Oh, goodness, the dreaded surveyors will be in today. I have seen the most ridiculous antics by our sorry administrators in the 11th hour.
1. I was outside having my cigarette break, and within 20 minutes, I saw banners placed outside with pictures of staff and head nurses (including their full names and departments). Looked like a hall of flags. Many of the nurses were outraged, because they did not give permission for their likeness to be plastered so large that any car on the parkway can see their image, full name, and department they worked for.
2. The administrators were running around with vases of live floral arrangements and placed them EVERYWHERE, including front desks and hallways. Some of the patients and staff with allergies were damned near choking to death.
3. Charge nurse calls administration to ask for an additional nurse. Response: "What is a one word adjective to describe your CNO"? Charge nurse says "****, if she doesn't send me another staff member". Second call from another clinic for the same reason; response is "What is the 14th Force of Magnet"? It is like if you can answer a trivia question, you can get what you want.
4. 5:00pm, signs everywhere in our clinic demanding that we come in tomorrow morning at 8:00am. Period.
5. Message to our clinic; "They are arriving to you guys at 12:00. Do not see patients for that time". I mean, I thought we were here for patient care. Also, they cut down the panel to have less patients for the next three days. I feel sorry for the ones that need a refill for their meds.
I am so sick of this fake mess; they are not acknowledging the LPNs except to crowd a room. I am an LPN, and I have no issue that Magnet is geared towards the RNs, and I am not a bitter LPN. However, I do feel that one of those banners should have had an LPN's likeness on it (with her permission, of course...and I would not have volunteered). It is basically saying that we are the step children.
Wish me luck, guys, I'm goin' in to battle:angryfire:angryfire It is like a college hazing, and we were told that we may not get official word of the results for three months. Merry Christmas to the butt-holes.
I guess that since we are not really included in the mix, I can wear a button under my shirt saying "I'm NOT one of THEM..."
That would make me feel good. The things nurses have to do for therapy is hilarious. That's a cute idea!
My daughter jokingly asked for a shirt that said "I work with idiots" I had a t-shirt made for her as a present which she proudly wears it underneath her workshirt. She tells me she is waiting for the day that she can get so p****d off that she has the nerve to do a superman kind of thing and display the shirt. Does wonders for stress relief for her just knowing it's there. Maybe we all should consider things like that to get by.
When we went through the magnet rigamarole last year, they had the staff of the hospital line up outside along the driveway and wave and cheer as they drove up.
I am in tears LOL.
I know now what my next career move will be... I wanna be a Magnet surveyor.
Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.
Oh, pagandeva, I sooooooooooooooooo feel your pain! I wonder how long it will take before they come back?
When we went through the magnet rigamarole last year, they had the staff of the hospital line up outside along the driveway and wave and cheer as they drove up. I mean, good gods!!!!! At least we do have a really outstanding facility at the base of all the bs, but the bs was getting really deep there for awhile!
Hopefully it will all be over soon.
And I tend to have quite a few t-shirts that have sayings on them that I tend to wear under my scrubs. No one else knows they are there, but I get a great amount of joy knowing that I have happy bunny on my chest saying something pithy.
I get my joy where I can some days!
Good luck with the ordeal! Keep us posted!
I just read this for the second time...you mean to tell me that they cheered at these people as though they were at a football game??? Are you KIDDING???? Oh, I already have a headache...
No news to when they will be returning, but we are already getting tense again, because this leaves room for more ideas...
Specializes in ER, Occupational Health, Cardiology.
:roll:D:rolleyes:
Yeah, when I grow up, I want to work for Joint Commisson. I want to reduce big-wigs to the size of ants.
Oh, yesssss! I would love to see Admin grovel and snivel the way they expect us to. Fortunately, I have always been a square peg in a round hole and have always managed to disappoint them that way-that's why I'm not in Administration!
Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.
So a wee let off then eh? Darn it I was hoping it would be done and all over with.
Well you can breathe for now eh?
Who got to enjoy the flowers then LOL
Those inconsiderate SOBs did not share any of the catered food or the flowers except amongest themselves:angryfire. I would not have gone, however, it would have been mannerly to be invited.
Not sure when they will be back, but, the ball will start rolling again, believe me. They would feel that by now, we have the forces branded on our heads like cows.
Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.
:roll:D:rolleyes:
Oh, yesssss! I would love to see Admin grovel and snivel the way they expect us to. Fortunately, I have always been a square peg in a round hole and have always managed to disappoint them that way-that's why I'm not in Administration!
Yeah, I get strange looks from them, also. Top dog asked me today if I was disappointed that they didn't show up; I looked at him and laughed before I realized it. I hope I wasn't too obvious...
:lol2:
Oh, I already have a headache...
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My daughter jokingly asked for a shirt that said "I work with idiots" I had a t-shirt made for her as a present which she proudly wears it underneath her workshirt. She tells me she is waiting for the day that she can get so p****d off that she has the nerve to do a superman kind of thing and display the shirt. Does wonders for stress relief for her just knowing it's there. Maybe we all should consider things like that to get by.