I notice how you act like a shrew to your coworkers but turn into a purring twit when the doctor makes an appearance. That is so not cool and you are acting a fool (rhyme intended).
Specializes in Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health.
I am trying to give report. It is 7 AM, and you have 12 hours to work with each other. Get caught up about the weekend later on in the shift. Please do NOT come up while I am giving report and start to talk to the nurse to whom I'm reporting!
There are no rules that say you can't help a sister out and answer her call bells. I am running around like a crazy woman with my five patients. Right now you have two and you're sitting there doing your flowsheets while I have 2 bells ringing!
You are stuck so far up the manager's butt I'm shocked you're not coming out of her mouth. Or maybe you are, because you're starting to sound like her!
So you mean to tell me that no one has obtained consent for this patient's procedure, even though the physician explained it to the patient and family yesterday afternoon and nicely asked you to stamp up the darned paper? It is 1130 at night, the patient cannot sign his own consents, and he is to be picked up at 730 AM! No problem, I'm sure his daughter won't mind being woken up in the middle of the night and won't freak out when she sees "Hospital" on the caller ID!
Please, please, for the love of Pete do NOT greet me by "you look tired!" I can always get more sleep but we can't unwhoop you with that ugly stick!
Mrs. Jones has a heart rate of 36 and you're giving her beta blockers? That sounds like a swell plan to me! Why don't we give her some IVP K while we're at it?
Why are you so rude to doctors? I know some doctors are rude, but most of them are not, and don't deserve to be treated like that. And returning rudeness with rudeness isn't helping matters.
Hey, my tech friend, do NOT roll your goshdarn eyes at me when I ask you to do something for which you are paid. I am not lazy, fi that is what you're thinking. I am waiting for the physician to call me back about a critical lab value, so please just help Mr. Smith get up to the commode.
Yes, I told you that Mrs Johnson MAY be discharged today. No, I don't know if she has a ride. No, I haven't gone over her discharge instructions with her. She doesn't even have an order, I'm just giving you a heads up! Do your flipping job!
Thank you so very much for your help. You're such a helpful person that I feel like I don't thank you enough. I should stop and thank you more often. You are such an asset to our floor!
I'm here for my patients, not for friends. Yes....to be civil and friendly is one thing. But work is work. While you spend your time gossiping, avoiding your work, and the residents, some of us are actually busy. Take some of that negative energy and turn it around. Do the job you are getting paid to do. If you hate it that much...please leave. You are making the rest of us miserable with the constant complaining!
Specializes in Med nurse in med-surg., float, HH, and PDN.
I thought you said I was a PIMP :redpinkhe
Better than being called a pimple.
Uuuhhhhhh......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wouldn't do that!
Though I was a pimp once! I worked in a place where we raised rats, and I had a friend who had a pet male rat who had , as my friend put it, "never experienced the joys of conjugal bliss." Sooooo, every couple of months I brought a female rat to his house for his pet rat to canoodle with. We got fresh blood into the lines that way, and it made the boy-rat very happy!
1) PLEASE show up on time for your shift, so I can give you report and leave on time! I dont care if you clocked in on time, you always clock in on time, but then proceed to grab some coffee, chat with other nurses about their kids, etc. Can you spare a few minutes in your busy schedule so I can give you report and leave????
2)Also, please don't interrupt me during report! Of course you are more than welcome to ask questions, but if I just started report, I am telling you about their HR/BP please dont interrupt to ask about how their bottom looks. I will get there! This is the ICU, it looks like your pt is crashing, HR was steadily in the 120s all day and for an unknown reason is hanging in the 50's as of the last 30 min.... we can talk about the skin and all the other details (which you are probably just asking so you don't have to do your own assessment) later... Priorities!!!
3)...I don't care if my patient is sedated or seems to not be awake or with it. I still don't want to gossip or talk about inappropriate things (especially about this particular pt who is right here!) I always assume that the patient can still hear, because you just never know. It's unprofessional, among other things.
4) Don't go home after every shift and post on FB about what a horrible day you had and how demanding/ smelly/ fat/ etc. your patients are, I don't care if you aren't saying names, your FB clearly states what hospital and unit you work on, it just doesn't look good... And you work in one of the best hospitals in the US, if you arent happy here, why are you even a nurse!!
5)And to end on a positive note, thank you for always coming to lend a hand when you see that I'm drowning ang my patients are crashing. I never even have to ask for help, you just show up. I know I am going to have a good day when I see that we will be neighbors.
Uuuhhhhhh......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wouldn't do that!
Though I was a pimp once! I worked in a place where we raised rats, and I had a friend who had a pet male rat who had , as my friend put it, "never experienced the joys of conjugal bliss." Sooooo, every couple of months I brought a female rat to his house for his pet rat to canoodle with. We got fresh blood into the lines that way, and it made the boy-rat very happy!
Being called a pimp isn't too bad...I've been called way worse.
That is too cute! I have 2 male pet rats. They are little buggers :redbeathe
I wouldn't do that! 
RNDreamer
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What do you mean I will "get used to it"? We shouldn't get used to working in unsafe working conditions. And you have a union???
I'm putting in for a transfer ASAP. You might be "used to it", but I deserve better.