I have the time (to pee)

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I'm a little perturbed that some of my colleagues claim they haven't the time to pee. Let me just say, no matter how busy a shift, I ALWAYS have time to pee. If you can't take 3 minutes out of your shift to pee, YOU need reexamine your priorities.

cassie77775

175 Posts

I always pee as soon as the urge hits. I'm not ending up with an infection and think its super important to take car of ourselves as well as our patients!

Specializes in NICU.

Yeah, I dunno either. I always have no problem taking pee breaks no matter how busy I am.

NOADLS

832 Posts

In my experience, the bathroom is one of nicer places to have texting-time out. You should ALWAYS have the time to pee and NO ONE should question it.

SierraBravo

547 Posts

Nursing is a 24 hour a day job, if it's not an emergency then it will get done on the next shift. There is no way whatsoever that someone should not have time to use the bathroom. If they claim that, then they are self imposing it upon themselves. And also, perhaps they could benefit from some time management strategies.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN

102 Articles; 27,612 Posts

Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

I get to pee, eat a full lunch, take my breaks and put my feet up while at work.

We are professional nurses, not sacrificial martyrs. If we fail to take care of ourselves, nobody else will step up to the plate.

PatMac10,RN, RN

1 Article; 1,164 Posts

Specializes in Nursing Education, CVICU, Float Pool.

I agree with the sentiment that it's more so about MAKING the time to use the bathroom. I must admit that Sometimes, though, I just get so caught up in what I'm doing I don't ever feel the urge to pee until the shift is almost over. But I have the urge I go ASAP.

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1fastRN

196 Posts

Specializes in Emergency Nursing.

I often get caught up so I just end up "forgetting" to pee. I'm getting better with it though! The main problem is that the bathroom is so far away it's really inconvenient. If they had one in each of the pods in our ER, I would have no problem!

If they patients are super critical and everyone is drowning just as much, I sometimes really can't run off to go to the bathroom. Those super unstable patients make it impossible. Not just the hands on stuff, but charting all that hands on stuff.

I'm definitely making more of an effort to "schedule" pee breaks in!

dudette10, MSN, RN

3,530 Posts

Specializes in Med/Surg, Academics.

I even poop at work! All that walking around really gets my bowels going. TMI!!

Eru Ilúvatar

576 Posts

I even poop at work! All that walking around really gets my bowels going. TMI!!

Too much info LoL... But seriously it does the same to me. ( not in nursing yet, but walking in general does the trick)

Specializes in Hospital Education Coordinator.

I worked with a nurse whose daughter, also a nurse, died of toxic shock syndrome from not taking a break to tend to necessities. If you do not take care of yourself you cannot take care of anyone else.

amygarside

1,026 Posts

Everyone has the right to attend to their personal matters. Take your time to pee. Don't sacrifice yourself just to be excellent at work. You might end up nursed by your co-workers. lol

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