So I am having an issue with giving a particular nurse report. The problem is that she expects the reporting nurse to "spoon feed" her every minute detail beginning with circumstances surrounding reason for admission up to the current time. She's expects this from everyone, not only me and it's well known throughout our unit that if you see that you're giving report to this person, you know you will not be leaving on time.
Some of our patients have quite lengthy stays and are very complex, depending on their circumstances and you can imagine where it then becomes tedious to review every single thing/test/lab/etc that has occurred.
Recently, as one example, she was receiving three patients and another nurse had started giving her report on two of those patients. I also had to give report on three patients; I gave report on two of mine to another nurse in fifteen minutes. I go over to where the nurse who takes forever is getting report and wait for about ten minutes. Finally, I say something like, "all done?" or "You ready for me?" and I am told they have just finished report on ONE patient. So it's now 25 minutes into the half hour we have to give report and I am expected to wait likely another 20 minutes to even begin. The nurse giving her report kind of rolled their eyes as they know how it is.
I know that the charge nurses and manager are aware of this but everyone accommodates her repeatedly.
My question is....how can I put my foot down and refuse to stay over every time I give her report, based solely on the fact that she asks a million nonpertinent questions, interrupts constantly and wants to be informed of every little detail? I would like to say to her, when it's time for me to leave and it's obvious I'm not going to get done anytime soon (or haven't even begun yet), "I have updated the report sheet....any further questions can be directed to the charge nurse as I have obligations at home and I must leave on time today." Of course I would notifiy the charge nurse also. I don't want to to be accused of patient abandonment.
I don't think Accu-check has anything to do with it lol
Sweet Brown has nothing to do with the phrase either... It is urban slang has been around for quite some time... The phrase has even gone mainstream some time ago, but for some reason, and oddly, is now associated with a regular person???? *sigh* This thread is the first time I have ever heard of her...!!!
Thus, to those of you who think what she said is funny, fine... but stop making a mockery of her... She does not need to be pictured like a clown on your Accu-Chek machine. She may not look like your moms, but she looks like the moms of some. Thank you!
Oh, my, MBARNBSN......I don't think anyone thinks Ms. Brown has anything "to do with" the phrase....except that she used the phrase, and lots of people found her to be charming.
She was a huge YouTube sensation....and has since been the "star" of numerous local TV commercials and has appeared on national shows such as "The View". She is a beautiful, vibrant, dynamic woman ....just like many of the nurses on AN...and our mothers.
Oh for heaven's sake, no one is making a mockery of her. I think we just all identify with what she said and how she said it. Don't read more into the posts than that.
Specializes in ED, ICU, MS/MT, PCU, CM, House Sup, Frontline mgr.
Oh for heaven's sake, no one is making a mockery of her. I think we just all identify with what she said and how she said it. Don't read more into the posts than that.
I am not reading into the post... I just do not like the fact that she was posted on an accucheck machine. It was very disrespectful and unprofessional. In fact, a few Housewives of NYC and OC have used the phrase... They are actually celebrities and so if their faces were posted on an Accucheck machine, then maybe I would be OK with it... but maybe not because I may still think it to be unrpofessional.
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Bummer....still super big and I can't see it. I even tried googling Sweet Brown/accucheck...nothing.
Where did you find it?