Cure for whiny negative nurses - PET PEEVE game. Always read first post before entry.

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I could whine and complain about how these negative nurses are extremely depressing and ruining nursing for those of us that actually enjoy our jobs. :nono: :smackingf Or I could think of a NEW GAME!:p

Please help me play, so we can have a bit of fun.:rotfl: Some of you guys out there are starting to seriously bring me down. :bluecry1: A bit of levity is needed before someone makes good on their suicidal ideation.:saint: Suicide by car crash! Death by gardening!:chair: Come on guys, lighten up!

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The challenge is to get something of your chest and expose your pet peeve in a positive but sardonic manner, no whining allowed -ever.

GAME:

1.:nurse: :typing Identify your pet peeve -must be a nursing/healthcare issue.:behindpc:

2. :rolleyes:Poke fun at that individual/group/behavior using cynical humor. :roll

3.:idea: Come up with a workable solution. :idea:

4. :sofahider End the post with a catchphfrase.:yeahthat:

RULES

NO discussion of the issues of the pet peeve NO DISCUSSION UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, NOT EVEN PM's. You cannot litter the thread with debate and above all you cannot take the insult seriously if it happens to touch a raw nerve. However that does not mean that you cannot start another thread about this subject at a later date - but you cannot refer back to this thread. If you think you might have a problem with sticking to the rules at a later date, leave the thread now and do not pass go. Please enjoy the game.

Specializes in OB, M/S, HH, Medical Imaging RN.

Pet Peeve: Doctor's office employees who say "I am a nurse and can do anything a nurse can do but I get paid dittily squat".

You are not a nurse. You cannot safely do anything a nurse can do. You are impersonating a nurse which is unethical and illegal. You get paid dittily squat because you are not a nurse. You have no idea how dangerous you are. You have an obligation to wear a name tag with your title on it. Simply wearing cute scrubs does earn you respect.

Catch Phrase: Go to school and get a degree

(Thanks for letting me vent)

Specializes in Alzheimer's, Geriatrics, Chem. Dep..
pet peeve:

nursing instructors that start off the year...by assigning a class debate topic of , "adn vs diploma vs bsn".............whereupon every student in known creation hits allnurses and posts it......and then gets ticked when few post on "such an important topic".

look, you knew how to find about allnurses on the wwweb - how hard would it be to use the "search" function here?

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another pet peeve that occurs every year at winter time: the daily post of "jobs/payrates in florida" - and when the posters that know, answer, the "you must be kidding!!!!"

do you really think that there are not hundreds/thousands of nurses looking to retire here and asking the same question? that the florida forum is littered with these threads?

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the solution - when certain phrases show up in the title, the topic gets rerouted, and the poster is barraged with emails of the other several hundreds of threads on the topic. then they can post it, if there is anything new or different.

(of course it truly solves the problem, because their computer will crash under the barrage of emails )

i'm not sure what you're saying. do you mean that they should search the www, or allnurses, for their info, rather than posing the question?

and, are you referring to brand new threads started, as opposed to doing a search for similar threads?

i think it takes time to figure out the site, and the little "rules" of etiquette on here... hey, i still tend to duplicate threads.

pet peeve: doctor's office employees who say "i am a nurse and can do anything a nurse can do but i get paid dittily squat".

you are not a nurse. you cannot safely do anything a nurse can do. you are impersonating a nurse which is unethical and illegal. you get paid dittily squat because you are not a nurse. you have no idea how dangerous you are. you have an obligation to wear a name tag with your title on it. simply wearing cute scrubs does earn you respect.

catch phrase: go to school and get a degree

(thanks for letting me vent)

i worked in a doctor's office as a nurse - i took a pay cut but that was my title - "office nurse". the lady who was already there (combination tech/secretary/etc.) really resented my presence - she had always handled doctor x's patients and why should i be there, when she could do it perfectly fine w/o me? (because, duh, the doc had added another doc to his practice, and his patients were sicker). she was also not happy that she had to train me.

she started keeping a record of what i did/didn't do, esp. how much time i took w/ each patient. after 5 mos. i got called into the dr's office. he read off some of the list. finally, he said, "patients pay good money to see me, not you."

did i see red or what? first of all, i was hired to be a nurse. what part of that didn't you understand? and second of all, if the pt's weren't so afraid to ask you stuff, or if you would give them more than 5 minutes of your time to listen... (shrug)...

the time i spent w/ them was not ridiculous. and i also think that i should have been instructed, once the problem was first identified, rather than being threatened w/ being fired 5 mos. later. i ended up quitting. if i had wanted to be a secretary i wouldn't have bothered w/ nursing school.

Specializes in trauma, ortho, burns, plastic surgery.

pet peeve1: men doctors who believe that a woman-nurse means hot and stupid.

petpeeve2: nurses who believe that doctors are rich and stupid.

actions:

for 1: let them to discover only your good functioning brain….looool…….. instead of your j. lo bump.

for2: rich and intelligent could be a better choice….loooooool

catchphrases:

-“don’t ask me about my preferred perfume, we can talk about lungs assessment instead!”

- “a bugatti can be be ok for me if we can talk togheter on the road about deep brain stimulation aplications and perspectives”

Specializes in LTC.

Pet peeve 1: When the day shift nurses want OT 3-11 nurses get bumped off their unit and sent else where... And then they call us and ask us how do you do this to so and so... And then think they're gonna leave by 8 or 9pm and call us back to count with them....

Solution 1: If you're gonna do the time, you better be prepared to stay and do the job... Or go where you're needed because you're making me mad...

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Pet Peeve: Women who are admitted to the hospital and "suddenly" lose function of their arms and hands.

Hey. What do you do at home when you wake up at 3 in the morning and need a kleenex? Call someone? I doubt it. It's right next to you, along with your water/hearing aid/snacks/telephone and gosh-knows-whatever-else it is that you need. Lift up your arm, extend your fingers forward, and pluck that kleenex right out of the box. Oh. My. Gosh. I know that it's really hard laying in bed all day, but I think you can manage to lift a glass of water, fluff your pillow, and arrange your blankets all by your self. I know this one is tricky, but guess what. We are here to provide medical care, not wait on you hand and foot.

A "PLEASE" and "THANK YOU" every now and then would also be nice.

Solution? Who knows. I try to ask "I'm sorry, I didn't catch that" like I didn't hear them the first time around when they issue one word commands. Other times I will say things like..."your water is on your table on your right." One nurse I worked with once said to a patient who had snapped "Stockings!" as we were sitting her up on the edge of the bed: "Stockings.......please?" The lady looked offended, and said to me " she must not like her job very much." LOL. :uhoh3:

Catch Phrase...Why can't you do that for yourself? Your arms aren't broken....yet.

Specializes in Tele, Infectious Disease, OHN.

Peeve: Patient who is furious because he has been trying to get disability and has been denied

Solution: Yes, you are HIV positive. Your counts are great, you are not on meds and you are in your mid 30's. You have a degree and had a job until your decisions finally caught up with you and you quit your job in a hissy fit. You are more likely to die from the COPD you are developing from smoking or the DM you refuse to take care of as well.

Line: Get over yourself. Get a job. Plenty of people a LOT sicker than you with this virus work, pay their bills and contribute to society.

Whew... that felt good

Specializes in Cardiac Care, ICU.

1) Hosp. Admin that wants you to be a hard working loyal employee b/c the people at our hosp. are a "family".

2) Gee you want me to work over b/c you made a nurse stay home on low census even though she made it clear she would not be on call and it never occured to you that we might get admits. Well I would except I am so tired from working short all last week when you told me I should just suck it up for the "family". I might do it if you would pay me more but, much like my real family, you expect me to do it for nothing.

3) Stop staffing so tightly that one admission creates conditions where you staff are overworked. pay me for what I do. when you want extra, pay me extra.

4) I have a family I love and am willing to spend extra time w/ and do things for free for and I have an employer who I give an honest days work to and expect an honest days pay from. Guess which one you are!

Pet peeve: Drs who don't follow isolation proceedures.

Yes, I know you have more education than I do, and more authority here than I, but the MRSA, C. diff and VRE can't tell the difference between your exaulted self and the rest of us riff-raff.

Solution: politly pointing out the BIG, RED islolation sign on the door.

Catchphrase: they are UNIVERSAL precautions - this means you, too!

Specializes in Alzheimer's, Geriatrics, Chem. Dep..
Pet peeve: Drs who don't follow isolation proceedures.

Yes, I know you have more education than I do, and more authority here than I, but the MRSA, C. diff and VRE can't tell the difference between your exaulted self and the rest of us riff-raff.

Solution: politly pointing out the BIG, RED islolation sign on the door.

Catchphrase: they are UNIVERSAL precautions - this means you, too!

ha ha

Well, not funny, but the catchphrase is ;)

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