Nurses with an overbearing manager, how do you pass time at work without getting caught? (linux.community)

submitted 10 months ago by permit54@linux.community to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Overbearing manager means somebody for whom relaxing after doing your job or reading on downtime means lazying around.

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[-] philpo@feddit.de 43 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You still have times when there is nothing to do?

I haven't seen that.... in decades.

If there is no patient care there is documentation. If there is no documentation there is administration/supplies. If that is done there is something to clean.

And if that is done there might be a paper/medical book to read.Or discuss a case with someone.

...Okay, you got me...I am a former manager.....

But tbf, we have sacred break times here, but when you work you work. (And well, we have less hours than people in other countries)

[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

is this why nurses are always just disappearing and leaving patients to suffer?

[-] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 45 points 10 months ago

No the understaffed hospitals are why nurses are being overworked and not able to manage the high patient load.

You're aiming your rage at the wrong target.

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav 26 points 10 months ago

No, that's because of the crushing weight of the charting and these places being chronically understaffed due to corporate greed. I worked as a CNA in a hospital, and we were doing our best to help everyone every second of our shift. It probably seemed like we were just disappearing because we never knew when we went into a room if we'd encounter a few seconds of questions, or if it would be an hour of assistance due to an emergency.

But I've also worked overnight at a nursing home, and there was definitely some downtime there, including for nurses.

[-] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 9 points 10 months ago

No, it's because patients throw their medication in the bin ;)

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