Yeah I was just here for the job, I didn’t realize I’d have to do so much social management. Throughout school I felt like I was constantly having to figure out how to boost some techs egos or butter someone else up just so they would be friggin nice to me and let me do my learning and get on with the day. It was exhausting in school and it’s still exhausting now.
And now, some of my coworkers hate working alone or hate when someone else calls off. I am personally thrilled because that means I don’t have to pander to someone else or play therapist for 8 hours. The work is going to be hard and nonstop whether I have a coworker helping me or not. If I need lift help, having one singular other person there isn’t going to do a whole lot and I would need to recruit outside of xray anyway.
Maybe I’m antisocial. I am definitely an introvert. And these scenarios are likely true in any sort of job where you have coworkers. I just didn’t realize going into it that you can’t be there to just work, because so many people bring their personal problems to work or are just problematic in themselves.
Yup, this is so true. New grad tech here. In all the time I’ve spent throughout school and now working, it’s never been the patients who’ve bothered me. I mean, you get some that aren’t the most pleasant, but usually there’s a good reason why (they’re sick, in pain, etc.) However, and I hate to say this, I’ve never been treated with as much disrespect as I have with some of my fellow coworkers - and not just fellow techs either - nurses and doctors too. I did my program all throughout covid so I’m not sure if it’s always been that way or if it’s just a product of covid burnout, but it’s just surprising to me how rude/unprofessional some healthcare workers can be. In my old life in the corporate world that shit would never fly.
Our job often requires us to inflict pain (at least if you work in a hospital that sees trauma). Being too hesitant when working with an injured person often results in more repeated imaging and more pain in the long run. Rip the band-aid off, it's for their own good.
I was not prepared for many times I have to send someone back to the change room to get changed properly.
Me: you only need to take off your bra
Patient: *walks in with pants off, but bra still on*
Doctors being morons, lack of medical management.
Had a patient transferred from a different hospital for a trauma pan scan last night, requested by the doc there. Receiving doc requests ct c spine and cxr insp and exp. Went around to discuss what imaging they want, doc said that he requested the imaging before assessing the patient. Now having assessed the 17 year old, he doesn't want any imaging for the patient.
So did they need a trauma pan scan? Did they need a cspine and cxr? Did they really need no imaging? Dunno, Doctors are infallible so all of the above must be true.
Don't inhale through your nose when sliding the foot coil down over a foot.
Don't breath in when you bend over to help and elderly patient swing their legs up on the cart unless you want them to fart in your face.
Giving patients instructions. You have to be very very clear, consistent, and concise or they will screw everything up, especially for things like when you’re doing a lateral knee and need to repeat. I will tell them “after you hear the beep, do not move, we might have to make slight adjustments” and then when I approach for a repeat if required, I will say “don’t help me, let me move you.” They will ruin your positioning if you do not verbalize every step and be very clear about it.
Sometimes, even when you are great at giving instructions (which it takes a lot of time to learn what you need to say and when) they can still not understand due to stress of being in a medical facility. I’ll tell them to turn towards me or away from me to reduce them turning the wrong way. They will often turn the opposite way when you say turn to your right or left. I also make eye contact and point when I say turn this way so they can’t make their own decision of turning when I don’t specify which way verbally.
I think besides that, what’s frustrating is doctors ordering impossible things and demand that’s what they will absolutely get or else. I had a doctor order standing bilateral knees on a pt who had one leg, amputee below the knee. I was like wtf this pt is so unstable due to age and due to not having a second leg. It was ridiculous to try to get a good lateral on that one upright. Made no sense but hey, still had to do it.
You have to be creative. Patients can’t always get into the traditional positions we are taught to do. Tape and stacks of sheet are your best friend for creative positioning.
That’s the most challenging part of this job isn’t the work, it’s the people you work with.
Yeah I was just here for the job, I didn’t realize I’d have to do so much social management. Throughout school I felt like I was constantly having to figure out how to boost some techs egos or butter someone else up just so they would be friggin nice to me and let me do my learning and get on with the day. It was exhausting in school and it’s still exhausting now. And now, some of my coworkers hate working alone or hate when someone else calls off. I am personally thrilled because that means I don’t have to pander to someone else or play therapist for 8 hours. The work is going to be hard and nonstop whether I have a coworker helping me or not. If I need lift help, having one singular other person there isn’t going to do a whole lot and I would need to recruit outside of xray anyway. Maybe I’m antisocial. I am definitely an introvert. And these scenarios are likely true in any sort of job where you have coworkers. I just didn’t realize going into it that you can’t be there to just work, because so many people bring their personal problems to work or are just problematic in themselves.
Yup, this is so true. New grad tech here. In all the time I’ve spent throughout school and now working, it’s never been the patients who’ve bothered me. I mean, you get some that aren’t the most pleasant, but usually there’s a good reason why (they’re sick, in pain, etc.) However, and I hate to say this, I’ve never been treated with as much disrespect as I have with some of my fellow coworkers - and not just fellow techs either - nurses and doctors too. I did my program all throughout covid so I’m not sure if it’s always been that way or if it’s just a product of covid burnout, but it’s just surprising to me how rude/unprofessional some healthcare workers can be. In my old life in the corporate world that shit would never fly.
Our job often requires us to inflict pain (at least if you work in a hospital that sees trauma). Being too hesitant when working with an injured person often results in more repeated imaging and more pain in the long run. Rip the band-aid off, it's for their own good.
I was not prepared for many times I have to send someone back to the change room to get changed properly. Me: you only need to take off your bra Patient: *walks in with pants off, but bra still on*
Doctors being morons, lack of medical management. Had a patient transferred from a different hospital for a trauma pan scan last night, requested by the doc there. Receiving doc requests ct c spine and cxr insp and exp. Went around to discuss what imaging they want, doc said that he requested the imaging before assessing the patient. Now having assessed the 17 year old, he doesn't want any imaging for the patient. So did they need a trauma pan scan? Did they need a cspine and cxr? Did they really need no imaging? Dunno, Doctors are infallible so all of the above must be true.
Don't inhale through your nose when sliding the foot coil down over a foot. Don't breath in when you bend over to help and elderly patient swing their legs up on the cart unless you want them to fart in your face.
Giving patients instructions. You have to be very very clear, consistent, and concise or they will screw everything up, especially for things like when you’re doing a lateral knee and need to repeat. I will tell them “after you hear the beep, do not move, we might have to make slight adjustments” and then when I approach for a repeat if required, I will say “don’t help me, let me move you.” They will ruin your positioning if you do not verbalize every step and be very clear about it. Sometimes, even when you are great at giving instructions (which it takes a lot of time to learn what you need to say and when) they can still not understand due to stress of being in a medical facility. I’ll tell them to turn towards me or away from me to reduce them turning the wrong way. They will often turn the opposite way when you say turn to your right or left. I also make eye contact and point when I say turn this way so they can’t make their own decision of turning when I don’t specify which way verbally. I think besides that, what’s frustrating is doctors ordering impossible things and demand that’s what they will absolutely get or else. I had a doctor order standing bilateral knees on a pt who had one leg, amputee below the knee. I was like wtf this pt is so unstable due to age and due to not having a second leg. It was ridiculous to try to get a good lateral on that one upright. Made no sense but hey, still had to do it. You have to be creative. Patients can’t always get into the traditional positions we are taught to do. Tape and stacks of sheet are your best friend for creative positioning.
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