what do you talk about at work?

[nola1202]

Reading a recent threads re: problem co-workers who share way tooooooooo much personal info. What do you talk about at work. (we seem to talk about what take-out place we should order from-starting from eary in the shift) and then there are the many who talk about their latest food plan/diets.

so spill it...what are the hot topics at your place of work and what do you think about it, positive negative an/or neutral. What topics that come up daily make you want to go hide out somewhere/anywhere else?

[Trekfan]

reading a recent threads re: problem co-workers who share way tooooooooo much personal info. what do you talk about at work. (we seem to talk about what take-out place we should order from-starting from eary in the shift) and then there are the many who talk about their latest food plan/diets.

so spill it...what are the hot topics at your place of work and what do you think about it, positive negative an/or neutral. what topics that come up daily make you want to go hide out somewhere/anywhere else?

same here that seems to take 3hr:lol2: and also who is going to have to walk down to pick up the food . we always talk about the compunty and how bad they treat people pay would be 3rd or lack there of . 4th would be my dog /pets and who's dog did what last night .

[canigraduate]

Most of us are in school, so we talk about what test we have coming up and quiz each other.

The rest of the time we B***H about administration, how we are overworked and understaffed, and who's bringing what to the next unit party!

[Elvish, BSN, DNP, RN, NP]

It's almost always the same crew on weekend nights....and pretty much nothing is off-limits. Especially around 0300...

[RanieRN, MSN, RN]

Pretty much everything and anything

[Quickbeam, BSN, RN]

I have always kept it strictly work at work. However, I worked decades doing nights and I would listen to whatever the other worker had on their mind. Everyone loves a listener. My life? My own.

[nerdtonurse?, BSN, RN]

Nightshift in ICU?

Food. Where to get it, who's now open late, who delivers, who's had a bad experience with what delivery,etc.

The kids. Who's kids are in what sport, how the last game went, bad ref calls, their teachers, homework that mom has to do, etc.

The news. Lot of talk about Michael Jackson and Diprivan, since we use so much of it. How much did he actually give MJ, how long was he down if his eyes were dry, etc. BTW, with a little research, we learned you only metabolize 5% of Dip if you drink it.

The weather. It went from 85 as the high to 65 as the high, and we feel like we're freezing after the hot summer we had.

I keep my personal life to myself. Nothing like coming to work with a hard won grip on your emotions after your dad gets a lung ca diagnosis, and the charge nurse gives you every lung ca patient on the floor just to smack you around some more.

[JeneraterRN]

We are a pretty tightly knit group, and many of us interact socially outside of work. We are friends and coworkers, and a good number of us have known eachother since childhood. Our relationships may be different than those areas with a large population. We try very hard not to allow our personal lives and relationships interfere with work, but it can happen. We really try to keep out the gossip, but most everything else is on the table.

[BelleP]

I'm probably one of the "quiet kids" at work and I am fairly new. People seem to talk a lot about their kids (e.g. graduation, college, prom etc.), food/recipes, diets and trips. Since it is a community hospital in a small town, throw in some gossip there too but I haven't really noticed much of that either.

[breaktime]

We talk about pretty much anything. I really haven't heard anyone gossip about any of our coworkers with the exception of occasionally when we get a new resident who is a little scary. Even in that situation it is more to let other coworkers know what happened so they know they made need to get the fellow involved in an emergency.

I work on a very close-knit unit, and as another poster said, many of the people I work with are friends and/or roommates outside of work and will talk about anything friends talk about. There is only one person who tends to share TMI, but everyone knows it, knows it's just how she is, so we all just kind of tune it out and smile and nod unless she's actually upset and needs someone to listen. I'm relatively new so I tend to listen more than talk. The way I see it, I hear crazy things from my pts and their families everyday, so if I hear something crazy from my coworkers, I'll put it in that same part of my brain, the one that dumps as soon as I get to the elevator when I get off work.

We definitely talk about pts. Some because they (or more likely their family) are a pain, or because a pt we all love who left the unit is doing better, or worse, or passed away. We also talk about the pt's situations (the typical ethical issues that come up in an ICU environment about continuing care, etc.).

[loriangel14, RN]

Everything.Kids, parents, diets that we should be on,what we did on the weekend, vacations, what our families do to drive us crazy,whos pregnant, whos trying, what movie we are gong to see next week...and lots of stuff I couldn't list here lol.One RN is going through a divorce so she talks about that with us.A lot of us are good friends outside of work and socialize when we aren't working so we plan our next get together.

[PetiteOpRN]

Mostly "debriefing" throughout the day ("If Dr. Bones doesn't make up his flipping mind soon, I'm gonna loose it again," "Dr. Brain just announced that the resident is no longer allowed to speak to or instruct the nursing staff...it's going to be a long 3 months")

And alcohol. Truth is very few of us ever actually drink, but we the docs probably think we're a bit lush.

[MomRN0913]

We talk about our lives, kids, spouses, and well, sex! I used to work with a bunch of great people I considered family.