A very brief vent....

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One of the nurses I'm working with has been on the phone taking a personal call for about an hour now. The rest of us are fairly busy and helping each other out.

I'm just sayin'...

Specializes in Cardiac, Adolescent/Child Mental Health.

Thus the brevity of my previous post...

Hope you ladies have a lovely day!

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Specializes in OB/Neonatal, Med/Surg, Instructor.

We had a nurse in our department that was basically allowed (because co-workers and management chose not to deal with the issue) to run her house from work, sometimes holding two phones to her head. Our system was old and none of the 3 lines would roll over so in using 2 of them we were down to 1 line. This behavior was going to be addressed by each of the 3 NMs she worked under but wasn't, in fact they all referred to one of the phones as "Jane's phone." She left the department only because she got a job closer to home. It makes it hard on everyone when someone behaves like this, abusing priviledges, but it makes it harder still when management does nothing. :banghead:

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

in many places going on the internet to do something personal falls into the same category as making personal phone calls. it has nothing to do with work and you can get in trouble for it if you are caught.

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in many places going on the internet to do something personal falls into the same category as making personal phone calls. it has nothing to do with work and you can get in trouble for it if you are caught.

i would never consider surfing the web at work. when i read posts that say, "well, i'm here at work..yadda yadda yadda.." it always makes me go hmmmm.

if you are on a break and choose to surf the internet via cell phone etc. so be it. but don't use a hospital computer. even if you are on break, other staff or family members may not realize it. the general public already has a misconstrued image of nurses.

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Specializes in Cardiac, Adolescent/Child Mental Health.

Wow.

I never would have thought that a post about a petty annoyance would have inspired such disdain! None of you know me or where I work, and you're most certainly unfamiliar with my work practices.

Lay off the personal attacks.

Peace out!

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Specializes in ICU/Critical Care.

:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:

Wow.

I never would have thought that a post about a petty annoyance would have inspired such disdain! None of you know me or where I work, and you're most certainly unfamiliar with my work practices.

Lay off the personal attacks.

Peace out!

No one is personally attacking you. You're complaining about how your co-worker is yapping on the telephone while everyone is busy yet you find the time to sign onto AN and complain. Seems like you have too much time on your hands. We all have co-workers who do the same thing your co-worker does. So don't act like we don't know where you are coming from. If your co-worker is bothering you so badly, SAY SOMETHING TO HER.

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Specializes in Case Management.

I guess the best thing to have done when you started this thread was to omit the part about being at work while you were complaining about someone not doing their job. Not wanting to pile on or anything but you need to realize that she could have been on the phone saying "I can't believe this nurse is posting on the hospital computer while we all struggle"

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Specializes in Dialysis.
One of the nurses I'm working with has been on the phone taking a personal call for about an hour now. The rest of us are fairly busy and helping each other out.

I'm just sayin'...

and you're surfing the net....

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and you're surfing the net....

albeit, very briefly...

thus, the name of this thread, a very brief vent.

leslie

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Specializes in Day Surgery, Agency, Cath Lab, LTC/Psych.
and you're surfing the net....

I think there is a big difference between posting a comment on allnurses--which can take less than 5 minutes--and chatting on the phone for an hour. I think that the OP has a right to be irritated with her coworker without having to defend the fact that she got online for a minute to post her irritation. :twocents:

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If your co-worker is bothering you so badly, SAY SOMETHING TO HER.

Exactly! Go to the person first and say something! If that doesn't fix it - go up.

steph

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My best friend was also having this problem last week....Sure enough she said the phone accidently came unplugged and she can't remember how it happened or who did it....;)

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