Just asking because we have one security guard who is alarmingly obese, he can walk a few steps before leaning against the wall huffing and catching his breath. I'm concerned he'll code some day. but he will go between departments on rounds and just walk up to the secretary, lean over her counter to within a foot from her face, huff and talk and puff and talk.
Our transporters are younger and slimmer but do the same thing, parking their gurneys or wheelchairs and rounding on the nurses to sit next to them while they're working and gab. I'm sure the guys are single and trying to get these nurses interested, but they're obviously not and just as obviously too nice to say anything.
Our Director has emailed the heads of each department to no avail. So my question: do any of you have the same kind of ancillary departments? Time bandits?
I get sort of annoyed with our case managers. They have their own office, but instead they like to sit at our station (where we only have four chairs/computers to sit and chart).
They sit there and gab on and on about their weight watchers diet and what they ate for dinner. One is a smoker and hacks and coughs all over the station as her long fake nails "tap tap tap" on the keyboard.
Our security officer annoys me. We have to park in no man's land and he always says we can ask for an escort out to our cars, but he is so creepy, it would be someone like him I would need an escort for.
Our transporters are wonderful. However there was one who asked for my phone number to get some help with his nursing program. To get him away from me I just gave him my number and left it at that. A few days later I got pictures of him naked- I am sure he even went as far as to um how do I say prepare for the picture he took. I told management and turns out he sent other nurses pictures like that- he wasn't even in a nursing program- ewww!
I sure hope this guy was fired for sending those naked pictures! !!!
Specializes in Geri-psych, corrections, wound care, MDS.
Our transporters are wonderful. However there was one who asked for my phone number to get some help with his nursing program. To get him away from me I just gave him my number and left it at that. A few days later I got pictures of him naked- I am sure he even went as far as to um how do I say prepare for the picture he took. I told management and turns out he sent other nurses pictures like that- he wasn't even in a nursing program- ewww!
OMG! He sounds exactly like a guy I know ....He was in the nursing program for 3 years in succession, because he kept failing out. He eventually got expelled from school for 1). Getting an OB patient's home phone number from the chart and calling her at home "to check on her and the baby", and 2). Showing up at our instructor's house after he failed one of her G&D tests.
Specializes in Geri-psych, corrections, wound care, MDS.
The OB incident was while we were doing OB rotation, which was during his 3rd try at PN school....She alleged that he was hitting on her, but I don't know the exact details. What boggles my mind is that he even made it TO the clinical rotation, because he was caught writing answers on the desks in the classroom! No one wanted to sit near him because he looked at your test, and per policy of the program, if someone cheats OFF of you, you're considered guilty as well. Faaaa!
The OB incident was while we were doing OB rotation, which was during his 3rd try at PN school....She alleged that he was hitting on her, but I don't know the exact details. What boggles my mind is that he even made it TO the clinical rotation, because he was caught writing answers on the desks in the classroom! No one wanted to sit near him because he looked at your test, and per policy of the program, if someone cheats OFF of you, you're considered guilty as well. Faaaa!
Our security guys rock! They are funny, helpful, and will do the job necessary for us to feel safe in the ED. They are like a bunch of big brothers to us.
One time when we were so crazy busy, they helped us transport patients to their rooms in order to get the people out of the hallways. They jumped right in there helping, cleaning rooms, etc.
They didn't have to, but they did.
I'm very appreciative to work with such fine people.
Specializes in Geri-psych, corrections, wound care, MDS.
Cheating is NO WAY to become a nurse. !!!!
Oh, I wholeheartedly agree with you! God forbid someone actually does it and manages to pass the NCLEX....I sure wouldn't want them at my bedside if I were a patient.
Oh, I wholeheartedly agree with you! God forbid someone actually does it and manages to pass the NCLEX....I sure wouldn't want them at my bedside if I were a patient.
I knew a student who (recently, over the last three years) has taken the NCLEX-RN FIVE times and has not passed. She cheated her way through nursing school. I pray she is never licensed.
Thanks all, for the answers and the funny stories. I guess we're lucky to have what we have, sounds better than the naked guy but not as good as the ER guys. So we're right in the middle. I hate being right in the middle.
I'd say it's about 50/50 for me. I wish they would come see me before barging into my patient's room for whatever. Half of them do.
Such as: I wish RT would stop and take a moment to get updated before attempting to "wean" my comfort care only patient off oxygen.
I wish the phlebotimist (sp?) would check with me before sticking my confused pt when I've just accessed her mediport and drawn and sent the labs in question down myself.
I wish transport would just find me before barging into the room and telling my patient they are going down for whatever so I can give the patient a heads up.
Specializes in Management, Emergency, Psych, Med Surg.
It is up to the charge nurse to control this type of behavior. When this occurred on my floor I would approach those persons and ask them what their business was and tell them that "whoever" needed to get back to work. A memo will not help control this type of behavior. It sounds like they don't have enough work to do.
....He was in the nursing program for 3 years in succession, because he kept failing out. He eventually got expelled from school for 1). Getting 
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I sure hope this guy was fired for sending those naked pictures!
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