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Nurses Humiliated, Demeaned by Hospital Boot Camp: Complaint - Joliet IL Patch

According to the INA, boot camp activities included requiring nurses to drink water without access to bathrooms, sitting on a patient care bed in a public hallway while wearing goggles to mimic poor vision and headphones to simulate a patient with poor hearing, all while on top of a bedpan for 30 minutes.

One nurse who participated in the alleged forced boot camp said the program consisted of having nurses drink a bottle of water and then not being allowed to urinate, lie on a backboard with a c-collar in place while being accidentally” banged into doors and walls by a member of leadership, or sit in a Hall of Reflection” reading insults that patients have said about the staff.

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Specializes in CCU, CVICU, Cath Lab, MICU, Endoscopy..

Did they not have a choice to walk away to the nearest attorneys office?

This is insane and very abusive 😡

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Specializes in Adult and Pediatric Vascular Access, Paramedic.

Here's an idea, spend the money on more staffing instead of useless crap like this!

Annie

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Specializes in Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty.

Existing thread: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/nurses-humilated-illinois-1057946.html

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Specializes in RETIRED Cath Lab/Cardiology/Radiology.

Threads merged.

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Specializes in OB/GYN, Home Health, ECF.

Quote brillohead ADN, RN " Best way to improve medical outcomes and patient satisfaction ? Hire more nurses "

I have seen hospitals and SNFs hire new nurses only to then fill in for staff that call off or transfer to other units. So hiring more nurses isn't the answer unless they can keep them. Maybe nurses should go on strike ,that really hits Healthcare Administrators below the belt ! Then they will realize just how important their nurses are needed. I realize that some places can not strike. I don't know what the solution is but something has got to be done ! Or patients will suffer in the long run or maybe not even want to go to the hospital !

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Specializes in Med-Tele; ED; ICU.

a high-quality patient experience... is our top priority," Harrison said. "In our associate training...

There's one issue... Wal-Mart has associates, hospitals have nurses.
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Specializes in Med-Tele; ED; ICU.

In response to the "not allowed to urinate" piece of it, I'd just do what many of the patients do... pee all over the floor.

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Specializes in OB.
In response to the "not allowed to urinate" piece of it, I'd just do what many of the patients do... pee all over the floor.

Or...just walk out!!! I'd have to be on the brink of homelessness to put up with such treatment at a place of employment.

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Specializes in OB/GYN, Home Health, ECF.

Davey Do: It's one thing to have fun learning. It's quite another to be humiliated and punished because of management's effort to teach a lesson !

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Davey Do: It's one thing to have fun learning. It's quite another to be humiliated and punished because of management's effort to teach a lesson !

NObody...NO ONE EVER...anywhere should have to be humiliated in the name of their "job" There is something inherently wrong with that. Y'all have earned and deserve so much more.

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Specializes in CMSRN, hospice.

If I was a patient whose commentary had been used to fuel this boot camp, I would be livid. Maybe it's a bit of misguided idealism on my part, but I sincerely hope that most people would not wish these experiences on those who are doing their best to care for them. Maybe if the patients themselves demanded more adequate staffing, management would actually consider it.

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