In the last 3 months, since joint commission is coming....they took away our "crocs", said an infection control problem because of the holes in the top of the shoes (what about our skin that isn't covered, maybe they should take that away too?), no liquids except in the break room (hence more UTIs because no one has time to stop and drink anything).
I know management is suffering under budget constraints, but we have a clinical "specialist" who spends her days decorating bulletin boards while we are running our legs off. EVERYONE has just about HAD it with this facility..
Patients and family members are barking orders, docs are barking orders, managers are barking at us...it's just too much. on top of all of that we have gone to computer charting, and in the next few weeks we are going to computer charting...all the while they are barking about "no overtime..."
Maybe i'm just getting too old, but in the last year the med/surg unit has taken a nosedive. Too many chiefs and not enough indians...
I hadn't even charted on ANY of my patients by noon yesterday, and someone who used to be a nurse, who is now in charge of a clipboard came to me and said "i checked and in room 48 you didn't document why the patient still needs her central line..." well I hadn't charted on
ANYONE, she said "i still have to write that you didn't chart it..." well NO i DIDN:T chart on it because i hadn't charted on ANYONE, I had 2 nursing home patients transfer out before 10am........but she still had to write it in her notebook, so in 2 months it will be on a bulletin board to show how poorly we are charting.......
it's too much. rant mode off, thanks for listening.
