Anyone ever hear of Frank Gilbreth? He was a brilliant engineer who devoted his life to increasing worker efficiency by the study of time and motion. One of his ideas was to add a surgical tech to the operating room. Prior to this docs had to waste valuable anethesia time by finding their own instruments. He was truly ahead of his time and the subject of a wonderful book, Cheaper By the Dozen. No, not the horrible Dennis Quaid movie. That movie is a crime against humanity.
Anyway, he invented therbligs, which is a system to increase efficiency by avoiding waste motion. The last therblig is call Rest to overcome Fatigue. According to Gilbreth breaks were essential and necessary for worker safety and efficiency, and five minute breaks every hour was the ideal.
I know it works for me. If I can just get a couple of minutes, it doesn't even need to be five, to kick back, I do so much better the next hour. I usually spend it checking CNN or something similar. It might look like I'm wasting time, but I'm recharging my physical and mental batteries. Hey, if it's evidenced based, they can't argue with that, can they?
You guys do the same? And if you do, how do you usually spend those couple of minutes?
Many of our non-smoking nurses have discovered the value of taking a "smoke break" anyway. It's a true break to hand off the pager to someone else for 5-10 minutes and go outside where no one can easily run across you by accident.
Well, honestly, I come on this site if I have a little ten minute break. Its my little part of the planet where I can say what I am really thinking.
Plus, I have a thread with my two kittens, "Calvin and Hobbes" on it. I sometimes view that, its a real breath of fresh air.
You guys are really lucky! Where I work, all staff, except management, ICU, stock controllers and reception, are denied access to computers! I have to use my cellphone to check my emails while on duty. And even if you do have access to computers, the network is set up to deny access to most sites anyway!
You guys are really lucky! Where I work, all staff, except management, ICU, stock controllers and reception, are denied access to computers! I have to use my cellphone to check my emails while on duty. And even if you do have access to computers, the network is set up to deny access to most sites anyway!
Actually, you can not get on FB where I work. Game sites and such are blocked also. I can go to yahoo to view sports scores of the day, but many of the articles and such are blocked (they are tagged as "game" or something). Hotmail was blocked but is not now.
This site, eh, I don't care if anyone see's me on it at work. Its nursing, not like I am playing Farmville or something like that................................
DOH...............did I say that out loud? errr, type that out loud...........errr, you get the point.
Specializes in M/S, MICU, CVICU, SICU, ER, Trauma, NICU.
I am ashamed to admit it, but I...... FARMVILLE!!!! I love my dumb little farm with my pigs, chickens, and sheep. Since I can't live on one in real life, I'll take what I can get. :w00t:
LOL.
I don't understand what the fascination is with this game. I can't stand all of the requests--
I don't understand what the fascination is with this game. I can't stand all of the requests--
The fascination with the game is that it's ADDICTIVE. I didn't play for a long time, but when I finally gave in I was hooked. I've haven't played much lately r/t school. But farmville is a fun game!
The fascination with the game is that it's ADDICTIVE. I didn't play for a long time, but when I finally gave in I was hooked. I've haven't played much lately r/t school. But farmville is a fun game!
Off topic but:
Kingdoms of Camelot was the one that hooked me in. And, we had a brief period of time that we could get in FB and I did it from time to time. It only takes two minutes to log in and do whatever you needed to. That game was not only addicting, but since people invested hours upon hours into it, they also tended to take things very personal.
I quit playing about the time that people started making RL threats at each other over game related things.
I try to avoid the interbutts at work, and on a busy day that is possible. But nothing wrong with a quick email check, especially work email. I tried schoolwork during down time, but found that didn't work.
Specializes in Peds, PACU, ICU, ER, OB, MED-Surg,.
I'm all for us getting our breaks, but not at the cost of patient care. I hate when someone is texting, twittering, looking at the internet and all around her is going to hell in hand basket. I know it may not be your patient whose pump is beeping but go take care of it! Ask the person standing at the desk if you can help them!
This is where I also get my best cell phone service, so I can hit up FB or send my BFF, who is also an RN, a quick message about my feet falling off and becoming a bilat. BKA by the end of my shift!
errr, type that out loud...........errr, you get the point.
eriksoln, BSN, RN
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Well, honestly, I come on this site if I have a little ten minute break. Its my little part of the planet where I can say what I am really thinking.
Plus, I have a thread with my two kittens, "Calvin and Hobbes" on it. I sometimes view that, its a real breath of fresh air.