So, I'm a Float pool nurse, and last night, I was pulling meds when a Staff nurse comes up to me. Without so much of a "hello", he snaps, "How many patients do you have?"
My eyebrows raise. "Are you Charge or Resource nurse?" I ask.
"No," he answers
"Then it's none of your business," I respond.
"I have five patients tonight. How many do you have? Are you taking any admits?" he continues to press.
"Again, it's NONE.OF.YOUR.BUSINESS. Take it up with Charge if you have a problem," I retort.
"Oh, I'm just making conversation," he sneers.
"No, you're being nosy. And I don't have to deal with it!" I reply.
I told the Charge nurse about her Staff nurse's wildly inappropriate questioning. Charge said that "she would deal with it. At the end of the shift, Staff nurse had not apologized for his behavior, so I emailed his manager about the incident. The manager did not email me back.
You do realize that men communicate in a different way. Sounds to me like he is also one who just gets to the point. Some people communicate that way and others like a little small talk first.
Sounds like miscommunication due to communication styles.
OP just because everyone has an assignment list at the beginning of the shift doesn't mean that things do not change. Good grief. All he did was ask how many patients you had or if you were getting any admissions. You seem like a real peach to work with.
In all honesty it is no secret how many patients you have. Some units there is fast turn around with assignments. Maybe someone else was walking around with only 3 patients while he had 5 and was getting another admission. I have to agree with the others that the problem is you.
Wow OP, have been reading this post an have seen your responses. You also mentioned that you always introduce yourself .
I think the conversation may have gone differently if in response to his question you could have said.
Ugh, I have 4 (not sure of how many you had so fill in appropriate number). Thank goodness I am not up for an admit. By the way, my name is ______ and I am from the Float Pool
The OP is being gobbled up by peers right here on this thread. So many rude replies to her.
I think she was out of line. Why not just answer the guy? Or nicely suggest that he talk to the Charge. But so many people replying to her here have been as out of line to her as she was to him.
I often get asked by my co-workers how many patients I have or if I have any admits.....we all ask each other this. It helps us get a sense who may need help if we get any down time with our own patients. I certainly wouldn't e-mail management over this...then again I have developed some fairly thick skin in this business! Sometimes you have to let the little fires burn or you will be consumed.
Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
I think she was out of line. Why not just answer the guy? Or nicely suggest that he talk to the Charge. But so many people replying to her here have been as out of line to her as she was to him.
Where does it end?
Maybe it's the Demerol I just got (since I'm in the hospital after my surgery) but where in this thread was anyone rude or out of line with the OP? Have you read any of the OP's responses?
Maybe it's the Demerol I just got (since I'm in the hospital after my surgery) but where in this thread was anyone rude or out of line with the OP? Have you read any of the OP's responses?
Shoe on the other foot, I would never had approached a complete stranger on the floor and started an inquisition on their assignment without a proper introduction first. Also, everyone's assignment is written on the board and it's on a piece of paper handed out to everyone at the start of shift. If I have a bad attitude towards my assignment, I certainly wouldn't take it out on a new Float nurse. Usually, when I was a Staff nurse when I'd see a new face,I'd have the decency to introduce myself and ask if they needed any assistance.
So, if ever again someone comes at me brusquely while I'm doing my med pull, which is supposed to be a non-talk zone anyway (there are signs all over the medication room), I'll tell them again where they can put their bad attitude, and even do it with a smile!
Again with the emotionally charged language! And from your history- you're the agency nurse that wanted five weeks of orientation, right?
Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
Again with the emotionally charged language! And from your history- you're the agency nurse that wanted five weeks of orientation, right?
What agency nurse gets 5 weeks of orientation?! Hell, there were some jobs I got as a staff/floor/charge nurse & didn't even get a *week* of orientation!!!
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quiltynurse56, LPN, LVN
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You do realize that men communicate in a different way. Sounds to me like he is also one who just gets to the point. Some people communicate that way and others like a little small talk first.
Sounds like miscommunication due to communication styles.