Coworkers Opening Patient Windows During Inclement Weather

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What would you do if you had a colleague that opened patients’ room windows during inclement weather? For example , the other day it was quite cold, cloudy and rainy and someone had opened up all the windows on one unit.  A similar happening occurred during Winter when it was very snowy out.  In both instances, some of the rooms got very cold, almost to the point of being freezing.  What would you do about a colleague who does things such as this?  In our case, we don’t know who is responsible (yet) but wondering about the best approach should their identity become known

On 4/12/2021 at 3:08 PM, Davey Do said:

Yes, intrigue, SilverBells, but it has more to do with self esteem. If we can find fault with another, we are telling ourselves and others that we are not like them; we are okay.

Unto them, verily I say, "You are right and I am wrong. You are good and I am bad".

Sometimes there really is fault in others.  Verily.

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On 4/12/2021 at 12:14 PM, macawake said:

I’m Scandinavian and we have inclement weather for the better part of the year. It’s no reason to not let in some fresh air.

That must be quite the window ninja you have there... ? Have you tried asking your patients/residents who opened the windows? Are you telling me that the stealthy window-opening mastermind managed to open all windows ?❄️?? without a single patient noticing and not a single one pressing their call bell or whatever until the window fiend had done the deed and vacated the premises? 

Talk to them?

What if the window ninja happens to be a very bored patient or one with dementia? ? 

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On 4/18/2021 at 5:29 PM, HarleyvQuinn said:

What if the window ninja happens to be a very bored patient or one with dementia? ? 

?....almost forgot that option. Bored dementia patients are extremely creative when they want to be....

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On 4/15/2021 at 2:32 PM, hppygr8ful said:

You also can't room a true Irish Celt in a room where someone is actively dying as the soul of the departed can grab the soul of the living and take that person with them.

Hppy

I'm quarter Irish and I visit Ireland at least every two years and usually they are so pissed from drinking, I'd be surprised if even a dead soul would want them along for the ride. You have to stop every hour so they can take a widdle or worry the whole time about them puking? ??????

On 4/17/2021 at 1:35 AM, Kooky Korky said:

Sometimes there really is fault in others.  Verily.

Especially when you speak in Olde Chaucerian English ?????

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9 hours ago, Curious1997 said:

I'm quarter Irish and I visit Ireland at least every two years and usually they are so pissed from drinking, I'd be surprised if even a dead soul would want them along for the ride. You have to stop every hour so they can take a widdle or worry the whole time about them puking? ??????

Especially when you speak in Olde Chaucerian English ?????

Well you know God created alcohol in order to keep the Irish from taking over the world!

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27 minutes ago, hppygr8ful said:

Well you know God created alcohol in order to keep the Irish from taking over the world!

Aye, to be sure! Sod'em and Gomorrah to you ?????. May the road rise up to meet yuh????

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