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If this is not allowed, please delete it. I am trying to see if there is a trend or just my facility. Thanks!
Area of employment: Leadership_________ Staff Nurse _________ Clinic/Urgent care __________ Home Care/Hospice ___________ Nursing Home ___________ Doctors office ____________ Surgery/Radiology_____________ Other____________________________
If a staff nurse in hospital, what dept: ________________________
In the last five shifts at work of more than 5 hours, how many of them did you take a lunch break of 30 minutes, uninterrupted: ____________________
Reason for not taking a lunch break: __________________
What do you think needs to change for nurses to be able to consistently take a lunch break: __________________________________________________________
Not sure how you nurses do it without a lunch break. I often see nurses eating at their desks craming in food when they can between patients. Legally they are to receive 30 mins and and 15 min break per shift. Some nurses have told me they got spoken to about putting "no lunch" on their timecard even though they had to eat while working at their desks!
Been there,done that, ASN, RN
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Feral badger hahah. Love it. I have scarfed many dry turkey sandwiches from patient trays.,. in 30 seconds. I would like to contribute to the survey.. but I can't. Over the years, lunch disappeared. Not only too busy to take one, written up if we did not. and tried to get paid for no lunch.