jamesgeorge

I am very opposed to taking out the trash as routine. In nursing there is a tendency for hospital adminstration, nurse managers and nurses themselves to take up the slack and I applaud that but nurses get taken advantage of. Here is a similar example. Our 3-11 clerk had extended illness and was out for several months. Now on any given day I don't mind answering the phones and working the printer, but the expectation became that because we could suck it up for a day, we could suck it up for three months. In the same way taking out a stinky trash bag turns into 3 less housekeepers on a particular shift. As long as nursing takes it we'll keep getting it. You don't expect radiology, RT, or MD's to take out the trash do you? This is a team isn't it?