My sister who is a nurse at an unnamed hospital (in New Orleans) reported to me recently that the hospital she works at has started running overhead announcements every 2 hours to remind nurses to make rounds every 2 hours. The announcement sings: "Round, Round, get around, I get around." to the tune of the beach boys song.
On the odd hours, every 2 hours, the overhead sings: "Turn, Turn, Turn." to the beat of the Byrds song of same name to remind nurses to turn their patients.
The announcements begin and end suddenly. And go on until 10 pm.
Geeeez, our hospital already plays the lullabye tune everytime a baby is born (day or night). I hope they don't get wind of this....
Oh wow. I think it would play continuously here if we did that. I envision our well-baby nursery to be a conveyor belt that keeps plopping babies into a bassinet.
The hospital I had my OB clinical did that, I thought it was the cutest thing ever. lol. It didn't play throughout the whole hospital just OB and postpartum and the nurseries.
UGH! My hospital does this too...throughout the whole hospital.
At a local hospital in my area, they chime "lullaby" on the overhead whenever a baby is born too. They have done it for years.
I used to think it was cute too until a friend suffered a miscarriage and had to hear the stupid lullaby several times while waiting to be released. What a horrible reminder that you've just lost your baby. To me the negative outweighs the positive on this one.
Our facility plays it throughout the whole hospital. All the visitors think we have nothing but twins and triplets being born. The OB charge nurse just waits till the end of her shift and rings the chimes for as many babes were delivered.
They play the song by the Byrds at Kaiser in Oakland, CA... not sure about the rest of their health system. How demeaning? Like I can't remember to round/turn patients on my own.
Im sorry but I think this is insulting to any nurse working the floors today. How about a nice little jingle for housekeeping such as wipeoput, or one for the managers such as "you don't bring me flowers anymore", or one for the doc's " I wanta be a millionaire so fricken bad"...Is it just me???? lol
Thanks-you made me laugh out loud. I'm gonna tell my sister so she can laugh out loud too!
Wow hospitals are becoming like Fuddruckers now. I am surprised they don't play 'Kickstart my Heart' for the CVICU floors, or 'Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)' for the Psych floor, or even 'Your so Vain' for the patients getting cosmetic surgery.
UGH! My hospital does this too...throughout the whole hospital.
I used to think it was cute too until a friend suffered a miscarriage and had to hear the stupid lullaby several times while waiting to be released. What a horrible reminder that you've just lost your baby. To me the negative outweighs the positive on this one.
I wish the trend had never been started. I do think it is sweet...I know a lot of new moms almost look forward to "Rock-a-By Baby" being played in their honor, but it has to be miserable for the patients who just went through a miscarriage or stillbirth.
But...if they take it away, people will complain that someone else's misery shouldn't override their joy. I had a friend who had a miscarriage about the time I found out I was pregnant and people were almost reluctant to be happy for me because they were sad for her. It really did feel like her sadness was overriding my happiness.
Personally, I would be overjoyed to see facilities get rid of all paging except for emergencies...codes, fires, weather, abductions, etc. Sometimes I just tune out the page because it is almost always paging someone to the phone or paging a provider that isn't answering his or her cell.
To me the negative outweighs the positive on this one.
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Oh wow. I think it would play continuously here if we did that. I envision our well-baby nursery to be a conveyor belt that keeps plopping babies into a bassinet.