThe floor nurses are ticked at the house shift manager
- We always get slammed when Suzi is on!
QuotePharmacy is mad because the nurse is calling about the STAT med.
- Well they need to chill, the order got put in 2 minutes ago.
Are we getting the point? And this isn't even scratching the surface. I could go on for hours.
It seems like lately, absolutely everyone has an attitude with absolutely everyone else! Over everything!
I'm here to say I'M SICK OF IT. It makes for a hostile, unpleasant work environment that causes people to have more stress than is good for them, and is the main cause for massive burnout.
We're all on the same team.
We all want what's best for the patient.
We need to start acting like it.