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bill4745, RN · Mar 6, 2007

We might not give them better service, but we always get them in as soon as possible (without shortchanging someone who is sicker). It's a reasonable courtesy to a fellow employee.

grammyr · Mar 6, 2007

I don't have that kind of problem, it's the hospital Board of Directors'(one in particular) This jackass comes in through the staff entrance, introduces himself like we don't already know his obnoxious ass, and reminds us that he is on the board(like I care). He doesn't have to be there with a family member, it can be neighbors,church members(he is a preacher) prospective neighbors and church members, or somebody he thinks may know him. :angryfire

He walks in and says "Hello, my name is blah,blah,blah and I am on the board of directors at this hospital and I am here to see so and so." He then expects the doctor to drop what he is doing and provide full attention, expects coffee and a place to sit down. I get SO tired of him. He is beginning to do this more and more. Obnoxious, arrogant people grate my last nerve. Give me a drunk anyday.

WHEW, I feel better now.:uhoh21:

BULLYDAWGRN, RN · Mar 6, 2007

i think you should send a anonymous letter to the board chairman that this wacko is starting to cause disharmoney amoung the staff with his frequent "pop in's". i work in a middlesized hospital in the south. we had a similar situation about 2yrs ago. i know it pissed alot of people off and made you feel sort of uncomfortable, and somebody sent a letter to the chairman of the board. now we don't see that guy that often and he sits in the waiting room with everyone else.

cota2k · Mar 6, 2007

What's even more irritating are the staff that don't particularly care much for their patients, and "sit on" or "Milk" their patients for hours, then all of the sudden a "somebody" comes in, and they spring to life. Forget about the little ol' lady with belly pain, or a migraine, we have ????? with a sore knee for three days. Management knows and they say "...well that's just how so and so is!" Even more so, one of this type has even been mentioned by name in a Press Ganey report as "horrible, and should not be allowed to be a Nurse", but "that's just how so and so is." GRRRRRRRRR!

Jennifer, RN · Mar 6, 2007

My thinking on this is that all of us in the medical field work very hard, with little reward for our efforts. Our patients are sometimes very demanding and abusive, we have very little positive feedback from management, patients, families and coworkers. We pay too much for health insurance and have to watch all the travelers and contract nurses rake in the bucks while we manage with our measley pay raise every year (for us full time/part time folks). The least I can do is give another employee an extra "benefit" of working in the same hospital. I don't skip over sicker pts, but I treat the employees with respect and try to get them in and out a little quicker. I also treat our ems and police the same way because they provide an invaluable service to us ed nurses every day.

TazziRN, RN · Mar 6, 2007

Am I suppose to accommodate ur every whim just because u wanted to wear ur little ID badge to let me know that you work at the same hospital as I... . Give me a break.

I am one of those who wears my "little ID badge" when I'm there an off duty. Many of my coworkers do also. Not to get special treatment, but for security reasons. Every person in the building has to have either a name badge or a visitor pass. I hate the visitor passes because they're stickers, and I don't like what stickers do to my clothes. And yes, I do that at 0200 also. The only "whim" I want you to accommodate is my child/husband/parent, because at that moment I am not a nurse but a family member.

withasmilelpn · Mar 6, 2007

I was at work when I got the call to go to the hospital ER for my son, so of course I was wearing my uniform. Be compassionate please, sometimes its worse for people in the medical profession. We know too much and have seen too much.

allnurses Guide · Mar 7, 2007

I wear or take along my badge, but usually just stick it on my belt loop instead of up front. I can charge things in the gift shop or cafeteria, and many doors are locked requiring a badge to get through. Why should I not be able to get to my locker or the bathroom just because I'm there for a different reason? If I wanted special treatment I'd go through the backdoor straight to the charge nurse instead of the front window.:monkeydance:

ItsyBitsySpider, BSN, RN · Mar 8, 2007

I do not wear my badge if I'm there after hours. I do keep it in my purse or pocket for the parking garage, doors, etc.

What drives me are the employees, nurses especially 'cause I feel they know better, who bring in their family member or themselves in for some BS that should be at the MD's office. I'm not taking about a migraine at 0200. I'm talking about otitis at 1000, a boil at 1400, the list goes on and on and on. 99% of the time with the statement, "I knew we would get in and out quicker if we just came here."

We do go out of our way to get employees in and out and maybe we should relax that policy a little bit. I get annoyed when we are running around and an employee slides in the back wanting to get seen "real quick."

LeahJet, ASN, RN · Mar 8, 2007

Like others here, I try to extend professional courtesy to co-workers..... provided that it doesn't interfere with other pts that need to go back sooner. I am in triage tonight and about an hour ago, I sent a nurse from upstairs (off duty) straight back for severe ear pain.

Personally, I think it looks silly to walk around in street clothes and off duty with my name badge on. However, I would probably casually mention that I am a nurse in the facility.... like the nurse I triaged an hour ago did.

Once, this person went bombarding through the door (in street clothes) and when I asked her where she was going, she flashed her name badge like she was FBI or something and kept walking. She was a housekeeper upstairs. I had her march her happy butt back out to the waiting room.:)