Specializes in Oncology/Hematology, Infusion, clinical.
* when I Come in at 18:45 and you are playing solitaire, and you give me report on 6 patients at 1900, and someones IVFs are complete at 19:05, why isn't there a single flush or alcohol pad to be found in the med room next to the computer?
* Don't bit-h and moan incessantly about issues like poor staffing, needless paperwork, etc., and then stand silently on the sidelines while I try to raise these issues to management. If you won't speak up for me then speak up for yourself.
* Don't act like the CNA (when we're lucky enough to have at least one) is your personal slave.
* I don't believe that the fact that you're burnt to a crisp and don't care anymore=my being caring and interested in learning on my own time is a weakness. I'm approaching overcooked as well.
* Just because you see me laughing during my shift doesn't mean I'm not swamped and working my pants off. If I couldn't joke/laugh while I was at work, I would have a nervous meltdown and a pretty crappy attitude.
* I truly appreciate the people that I work with who I know will be there for me if I need them, and I only hope that they feel the same towards me. (I have said that one to a few)
And oh so many more things, but I've learned to pick my battles and my post seems to have a disgustly negative taste. I think I'll stop before it becomes downright inedible!!
Hmmm...I had sort of a blah few days and have more to add...
I am sorry that you and your husband got divorced. I'm sure it is hard to make it on one income, but it is not my fault. I am not going to cut back to part time so that you can pick up a day of overtime every week. From what you have told us (multiple times), your husband didn't work anyway, so the loss of income after the divorce couldn't have been that much. You chose to build your new house and I didn't even know you when you built it. I can't do anything about your bills. I'm sorry that my being married is so offensive to you. Stop commenting about how I have two incomes in my family so I should be the first to have my hours cut.
Stop making comments that "every woman marries their first child." I did not marry my first child. My husband is a kind, caring, responsible man. He provides half of our household income, does at least half of the household chores, ensures that our daughters are where they are supposed to be, does his own laundry, and is extremely capable of taking care of things when I am at work. I'm sorry that yours was not. I'm sorry that your grown children can't do anything for themselves either. But again, it is not my fault. Your divorce was almost eight years ago. I'm sure it is hard, but not every man is like your husband. It often sounds like you are trying to convince me that my husband is a bad guy...just stop.
Stop answering your cell phone during report. Seriously.
The doctor probably does know more than you do. Even if he doesn't, he is the one who writes the orders. I agree that he often orders more lab and x-rays than he probably needs to, puts too many people on frequent vital signs, and orders a lot of neuro checks, but he is still the doctor. He must have some sort of logic for soing what he does. (OK...this one is a bit unfair because she is probably just venting, but she does is no matter orders a certain doctor writes and no matter what he admits patients for).
You are the one who showed up when you weren't scheduled. You are the one who got pouty when the nurse manager said you could stay and we could just work overstaffed for the night unless someone wanted to go home. You are the one who started pouting about not having enough money to pay your bills. I was happy to take a day of PTO. How dare you post on Facebook about how "******" your shift was and how bad your back hurt and how bad you wish you could just go home. You had your opportunity, you missed it. And I don't appreciate the ten or fifteen text messages asking if I want to come back...especially after I called and asked if you really needed me to come back and you said, 'no.' Get off Facebook and quit texting while you are at work!
Thanks for listening...I think my blood pressure might be back to normal! :)
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
if i can see you popping and cracking your gum and chewing it with your mouth open, so can the patients and their families. do you really think that looks professional?
no, you are not discreetly chewing your gum. your jaws are working a mile a minute. plus, see above.
if you're going to call in sick five minutes before the start of your shift, do not then go on facebook bragging about the great new guy you met at the bars and went home with last night, and your plans for today.
i know your back hurts. mine does too. we still need to reposition these patients.
My coming at 630 on my time does not mean you need to eye me like a vulture - no I am not ready for report. I am here to glance at my charts and look at labs. You are never ever ready for report until after 7!
"Dr. *******, you are a miserable, awful person -- really and truly. I have observed you over the past months I've been an RN and initially, I tried to give you the benefit of the doubt. But after watching you castigate another nurse simply for the way she greeted you one morning, after hearing countless stories about your hatefulness and seeing a lot of it with my own eyes, and after having you scream at me over the phone because I called your cell rather than page you (I had paged you twice; you never returned my call. And don't provide your cell number if you don't want us to use it), I have decided I am finished speaking to you. So, when there are three other docs plus you bellied up to the nurse's desk, and I speak to those three and not you, why yes, I am ignoring you. I call/talk to you about your patients but I will never instigate any small talk with you. And the very next time you are rude to me (and I know it will come), I will write you up so fast your head will spin clean off."
"NightNurse, I hear others make fun of you constantly and I would never do it, and I am never anything but nice to you. I recognize that you must be a pretty unhappy person and have a real need to feel superior and important. But you do not have to condescend to me because you have been a nurse longer than I have, nor do you need to call me 'Honey' and 'Sweetheart' as you criticize me for something, nor do you need to look at me as though I tried to put out a lit cigarette on one of your children when I ask a question to which you think I should already have an answer. You have no idea how much I hate following you on days because you always leave me a mess. I even switched weekends so I wouldn't have to work with you that often. Also, I am in awe of the fact that you seem to pronounce/spell absolutely everything incorrectly. How is that possible? I am baffled, truly, that you survived nursing school and passed Boards."
"Dear Colleague, you really are a pretty good nurse. I like that you always seem cool under pressure. But you think you know everything, and I find that a little disconcerting. Input from others can be a valuable tool, especially before you unilaterally decide to do something like remove a patient's BiPap or load another one up on Ativan and Haldol because he is a little 'needy' one night. The ramifications of both (and I know, because I followed you) were nearly disastrous."
"Hey Supervisor and Directors and CNO! You're liars and don't give two ***** about the patients or the nurses. How do you sleep at night?"
"Nearly all my co-workers, you are awesome. You and the patients are why I keep showing up. I appreciate that you have my back. I hope you know I have yours. In what other job could we experience nearly every human emotion during each 12+ hour shift? Thanks for all the help and laughter and understanding."
Wow, I sure can't top that last post, but here's my take:
Yes, I work 2 doubles, on weekends....every weekend.....unless I am sick, which is rare. Why? Because it works with my schedule, and advancing my education is important to me. So, if I want to pick up shifts I will let you know. That inservice you wrote about respecting the nurse on call's time off, since they have already worked a full week, also goes for me, too. Only my week is worked in 2 days.
Short staffing is not my problem. It is also not my problem, that when I request my vacation time, which I have earned, by the way, that we are STILL short staffed. Don't deny me my vacation because that is too many shifts for you to fill! That is also why we have managers to work the floor. (Uh, did I mention this will be 4 years in a row I have been told I can't take my vacation?)
Yes, I know you have your job to do. Now go do it so I can do mine.
When I give you a sheet with VS to be done, do them at the beginning of the shift, not at the end. And don't tell me you weren't able to get them done in 8 hours, then leave and still not do them.
If the BP is too low or too high, tell me right away. Don't leave them on my cart or desk for me to find later....you do know the parameters for BP, right?!
Yes, you think she may need an ativan. If she thinks she needs one, she will ask for one. Medication is not always my first intervention. I can usually get her calmed down without one, anyway.
If you ask them if they are ready for a shower, expect to be told no. Tell them, "Hey, today's your bath day and I know you will feel much better after you've had one. I'll be back in 10 minutes to help you." Then go do it!
So far, those are my gripes, lol. It's great to see others!
if i can see you popping and cracking your gum and chewing it with your mouth open, so can the patients and their families. do you really think that looks professional?
no, you are not discreetly chewing your gum. your jaws are working a mile a minute. plus, see above.
if you're going to call in sick five minutes before the start of your shift, do not then go on facebook bragging about the great new guy you met at the bars and went home with last night, and your plans for today.
i know your back hurts. mine does too. we still need to reposition these patients.
Dr. X, please stop doing "remote care". If I knew that being a doctor meant reading a triage note in a computer, eyeballing the person from across the room, and then writing order, then I would have gone to medical school.
To the nurse I now work with: I love you! I love you! I love you! If I were going to have more children, I'd name one after you! You've made my job SO much better because of your great attitude and willingness to do whatever needs to be done without incessant complaining, unlike the LAST nurse I had to work with. :)
I work two units at night. At the HH Unit: quit leaving orders for me! there is no reason why you cannot fax the pharmacy, and write the order into the MAR! Also, quit leaving the workroom and mess...and dumping all of your extra work on me! Also, I really really really do NOT care about your kids! I am not a kid person, and I dont care about what you kids ate, did, wondered, ect.! To the CR nurse: I seriously LOVE you I would do anything for you...you are my idol and role model. You are what nursing is all about...you are caring, loving, and SUCH a hard worker! I really hope to someday be just like you! At my QMA: just do the ******* treatments! They are not that hard! Treatments do not include simply signing off the TAR book! you have to actually go room to room and put the ******* cream on the resident. WOW! I know, this is not fun. As third shift healthcare providers, you sometimes have to wake the resident up, and apply the treatment, and sometimes this is not a very fun process. But sorry hun, thats how it is. AND ALSO....use the MAR book to refer to orders when giving medications! This is a state mandated way of giving medications! WOOOOW!!
To the CNAs: if I am running my butt off...come and see if I could use some help. I would fall over from disbelief. I know that you always leave at 5:55am on the dot....but I always leave at 7am or later!
annister
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* when I Come in at 18:45 and you are playing solitaire, and you give me report on 6 patients at 1900, and someones IVFs are complete at 19:05, why isn't there a single flush or alcohol pad to be found in the med room next to the computer?
* Don't bit-h and moan incessantly about issues like poor staffing, needless paperwork, etc., and then stand silently on the sidelines while I try to raise these issues to management. If you won't speak up for me then speak up for yourself.
* Don't act like the CNA (when we're lucky enough to have at least one) is your personal slave.
* I don't believe that the fact that you're burnt to a crisp and don't care anymore=my being caring and interested in learning on my own time is a weakness. I'm approaching overcooked as well.
* Just because you see me laughing during my shift doesn't mean I'm not swamped and working my pants off. If I couldn't joke/laugh while I was at work, I would have a nervous meltdown and a pretty crappy attitude.
* I truly appreciate the people that I work with who I know will be there for me if I need them, and I only hope that they feel the same towards me. (I have said that one to a few)
And oh so many more things, but I've learned to pick my battles and my post seems to have a disgustly negative taste. I think I'll stop before it becomes downright inedible!!