[DrFerry]

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Originally Posted by Watching The World Burn

Anyone think nurses have gotten far lazier than they used to? Or you think this is just everyone and not just specific to the nursing industry?

I do believe there are some good nurses still, but man, it seems like it has taken a real nose dive in terms of the overall quality of nurses. Its like the majority expect someone else to do their job. My wife is a doctor at a hospital and came in to do a procedure and the room is a mess, completely dirty, and the bedding is obviously used and the patient is waiting to come in.

So she looks at the nurse and asks something to the effect of where is the clean bedding / why is this not changed? And the nurse goes "Oh, the sheets are down that way in X room.". As though my wife was going to walk down there, do the nurse's job for her, and then come back and do the job my wife is paid to do. And the nurse is about to walk off to go do some more "charting", and so my wife stopped her and said "OK, can you get it changed then". And the nurse stares at her, rolls her eyes, gives some attitude and huffs off. Got changed though.

Far from an outlier too based on all the stories I hear. If a patient has a PSW and a nurse, and the patient needs to use the washroom, the nurse will literally tell the patient to call the PSW because they get their backs up. My wife has actually seen this happen.

Nurses are always...charting...charting...must do my charting...grr.

And then the layers of nursing administration in a hospital - it's crazy! Literally, layers upon layers, just creating busy work so they can create a new position to fill - no wonder healthcare is so expensive.

My RN daughter earned her Masters Degree in Nursing Administration several years ago. This was after 15 years on
the floor as an RN - a very dedicated RN.

Shortly after earning her Masters, she applied for a floor manager position in her department - the lowest level of
management. It lasted maybe 2 years. She was beyond frustrated with the outright insubordination of several of
her nurses, so she resigned and went back to straight nursing.

I don't understand the attitude of some people who believe they can pick and choose what they want to do within
their job description. Pure horseshit.