Why, oh, WHY do nametags always seem to be flipped wrong-side-out??
I'll position mine the proper way (with name and picture front and center) and by the time I walk from the Pyxis to the bedside, approximately 20 feet, it's flipped back over.
Whenever a patient asks my name I look down and again it's flipped to the back and I have to turn it over.
I have turned it over on the holder thinking it might have a preferred side only to again have it be wrong side out 90% of the time.
I have turned it wrong side out on purpose (to fool it) only to check back later and it's still flipped wrong side out (to fool me).
The nametag is plastic so I don't think there is any kind of personal magnetic field interference.
This has happened to me in two different states so I'm ruling out being in a vortex.
I am now investigating whether I might be a vampire-like being (as I do prefer nights) that cannot have a picture of myself visible to the public.
I will appreciate any and ALL explanations or theories on this mighty strange phenomena.
This common phenomenon has to do with the space-time continuum. You can take my word for it or watch the first episode of Back to the Future, backwards in slow motion to understand.
Would two sided badges show the staff member's face on one side and the back of their head on the other? 😉. If your badge was two-faced, how would you know which was the 'real' front of your badge?
Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
C'mon tell us WHAT did you expect?? Be honest or it's no fun.
Lol. Probably someone discussing how a patient was brought back to life, yadda yadda. But NOT this. This, was not what I expected when I clicked on the link.
Just know that I DO NOT plagerize others' work. In fact, I'm working on my own project of determining if NCLEX students' pre-test preferences for JELLY or CREME donuts affect pass/fail rates. Thank you very much.
Oh, and BTW, tape on the tush would only cause chairs to flip over forward. You need tape on the seater's back or the back of the chair!
I actually don't mind it. I've lost a ton of weight and whenever a patient looks at my picture I see this puzzled look on their face. I tell them, "I know, I know the picture doesn't look like me, but I assure you it is with 80 pounds added on."
But yeah it is strange though. I've bought different holders and never works, my badge is always facing the wrong side. And the stranger thing is I never see it flip.........
Specializes in Palliative, Onc, Med-Surg, Home Hospice.
I've never understood why they refuse to make them two-sided, but maybe they know that would cause the nametags to become unstable, spinning wildly potentially causing injury.
My facility solved the backwards badge problem by giving us two, one for each side. We have our "RN" (or MD, or CT, RRT, Lab, Rad, etc) placard sandwiched in-between the two. I have my bin key hanging with my badge and it invariably covers my face. :) Same problem, different object!
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This common phenomenon has to do with the space-time continuum. You can take my word for it or watch the first episode of Back to the Future, backwards in slow motion to understand.
Would two sided badges show the staff member's face on one side and the back of their head on the other? 😉. If your badge was two-faced, how would you know which was the 'real' front of your badge?
(Yes folks, I'm just joking.)