Playing Cards

[Nurse Beth]

Any WA nurses out there who can explain Senator Maureen Walsh's diatribe about nurses in critical care access hospitals "playing cards a considerable amount of time?"

What was that about? https://www.wsna.org/news/2019/senator-states-that-nurses-probably-play-cards-for-a-considerable-amount-of-the-day-in-amending-rest-breaks-bill

If any WA nurses are playing cards on duty, please shape up. It makes us all look bad.

(that's a joke, btw).

[TriciaJ, RN]

On 4/24/2019 at 9:04 AM, 10GaugeNeedles said:

I can't disagree with you. I don't really have a dog in the fight so, I don't have a strong opinion either way. As an acute dialysis nurse, we work non stop till the job is done, usually 14-18hr shifts (and no I'm not being hyperbolic; its just the way things are on this side of a dialysis machine). breaks just aren't a thing for us. when I worked bedside, I found the clocking in and out and making a huge deal about the 30 minutes out of 12 hours to be annoying. often when me or my colleagues forgot to clock back in it was a huge deal of tracking down correct hours and often, some of our hours would get lost in the shuffle. it was a PITA. and again, when it was just two of us on the unit, breaks simply COULDN'T happen. So, I understand people fighting for mandatory breaks like its a guarantee of some kind but, personally, I found it to be more of a hassle than it was worth. I'd rather clock in for a solid 12 hours than have to clock out, clock in and risk losing hours because of a stupid rule. just one man's opinion.

The stupid rule is the having to clock in and out. That's another great idea by management, to make it just a little more onerous to take a break. The bottom line is: they begrudge you having any time for rest.

[PediatricMA]

Don't know if anyone has seen this but she has been sent over 1,700 decks of cards in the mail ?

[SmilingBluEyes]

That grin on her face tells me she has learned nothing and does not give a rip. Vote her out.