Solutions for Drinks at Nursing Station?

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Drinks at the nursing station is most definitely a heated topic. Has anyone found a solution to this issue that both nurses and management are happy with?

At the hospital i'm at, we have kind of a decent sized backroom at the nursing stations; a lot like this picture

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For closed drinks; what about putting the drinks in a stackable sealed container like this?

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Stackable so they can be kept neatly on the side or corner of the back room and this way the drinking bottles themselves will never come in direct contact with anything "contaminated." If management is worried about the inside of the containers becoming contaminated through communal/repeated use, the solution for that could be using the disinfection wipes before a nurse puts her/his drink in there at the start of their shift.

Thoughts? Other ideas?

Here we go. Again.

I know, right? Make it go away, Far. í ½í¸œ

Specializes in Hospice.
I know, right? Make it go away, Far. í*½í¸œ

Meh, didn't get much of a reaction, I think it got bored and wandered off...

Maybe to buy some Glad products!

I keep my closed drink in my bag right next to me. I whip it out, take a swig, and back in the bag it goes. I work nights also. Of course I make sure the coast is clear before I grab it!

The associate argument is confusing to me. I have lawyer friends who refer to their professional peers as "this is my associate, so and so..." While I've heard cashiers called associates too; I actually picture someone referring to a peer or someone they are associated with at work. So definitely not a negative connotation across the board.

Sad that "@Nurse" is having a hard time understanding a professional culture.

when i read your post, koolaid comes to mind.

How about this:

The Associate is going to be in to draw your blood shortly

You cannot eat yet because the Associate says you're going to have a test.

The Associate will be in to bathe you after awhile.

The Associate is here to put in your Chest Tube

The Associate is going to do your surgery at noon.

The Associate is here to pick up your lunch tray.

.........Your Associate is on break because he cannot have drinks at the nurses station.

hey, hospital admin may want to jump on this "associate" band wagon to further in cooperate the hotel mentality into the hospital experience!!

I'm hospital naive, where do they suggest you drink water? Do they literally expect staff to be able to go 12 hrs without water?

Specializes in Cardiac, Ortho, Med/Surg, ICU, Quality.
The associate argument is confusing to me. I have lawyer friends who refer to their professional peers as "this is my associate, so and so..." While I've heard cashiers called associates too; I actually picture someone referring to a peer or someone they are associated with at work. So definitely not a negative connotation across the board.

Some people don't get it....I guess. :no:

Specializes in Psych, Corrections, Med-Surg, Ambulatory.
Sad that "@Nurse" is having a hard time understanding a professional culture.

So do you all wear professional-looking blue vests with happy face buttons?

The associate argument is confusing to me. I have lawyer friends who refer to their professional peers as "this is my associate, so and so..." While I've heard cashiers called associates too; I actually picture someone referring to a peer or someone they are associated with at work. So definitely not a negative connotation across the board.

I was not sure on the "Associate" argument either, until I read this article: Difference Between an Associate & a Staff Level Job | Chron.com

The article states that the term ASSOCIATE "meanings vary considerably, depending on which industry or economic sector you look at, and can confuse you by implying a relationship between them that doesn't exist in some cases but does exist in others."

So it is acceptable in the culture of Law to refer their professional peers as "this is my associate, so and so..." However, I have not heard a fellow nurse yet refer another nurse as an associate. Poster Slhengy may be using that term in their hospital.

Specializes in Cardiac, Ortho, Med/Surg, ICU, Quality.
So do you all wear professional-looking blue vests with happy face buttons?

We have black vests and very nice lanyards. You guys don't? :D

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