nursefina

Oh Silverlight2010 I know! Believe me I do not agree with her mode of thought when it comes to unit nurses. It really bothered me when she said that. I worked the unit my first 7 years of nursing--I don't regret one moment. I too tried to be friendly to the ER nurses when getting admissions, tyring to make the transition as smooth as possible for both patient and staff. Just bugged me how she was so quick to shoot them down--when she is my manager and she is the one I am trying to get through to.

Nope, I am in South Florida. Started out in Ohio, moved here 4 years ago :)

Wow, I truly appreciate the feedback. For sure the only way to get the point across would be to rotate staff through the units and ER. But this is where I hit the wall. How do I approach it? Perhaps trying 2 or 3 nurses at a time? Just allowing to shadow? Do I just hand select a few staff members that I think will be interested? Hope it catches on and others follow? I have to wonder if administration will go for it. The really frustrating part is when I mentioned to my nurse manager how bad the situtation is, she kid of let me down a little. She says she knows how busy the ER is, knows how busy the floors can be, but "the units really just sit on patients some times, they aren't that busy up there". WOW. Hard to think that I will get full cooperation from her if she is so short-sighted. Don't staff members want to get along? Don't they want to work together for patients? Or is it just easier to continue to play the role? I for one am over it.

I know this is by NO MEANS a new topic...but I am at the end of my rope. I am over the griping, bickering and all-out bitterness between ER/ICU/Floor nurses. I have been a nurse for 12 years and in doing so have covered all areas. I am now a per diem (working full time hrs) ER nurse and simply stated. I am tired. I am exhausted, hungry and ****** after 12 hrs, but the icing on the shift? Hearing that others have the time to BADMOUTH the ER during their shift--while they fix our mistakes, blah, blah, blah. Fastforward to speaking with our new manager who states she wants to work on the division that exisits between the different areas. Her idea didn't really impress me, no need to elaborate. But here I sit at 0100, not sleeping, reading old blogs about team building and conflict resolution...which leads me to ask, "Does anything work? Is there anything that I can do to remedy this situation?" I think there is too much talk, not enough focus on why we are there--to take care of the patient. I could go on for days. I beg...any thoughts? Ideas?