Manufactured jobs

[Runman1914, MSN, RN]

Is it just me or does every hospital have people that are on the payroll and do nothing all day? I work with a woman that has a title of executive secretary. All she does all day is walk around with cup of coffee.

She occasionally walks up to a nurse to give the nurse an admission notice.. Haha you have an admission coming. 100 percent of the day she is standing at the nurses station chatting. I never she her put in orders, do paper work or anything.

I now see why some hospitals have financial problems. People on payroll doing nothing all day. My hospital has many other positions like this. Makes me sick when im running my butt off all day and i see them standing around doing nothing. To make it worse they offer no help what so ever. They see you drowning and continue to stand around doing nothing!!!!!!

[Mulan]

One thing I've noticed lately is housekeepers standing around doing nothing, well actually they are not doing nothing, they are watching to see whether or not the nurses are washing their hands. If they see one that didn't wash, they report them.

[Jo Dirt]

It seems like housekeepers or "ënvironmental services" outnumber nursing services.

[rph3664]

Not only does every hospital have employees like this, every COMPANY has them, and because they're related to someone "important", there's not much you can do about it.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Until we walk a mile in the shoes of the other employees, we cannot fairly determine that they're doing nothing with their time. After all, things are not always as clear-cut as they appear on the surface.

Many family members, visitors, administrators, and managers honestly think that nurses aren't doing anything worthwhile if we're observed sitting at the nurses station while completing the mountain of paperwork and charting. Some people firmly believe that nurses have an easy job that involves plenty of sitting and coffee drinking. As nurses, we work our butts off, but people only look at the surface and come to the erroneous conclusion that we are overpaid and "sit too much."

It's simply unfair to judge the book by its cover.

[caliotter3]

The executive secretary might have as her job description: Walk around the units all day, holding a cup of coffee, engage the nurses in conversations, bring back information to your supervisor.

I worked at a LTC facility where the medical records lady would do just this, without the cup of coffee. She was one of the prime sources of info to management.

[momdebo, BSN, RN]

I don't know about the rest of the country and what people think about nurses and how much or how little we do but I have a family who knows and they never hesitate to tell everyone and anyone how hard we work, how little we get in return, etc. etc. !!

[morte, LPN, LVN]

The executive secretary might have as her job description: Walk around the units all day, holding a cup of coffee, engage the nurses in conversations, bring back information to your supervisor.

I worked at a LTC facility where the medical records lady would do just this, without the cup of coffee. She was one of the prime sources of info to management.

BINGO!

[barefootlady, ADN, RN]

Been there, seen this, and what a nightmare. Worked with the DIL of the CEO. She was supposed to be some sort of an educator. Most of the time she did not even show up for work, when she did she stayed in her office on the phone. That is unless there was food on a unit, then she invited herself to eat. Finally she was assigned to a special unit, she lasted less than a month. Seems the HN on that unit was retiring, one of her last duties was to get rid of this person. I know I may not know just what was truly involved in her job, but she let a patient almost die right outside of her door, in the hallway, and never called for help. When the CN came around the corner to check unit safety, this girl was on the phone just staring at the patient who was gasping for breath. My butt and any other nurse who let this happen would have been fired and quickly. What a day that was, even the CEO came up to the floor, spent time in her office, then came to the desk and thanked the staff for doing a "great job".

When I remember stuff like this I truly wonder how I have managed to be a nurse for so long. LOL!

[locolorenzo22, BSN, RN]

Unless you have actually been in someone's shoes, you cannot accurately judge what they do or not do. Unless you have actual acess to their job description, perhaps they are fulfilling the job as it is described. They might just have a poor work ethic, and choose to do nothing beyond the duties as written.

my manager expects us CNAs to strip rooms after patients leave....I'll do it, but only when I'm done with all my actual patient care, it's not enough that I have to take care of patients too?