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Jul 08, 2002 09:12 PM

Changing Lightbulbs

by KaraLea

How long does it take a Nurse to change a lightbulb?


Only 1 minute, but then it takes her 45 minutes to document it.


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No. 1
Old Jul 08, 2002, 09:17 PM

You forgot the 15 minutes it took her to look it up in the policies & procedures manual.

Good one KaraLee!

Heather
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No. 2
from sharann
Old Jul 08, 2002, 11:20 PM

How about the 123 minutes it takes to get the lightbulb delivered from engineering/central?
Liked this one!
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No. 3
Old Jul 08, 2002, 11:28 PM

And the 4 wks it takes to justify to management that the bulb was actually needed in the first place and wasn't an unnecessary expense in an already tight budget.
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No. 4
from nakitamoon
Old Jul 09, 2002, 05:52 AM

OMG,,,,,,,,,,, soooooo funny,,,,,

Sad part is that is sooooo true,,,,,,,,,,

Moon
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No. 5
from fedupnurse
Old Jul 09, 2002, 07:27 AM

Hey don't you need to track down the doctor for an order first?? That could take hours!!! And then there is stacking all the chairs and tables to reach the light bulb since a ladder would make the job easier so naturally it is not available....
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No. 6
Old Jul 09, 2002, 07:50 AM

Dont' forget informing the lightbulb's whole electical family----circuitry, boards, outlets, yadayada....informing them about thw whole process....must never leave family members out.... oh andwhat about INFORMED CONSENT? shouldn't that be done before any MAJOR surgery...er change? rofl. i am too silly and it is too damn early.
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No. 7
Old Jul 09, 2002, 08:54 AM

Hey - fedupnurse! You don't have to track down a doctor for a lightbulb order change. Just go ahead, change it, and then when a doc is handy, you INFORM him that he ordered it changed and he's to go RIGHT NOW and initial the verbal order you took!

Also don't forget to CYA with the next shift, to make sure they're not going to trash your rep about the mess you made in changing the bulb.

Love

Dennie
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No. 8
Old Jul 09, 2002, 10:57 AM

You guys are hilarious!

Heather
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No. 9
from BugRN
Old Jul 09, 2002, 11:57 AM

Don't forget that you had to check w/ at least 3 different light bulb manufacturers to get the best price for the bulb, then present as a capital expense to the board for approval as a necessary item. Then do a QA on the bulb's performance in comparison w/ 3 other bulbs and have staff input as to the " light quotient ability" of this bulb and compare to 3 other bulbs........
Too Funny can we think of others??
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