My co-workers are complaining constantly. I'm sick of it.
I work at a nice little hospital where we actually get a lot more down time than most places. I've worked another hospital where you busted your buns the whole shift, and usually needed to stay over to complete your charting. Some of my co-workers have no idea about the real, big bad world of nursing.
The visiting that goes on at our nurses station is unreal and extremely distracting. The high school dramatics and constant whining about our manager is unreal. The gossip and complaining is getting extemely old.
I work a combination of evenings, nights, and then some 12 hour shifts. The main problem is with the evening shift. Ugh! Anyone else have this problem???
Oh My! It's pretty bad when it's just 1 negative person that brings everyone down. It's amazing how wonderful the unit is when that person has the day off. Nag, nag, nag, gripe, gripe, gripe! She makes everyone else turn negative.
Yes, and what's even worse is when two or more are gathered in his (negativity's) name...
My uncle, who was a sergeant in the army, used to say when soldiers stopped griping, that's when you worried.
Before I started working there, members of my unit were sent to a workshop entitled "Overcoming Negativity." I must have just missed it, because it was quite the topic of discussion, and everyone seemed to agree it had been a colossal waste of time.
I'm generally pretty upbeat, myself. I used to say my only problem was that I didn't have anything to complain about, but now my life is perfect. I don't mind too much if my co-workers want to grouse and grumble a bit, but I do more enjoy those who do so with a bit of wit. I like sardonic humor, but I have to agree that bitterness and pettiness can get pretty old.
My co-workers are complaining constantly. I'm sick of it.
I work at a nice little hospital where we actually get a lot more down time than most places. I've worked another hospital where you busted your buns the whole shift, and usually needed to stay over to complete your charting. Some of my co-workers have no idea about the real, big bad world of nursing.
The visiting that goes on at our nurses station is unreal and extremely distracting. The high school dramatics and constant whining about our manager is unreal. The gossip and complaining is getting extemely old.
I work a combination of evenings, nights, and then some 12 hour shifts. The main problem is with the evening shift. Ugh! Anyone else have this problem???
I've worked in alot of facilities, and seems to be the norm. The only time I didn't have to listen to it was when it was just DW and myself working together. :chuckle
I tended to look for a place to chart that was within sight of my patients, but a little removed from the other staff. This way I could concentrate, but was still easily accessible. So if there is a little computer area, etc, off to the side, maybe you can escape some of it in there.
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If you don't like it ignore it. Go walk around the unit. Engross yourself in your chart. Do anything but stay there and listen. Those nurses may just need to vent, but if it really bothers you, then stay away from it. It really isn't that hard to do. I don't hang at our nursing station and for breaks usually go to the cafeteria with coworkers I like to be with.
You know what bothers me? Hearing work gossip OUTSIDE of work.
There's nothing more annoying than going out to a restaurant to hang out with coworkers for fun, only to watch some of them start griping about work. SHEEEESH!!!!!!!! I want to enjoy the food and maybe check out a cute waiter, not listen to people talk about how awful things are back at the ranch...
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My uncle, who was a sergeant in the army, used to say when soldiers stopped griping, that's when you worried.
Before I started working there, members of my unit were sent to a workshop entitled "Overcoming Negativity." I must have just missed it, because it was quite the topic of discussion, and everyone seemed to agree it had been a colossal waste of time.
"The beatings will continue until morale improves."... ?
Anyway, the constant griping is about workplace culture. It does not change overnight, but I can tell you it happens because of leadership or lack thereof. We have had five different managers in the six years I've been here, and I've seen the "tone" of the workplace and the overall culture change with every one of them. The only manager where we had that much constant complaining AMONGST the staff - was asked to leave by upper management because we told them we were all on the verge of quitting.
Patients are happier and care is better when the nurses are happy about their jobs. If you have a manager who is seen as not accessible to the nurses to talk to about problems, who isn't out there talking to the nurses to interact with them, you have a problem.
If it is so bad that it is affecting your satisfaction with your work, you might look for another place to work, and then write a polite letter to upper management after you've gone, telling them about this problem. Maybe they already know. In my place, I worked to get rid of the bad manager, through our union, and the "conflict resolution" mediation service they have available to staff. If the nurses are griping about the manager, it is not just happening because they have too much time on their hands.
Bottom line: The manager sets the tone on a unit, and it sounds like your manager is not succeeding!
I worked at a state hospital where these 2 CNA's would complain and whine all night long about how much work they had to do. It was awful. :angryfire They would spend hours moaning and groaning about how much work they had to do. I felt like saying "You know, if you guys would just do your work and shut the f### up you would have had all your work done hours ago." :angryfire This was one of those jobs where everybody had plenty of "down time."
I worked at a state hospital where these 2 CNA's would complain and whine all night long about how much work they had to do. It was awful. :angryfire They would spend hours moaning and groaning about how much work they had to do. I felt like saying "You know, if you guys would just do your work and shut the f### up you would have had all your work done hours ago." :angryfire This was one of those jobs where everybody had plenty of "down time."
i think there's times to blow off steam and complain. venting does some people a world of good. frustration builds up, and feeling ineffectual can be heartbreaking. this is not to say that its ok to do this everyday about the same thing. what would you do if a particular friend complained about her husband everytime you saw her? you can only suggest certain things and try to steer the conversation another way. we can't make people not complain. after awhile we remove ourself from the situation, distance the friendship, or just accept it. isn't it amazing when we catch ourselves doing it?
Well first of all I think whenever you get females together your going to have gossip it's in our nature. But I agree gripeing doesnt solve anything but sometimes its hard not to. Like today I talked to my friend that works days and she told me were already short on eveing shift which im going in for in about a half hour. So let me tell you that makes me really look foward to going to work. I try to have a good attitude but I know the residents are going to suffer b/c were short were carrying our work load and then some and its hard to get things done right like that. I have tried and so have others to vocie my concerns to adminstration but all they say is "If everyone would come to work we wouldnt be short" which i agree but unfourtuntley i'm one that rarely misses and i suffer for the ones that do. So my beef is why not fire the ppl that call in b/c there grandmother has passed away five times in the last six months...
I want to enjoy the food and maybe check out a cute waiter, not listen to people talk about how awful things are back at the ranch...
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Yes, and what's even worse is when two or more are gathered in his (negativity's) name...