I've been an RN in Illinois since 2004 and have been at my current (non union) employer for almost 10 years. A few weeks ago we were all told that the hospital had a "great" way for us to engage with our patients more. Since we are wearing masks all the time administration thought it would be great for us to have our pictures taken and put on the wall in the patient rooms so they can "see" who is taking care of them. Several staff members on my unit are completely uncomfortable with that. Do we have any recourse? Can we be fired if we refuse?
We have our work ID badges with our pictures on them so we're not sure why we need pictures of ourselves in the patient rooms as well. A compromise would be to change our ID badges and make our pictures bigger and easier to see but that idea was rejected. We were told that our pictures being in the patient rooms was "not an option, it is mandatory".
One word: Accountability --- for ones actions as a professional holding a license. Just remembered that for each shift, laminated picture of assigned RN placed on clip outside patients door so correct staff contacted for patient concern by anyone who entered room.
I am willing to bet that if I do something wrong to a patient, she won't need my pic on her wall to point me out. How have patients managed to make complaints all of these years?
And I also think that if a nurse is unsafe, having a pic on the wall is not going to make her Florence. People who are deliberately or carelessly harming patients will not care about a picture.
I think its about micromanagement, shifting blame and......"customer service". Just my opinion, as they say.
My mom was admitted to a competitor's community hospital and I noticed they had a welcoming board devoted to the pets of all the staff. So cute and uplifting, pics of cats and dogs with funny little quotes of how they would describe their parents.
Wouldn't it be nice if this would trend across the country like hourly rounding. Much better than staff photos, the pets are cute and would help with bonding between coworkers and patients!
Wouldn't it be nice if this would trend across the country like hourly rounding. Much better than staff photos, the pets are cute and would help with bonding between coworkers and patients!
Even better would be to stop devoting so much energy (and plenty of money) to various gimmicks and just do what it takes to support excellent patient care. This single category of behavior (propensity for endless gimmicks in lieu of actual support) blows their whole facade of caring about excellent patient care.
Even better would be to stop devoting so much energy (and plenty of money) to various gimmicks and just do what it takes to support excellent patient care. This single category of behavior (propensity for endless gimmicks in lieu of actual support) blows their whole facade of caring about excellent patient care.
Agreed, I'm not into the hourly rounding and bedside reporting, but I think cute pet pics would make a welcome change in a nationwide hospital trend instead.
But first and foremost have enough nurses, PCA's and support staff and a lot of issues would resolve on their own!
TAKOO01, BSN
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I am willing to bet that if I do something wrong to a patient, she won't need my pic on her wall to point me out. How have patients managed to make complaints all of these years?
And I also think that if a nurse is unsafe, having a pic on the wall is not going to make her Florence. People who are deliberately or carelessly harming patients will not care about a picture.
I think its about micromanagement, shifting blame and......"customer service". Just my opinion, as they say.