Do you "allnurse" at work ?

50caliber · May 19, 2010

Nope. Prefer to by anonymous.

lorazepam · May 19, 2010

Yes, when I get a good connection from a public wifi signal. I bring my own laptop to work and surf from there. If I worked on the floor, this answer would be a, "No, I don't have time."

annacnatorn · May 19, 2010

I would love to surf All Nurses...however, I work in the field, (at least until I became disabled from a work injury in Nov.) I dont have the time to do this while working, when I'm in the office it's paperwork city! so sadly No. Plus, If I did do some surfing at work and got caught, I'd get MORE work to do becaause they would see I have "free time".....I prefer to keep my leisure activities to when I'm not working....unless its planning a work party!.....

GooeyRN, ADN, BSN, CNA, LPN, RN · May 19, 2010

no, I don't. I don't visit forums at work.

flashpoint · May 19, 2010

When I had an office job, I did sometimes...mostly to look up information. On the floor, we have no computer access. It's a real pain when we are trying to find a phone number for a doctor in Denver or need to look up information about a procedure that we have never done.

JenforRN · May 19, 2010

I tried once, when the person I was supposed to be shadowing at a hospital didn't show up for work. Allnurses was blocked LOL

WondeR.N. · May 19, 2010

I'm surprised so many of you openly admit that you are online while at work. So many facilities are down-sizing staff to save money. I pass medications, do treatments, talk to anxious family members, handle emerging health problems, take new orders, and deal with the staff I supervise. I have 20-42 LTC/rehab patients, and if I have a "slow" night I take my supper break at a decent time. If I really need advise, I get it from our facility SV, or I contact a DR.

There is no policy against it where I work, I have my own office where patients come to see me, it never interferes with the work I do, and I don't take a lunch break. I don't take smoke breaks, talk on the phone or gossip with co-workers. Nobody would say "boo" to me for surfing allnurses, checking my email, researching new drugs/procedures or reading the news. I also pass meds, do treatments, talk to anxious patients and their family members, other care providers, consult with the docs and deal with the staff. I am also very good at what I do, and my employers respect me as a professional and as a human enough to understand that I know how to manage my time. Every nurse's situation is different, and just because somebody is able to read allnurses at work does NOT mean they're a lazy employee.

belgarion · May 19, 2010

Our facility allows very limited access to the web. After a couple of idiots posted some negative comments about the facility and a couple of patients (by name no less) on Facebook and MySpace while using the hospital computers we are pretty much limited to checking the weather and looking up drugs.

blondy2061h, MSN, RN · May 19, 2010

I have time most nights, and we're encouraged to use the internet for work related topics, but I would not want my employer knowing my AllNurses identity, or worse, getting ideas from here. I can see it now:

"I read on AllNurses that some places have nurses serving cookies! Great idea!"

"I read on AllNurses that some hospital is bring white caps back. Great idea!"

madwife2002, BSN, RN · May 19, 2010

You dont have to sign in to view allnurses.com you can surf the site without actually signing in that way you can keep your user id anonymous but still be able to enjoy the site. You can always promote the site as an educational tool

SandraCVRN · May 19, 2010

I used to read while we were doing LONG cases in the OR, but now anything with message boards, games or facebook type sites are blocked.

I also have a problem with people posting about pts. Can't remember the details but I somone kept posting about a difficult pt or pt family or about being really busy. They kept going on and on, multiple posts (like 10 or more)all posted during one shift, finally I asked if you so busy why are you here every half hour posting.....she kinda stopped after that....

Penelope_Pitstop, BSN, RN · May 20, 2010

On occasion, I will go to allnurses while at work. However, I never log in. I don't want any of what I post to get back to my employer.

Also, I don't leave it up for long. I am very close with many of my coworkers, but none of them know I post here. I don't even know if any of them are members here. I'm sure some are. I just like being somewhat anonymous!