What's your relationship with the other nurses on your floor?

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Do you all get along for the most part? Do you eat meals with them or just get away and use that for alone time? Could you see yourself hanging out with them outside of work?

Specializes in ICU, ER, EP,.

we are a very close knit bunch, but we're ICU... we celebrate birthdays, superbowl, weddings, hang out for a beer or wine, support each other in crisis.. to the point that we give our own PTO's or days off to others in time of need.

Now, we all have our pow-wow's our fights and have moments when we wouldn't pee on each other if on fire, but it always works itself out, we're deeply close but we do have our moments.

ps, when we trash talk each other, it's nothing we haven't or wouldn't say to the person face to face.... Anyone that tries to bad talk my nurses, will feel my wrath!

so yes we are dysfunctional, but when it matters, we have each others backs... and it works for us.

you may do me wrong and screw me today, but it's forgotten by my shift change and I would never hold a grudge and leave you work, it's ethics... if we're better than that, than we're all better. I got your back baby!

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We have a mix of people at work....I think age is what can really separate who hangs out with who outside of work. I get along with most everyone despite the age; some more than others.

At this current hospital, I notice a trend of the the younger RNs striving to be big buddies with the residents. I laugh when I overhear an RN bragging to another about having a conversation with 'the doctor' about a non-work issue; or that they are making plans to meet a group of the docs out for drinks. Seriously, doctors are just people, like anyone else.

True true.But sometimes, it is also a case of who you know.

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Specializes in ED Nursing, Critical Care Nursing.

I'm still pretty new to my unit. I get along with almost everyone that I work with, but I still feel pretty much invisible at work. There are only 2 people that I can think of right off the top of my head that I do not get along with at all.

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Specializes in Certified Med/Surg tele, and other stuff.

Very friendly where I work. We do occasionally do movies and such together. Some even hang with the DNS. That's a bit out of my comfort zone. I stick with my floor buddies, who are very caring and supportive. It's the nicest place i have ever worked.:yeah:

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Specializes in -.

I never really got social with other PCA's/Nurses/etc at my old work place....but the people that would go out places with each other would always ***** about it later..

ie

" So and So and I went out last night...she drinks too much"

" So and So flirted with someone last night ! What a ****, I thought they were married.."

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Specializes in Management, Emergency, Psych, Med Surg.

We all get along pretty well. There are a few of us who get together after work every now and then or when it is someone's birthday. No one hangs around with each other all the time however.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

"LOL. My phone autospells. Endorsement = endoscopy"

:) I was wondering....endorsement tech? Never heard of that - what a weird title!

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Specializes in critical care, home health.

I once worked in an excellent hospital where I had more opportunity for advancement and better pay, and everyone there was nice, but there was no feeling of connectedness among the staff. At that time, I was going through a ridiculously horrible personal situation. I needed all the emotional support I could get. Now, the purpose of a hospital is not to meet the emplyees' emotional needs and I didn't expect my co-workers to help me. Of course I did not let my personal problems interfere with patient care, but I felt lost and alone every time I walked in the door.

On a whim, I decided to check out a hospital that was much closer to home. I applied, had an interview, and was taken on a tour of the unit. Immediately, I knew I had to work there. When I saw how the nurses and other staff interacted with each other and with their patients, I wanted to be a part of it. At the time I wasn't sure why; it was just an impression I had.

I've been working there for more than three years and I cannot imagine working anywhere else. My boyfriend has suggested I look for a job elsewhere; he believes it would be a good move to work at a place where I'd be paid more, get into management, etc. But for me, the relationships I have with my co-workers and patients are too priceless.

Every nurse, unit clerk, and aide on our unit is part of our family. When I walk in the door, these people are delighted to see me, and I am happy to see them. We know about each others' lives, our triumphs and tribulations, and our support for each other is absolute.

Even better, this happy atmosphere translates into superb patient care. Every day I work, at least one patient or family member comments on how much they love our hospital, how excellent the nurses are, and how they would not go anywhere else for their care. On our unit, our patients feel like we genuinely care about them, and they are right. It is not unusual for our patients to stop by after they are discharged, just to thank us and chat with us and let us know how they are getting along. What could be more rewarding than that?

We are all friends on Facebook. We go to each others' weddings, showers, and parties. Those who have little kids get together for play dates. We hang out at each others' houses. We call and text each other, go to museums and football games with each other. We cry together. Best of all, we laugh with each other and with our patients.

Tonight is Girls' Night Out!

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Specializes in LTC, med/surg, hospice.

I get along with them all as far as I can tell. On occasion some of us eat breakfast together after we get off work.

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My old unit......we were family and always had each other's backs. Partied together and worked together. Still party with them on a regular basis.

My new unit? Wouldn't spit on most of them if they were on fire.

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Specializes in Med/Surge, Psych, LTC, Home Health.

I get along pretty well with most of the nurses that I work with, but I have yet to socialize with them outside of work. I'm the only person on my shift who is married with two small children, and I'm in my thirties while most everyone else is either in their twenties with no kids, or older with kids who are grown. So a) given my home life, I really have very little time or energy for going out and socializing and b) it would just be too weird. Those twenty-somethings are living in a place where I was so long ago, but now I'm glad that that isn't my scene anymore, you know? Hanging out at bars and getting trashed drunk.. just not my thing anymore.

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Specializes in Med Surg-Geriatrics.

We get along well for the most part,I don't however make it a practice to "hang-out",I feel it is not in my best interest to get too personally involved with my co-workers esp. subordinates.Work is work personal life is personal.

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