You are part of the problem with healthcare today if...

allnurses Guide · Mar 17, 2010

QUOTE=360joules;4182563]. . . .I have the back of any manager that can come out a take off a few orders or something when we're slammed. I know they have their own repsonsibilities, but a little bit of appreciation and kind words (vs. complaining about "drinks at the desk") would completely invert the atmosphere of my workplace.

I hear this over and over on allnurses and in the workplace. Normally, it doesn't represent a great deal of time, either! Back in the mid-eighties I worked for a large insurance company that at the time still owned a large hospital and about 20 outpatient clinics. The President of the company (a very affable suspenders-wearing Texas MD) would come around once a month and just informally talk to all of us. Some people thought it was just a hokey ploy-- but it sent a message. A doc blogger I read regularly once wrote a post about last winter being stunned to see the CEO (and no youngster either) of his hospital shoveling snow off the walkway to the lobby! Why can't more people in managerial positions see the tremendous goodwill they can reap by these simple ways of outreach?

avator288 · Mar 17, 2010

If you break the law

pennyaline · Mar 17, 2010

And why is everyone upset with joules?, I thought that Jeff Foxworthy wrote this:)

No. The OP mentioned Jeff Foxworthy because of the take off on his "You might be a redneck" theme.

TigerGalLE, BSN, RN · Mar 17, 2010

I agree with 360 joules on most accounts. However, it is true that the nurses in these management positions are just doing what they are being told to do, and the people above them are doing what they are being told to do, ect ect ect leading up to what joint commission is telling them to do. It is all JCAHO's fault really.

noreenl · Mar 24, 2010

School Nurse in Profesional Business Attire!!!! Mosty definitely experiencing the problems of healthcare with all my special needs kids and NOT Contributing to it!!!!!!

uthscsanurse07 · Mar 24, 2010

Well said PorterM!

nslpriv · Mar 24, 2010

Wow, you are a nurse involved in direct patient care as well as a BLS Instructor, PALS Instructor, ACLS Instructor and TNCC Instructor, develop patient education materials, organize and plan education events for other disciplines? How do you do it all? Oh yeah, that's right. You don't. You rely on the expertise of those in education to provide you with that education. Get off your high horse, get educated and LEARN what nursing is really about. It is so much more than diect patient care. :crying2:

CuriousMe · Mar 24, 2010

If nurses spent more time laughing instead of cutting each other's throats, this would be a much more attractive profession

I spend plenty of time laughing.....I just didn't find the original comments funny.

Purple_Scrubs, BSN, RN · Mar 24, 2010

Ya know, there are lots of things I could say about this thread, but I think I will leave it at this: I think nurses are the one of the last groups that we could say is a big part of the problem with healthcare.

Could we do better, sure. But how often are our hands tied? Those who are simply suits with alphabet soup after their names to you have families to support too, and they are at the mercy of their higher-ups just like the rest of us. You may think they sit up in their ivory tower eating bon-bons, but I assure you they have very real responsibilities, deadlines and duties.

My mom was a floor nurse for almost 20 years and has been in administration for another 20. I can assure you she is not part of the problem with healthcare. And she works as hard if not harder than any 2 floor nurses at age 65, even though she has minimal patient contact. You just really have no idea what the job entails until you have walked a mile in those high heels.

djmRN · Mar 24, 2010

Well said PorterM and luvRNs... :yeah:

To 360joules...yes, your posting is meant to be satirrical; however, you HAD to know you would touch a nerve on every nurse who has done her/his time doing direct patient care (I have the chronic back pain to prove it). :madface:

I have been in nursing for 30 years - I've done my time in the ICU cleaning up code browns, holding a dying patient's hand, praying with family. I've done my time in the ER where I had to tell a young couple their baby didn't make it. I don't regret one single second of my time as a bedside nurse, but I have earned the assigned covered parking spot and the right to wear business attire and have Christmas off!

I don't disagree that our healthcare system needs adjusting in a big way; however, I DO disagree with Obamacare.

KeepingItRealEeyore · Mar 24, 2010

Thank You for posting this.

FixThebody · Mar 24, 2010

I understand that everyone that went to school and did the hard work required to lawfully gain the right to display the letters "RN" beside their names would like to be called an "RN",,, however, in the real world, where the rubber hits the road, those who are not assigned patients daily and working at bedside, "are not" by my definician, practicing RNs. You can say that you are an RN but you must also say that you are not a practicing RN. Your tittle must be something different. You must say something like, "I am a qualified RN but "??????" is what I actually do." Helping patients face to face and at their bedside on a daily baseis is intertwined with the origin being an RN. Yes, this is just my opinion, I am not humble about it, and I don't mix words, It is not some soft cushy mama said thing with me. Do the hard bedside work daily or call yourself something else ! (MO) If this make you made, so be it ! That is just life in the REAL world !