do you work with your significant other, or any family members?

ursus57 · Sep 3, 2009

CNA in LTC, the DON is my son's mother-in-law. Best I can Tell, she likes my work. We are professionally curteous with some chat about mutual grandkids. She is a great DON, and I am sure to work, and complete my job. So, for us, this works. She is asking me to work there when I finish my LPN school.

CECE,RN · Sep 3, 2009

Used to, never again... :banghead:

miss81, BSN, RN · Sep 3, 2009

I'm a float RN and my husband is a critical care RN. We work in the same hospital but only rarely work together. A few times I floated up there to help out. Funny because my 2 best friends are RN's and there husbands are RN's on the same units as them. Haven't heard any conflicts. The only thing I find is that our husbands tend to be protective. For example, one of the nurses was working Psych and a pt became violent. A code was called and when this happens a nurse from each floor is suppose to respond. Her husband responded and entered the unit to see a patient on the floor choking a nurse. At first he couldn't see who it was and he thought it may have been his wife. After it was all over he said that his instinct kicked in and it's a good thing that the guy was restrained before he really got "in on it", because he said that he would have kicked the *%$& out of the patient to protect his wife.

loriangel14, RN · Sep 3, 2009

I work with my sister. No problems, I love working with her.

locolorenzo22, BSN, RN · Sep 4, 2009

My future MIL works on the same floor, just another unit over. She's a tele nurse, I work ortho. We usually don't run into each other often...If we're having bad nights, we wont talk. I'll go next door, or vice versa...If i'm having a bad night, she's been known to bring up a piece of cake or a brownie for me....we'll usually try to talk at least one of the shifts we're working together.

husker_rn, RN · Sep 4, 2009

Have worked as charge nurse and had my daughter-in-laws and/or my daughter working as CNAs under me. They hated it....they got twice as much work as anyone else. Never heard one word of favoritism but know they'd never do it again.

Jami RN, BSN, RN · Sep 4, 2009

I don't and never would. We currently have a couple that works on our unit that is going through a very nasty divorce. It is ugly and distracting to the rest of the unit. I feel bad for both of the people involved. Neither wants to find another job while they're in the middle of such emotional trauma.

I think it is fine to work in the same facility, but not on the same unit.

Rook · Sep 5, 2009

My gf works in oncology/gyn/Med-surg. I work in Tele. Anybody with a gf/wife/husband in my hospital has to work on different units. Its usually like this at any hospital in any job (X ray, secretary etc).

blueheaven · Sep 5, 2009

My mom and I worked night shift at the same hospital. We chose to keep quiet about it so that it would not potentially become an issue. She worked on the medical floor and I worked on the orthopedic floor. For a long time noone knew we were related until she got pulled to my unit and I was in charge...LOL. She was great to work with. Talk about coworkers being suprised!

Long Term Care Columnist / Guide · Sep 5, 2009

My husband and I worked together at two different assisted-living facilities, I was the DON and he was in maintenance/housekeeping, which made it OK because neither of us was the other's direct supervisor. (Except when the administrator was on vacation or out of the building, which made me acting administrator.) Now I work with my 18-year-old son, and I'm harder on him than the other aides because I refuse to be accused of favoritism, and besides, I want him to be a GREAT aide, not a mediocre one. We get along fine, though, and when we get home we have some wonderful stories to share..........I think it's really bonded us, even more closely than we were before. :1luvu:

pagandeva2000, LPN · Sep 5, 2009

I met my husband at work, after vowing that I would not date from my job again, but there was something about him that was SO sincere! At the time, I was a psych tech, and he works for our hospital police department. We have been married for 10 years and we are happy (although I am really angry at him right now because he is resistant to redecorating our bedroom...this WILL be WAR ).

I normally don't advise on the job relationships, but if the chemistry seems right, I believe it is best to observe the person for a while to see how mature they are. I didn't have any doubts that even if my husband and I broke up while we were dating, that we would at least be civil to each other. It also helped that he is not under nursing.