I know it won't stop, but....am shift is so loud

Ummm...no. Our floor is loud and pt's have complained. Some staff act like it's their second home and talk loud and inappropriately at times. Management is taking notice and coming down on them.

It gets so loud that I can't even hear the other person on the phone!

Let me know if you ever find a solution.

I work in the ER, so it's a little different there, but I did have a patient request a bed away from the nursing station when she was being admitted, and I asked why. She said,"The last time I was admitted, it was 3 AM and the nurses were SO loud! So i called my nurse in there and asked her if they could keep it down, I was trying to sleep, and her reply was 'Oh, honey, this is our daytime!' and left."

:-/ Sorry patients have to put a damper on your "daytime" at work!

I know it's a little off subject, but that conversation will always stick with me when working nights.

so true, so true. Night shift is so peaceful, so quiet...I kind of like it, but hate the trying to stay awake part.

Some voices just carry!!, I too am a loud talker... And when I notice it I really do become embarrassed. I think I maybe partially deaf. But I am working on it. My dear friends always give me gentle reminders to pipe it down..

I had a patient complain about how loud night shift nurses were the morning I discharged her. This was also the shift I discovered that one of the loud nurses was telling patients to hit "reset" on their IV pumps when they beeped so she wouldn't have to go in to their room every time it beeped :-O

Maybe you can get one of those light boxes that lights up when the noise it too loud. Maybe people just aren't aware of how loud they are.

I have only worked night shift and have done this for the last three years. I have definitely noticed the closer it gets to the shift change the louder it seems to get. I think it is just so much quieter on nice that when doctors, more staff and family start showing up the volume is bound to increase. Some hospitals have put what they call " yacker trackers" in the hall which will actually signal the level of noise in the halls and works kind of like a stop light. Green= level is good, yellow= level is increasing and staff needs to be aware and red= everyone needs to decrease their level of volume. I think this is a great way to keep everyone aware of their decibel level.

Some voices just carry!!, I too am a loud talker... And when I notice it I really do become embarrassed. I think I maybe partially deaf. But I am working on it. My dear friends always give me gentle reminders to pipe it down..

I am the same way! My children have reminded me on many occasion to use my indoor voice!

I have only worked night shift and have done this for the last three years. I have definitely noticed the closer it gets to the shift change the louder it seems to get. I think it is just so much quieter on nice that when doctors, more staff and family start showing up the volume is bound to increase. Some hospitals have put what they call " yacker trackers" in the hall which will actually signal the level of noise in the halls and works kind of like a stop light. Green= level is good, yellow= level is increasing and staff needs to be aware and red= everyone needs to decrease their level of volume. I think this is a great way to keep everyone aware of their decibel level.

We had one in our old facility and it was so loud. It had this piercing squeal when it went off. It looked like a stop light.

There is talk about white noise. I hope it helps, but people just need to turn it down. It's such a no brainer, isn't it?