Specialties Geriatric
Published Jul 4, 2013
savoytruffle, BSN, RN
154 Posts
Our facility has overhead music all day long. Just there in the background, just loud enough to make everyone nuts. On top of the call bells, chair alarms, door alarms, and tabs units, it's a cacophony of sounds. I never want to hear "Cathy's Clown" or "Do Run Run" again. Ever. Or christmas music. Does anyone else work with overhead music?
chrisrn24
905 Posts
That is kind of weird. Don't residents want to listen to music of their own choosing?
I don't think the residents can hear it. They never talk about it. It sure drives me crazy. It's a Sirius radio. Sometimes it's country music, but mostly it's an oldies station. It's become the sound track to my personal Hell; where there is no coffee, everything has to be ironed, and Cathy's Clown is playing.......
txredheadnurse, BSN, RN
349 Posts
Only few of the facilities I visit for audits have a constant stream of music but the ones that do seem to have a loop of a half dozen that seem to play eternally. I am with the OP about the additional "noise" of inane music just being too much. Actually many of the facilities are so loud with all the alarms and call buttons and human generated sounds that I am really stressed at the end of day. All I want to do when I return to either the hotel or my home is sit in blissful silence. I personally believe the type of sounds, the sheer volume of sounds and the constant stream of "alaming" sounds promotes anxiety, agitation and aggression even.
ktwlpn, LPN
3,844 Posts
Ours was turned off last year because most units play c/d's for the residents in the common areas and each unit has particular likes/dislikes. We l used to listen to a Top 40- MOR station and I hate that crap-it was the same 7 songs over and over and over and over....(George was my favorite Beatle,too...and e was my first real concert )
Havin' A Party!, ASN, RN
2,722 Posts
No overhead music in the units. Do have it in the admin areas.
Other facilities I've worked in did play some tunes near the nurses' station... relatively low volume.