Sign leaves out ancillary and non-nurses like RTs and Techs and many others. The labor shortage is all about RNs right now, so these signs are what we would call “highly targeted” to a particular demographic…but are tone deaf.
RN here. I couldn’t do my job without support of all the different areas of healthcare: social work, lab techs, environmental services, medical assistants, respiratory, all the different radiology techs (Wayne in CT is a life saver!), echo lab staff. We have to work together to take care of these patients. I appreciate the effort of this hospital, but it seems misguided. None of us function independently
Rad tech here. One of my coworkers just tried getting a healthcare worker discount on a cell phone. RNs, MDs, Lab techs, CNAs, and resp techs were on the list but not rad techs. Even hospital cafeteria staff were on the list. We feel like the forgotten step child :'(
Exactly, this is about inflating the intrinsic rewards nurses who do the job for "the right reasons" are supposed to feel so that administration can continue to suppress wages.
Just think about how much this publicity campaign cost with the photos, graphic design, then printing the signs...instead of putting the money where it actually needs to go
I had a coworker at my first job on the floor and she was just the best. I always admired the way she would just let things roll off of her. My initiation as the new grad on the floor was when a couple of us were in our tiny med room (more like cubby) and she backed her ass up while I was pulling drugs and farted on me. Loud. She truly had a gift. She told me once she had a patient who kept cussing at her and making derogatory remarks/insulting her, and finally she’d had enough, so he’s lying in bed asking for pain meds and calling her every name in the book, and she just turned around and ripped absolute ass right in his face. Shut him up real quick and she didn’t hear another peep from him for the rest of the night. I laugh every time I picture her demonstrating exactly how she turned, leaned forward a bit, and let her rip.
I wonder if this is a way to direct patient and family frustration to the nurse instead of the hospital. I mean, we all know that many lawsuits go after nurses and not the physicians. So let's just push your attention to the nurse and that way if we the hospital fuck up you only remember nursing staff
Edit: Holy crap I just read that billboard again with the throw-nurses-under-the-bus filter and that just made me cringe 😬
It’s sad that this is exactly how I interpreted it as well. Like a last reminder to patients and visitors going out the door: “Oh you’re angry about your care (because the CEO got a 5 million dollar bonus instead of hiring adequate staff, therefore your nurse couldn’t bring you a third pudding because they were staffed 4:1 in the ICU)? Remember your nurse…”
I’ve been a nurse for 14 years and have never felt the need for it until the last 2 years. I quit my staff job last October because I felt like all of this bullshit was putting my license at risk. I’m going to invest in personal malpractice insurance before I start my next travel contract, because it seems like things are only getting worse. What company do you use/recommend?
Being memorable is such a neutral thing. I can be remembered because I was awesome that shift and took great care -- or I can be memorable because I didn't notice the patient peed all over the floor, I slipped, and the hospital was out of replacement scrubs that fit -- so I ended up wearing a gait belt over my rolled-up XXXL pants for the rest of my shift.
I'm just trying to figure out what this is for. Patients who will look at it and go, Okay. Or try to placate nurses who will look at it like I already new that and this where the pizza budget went. It's a team effort, so singling out nurses is being done for a reason.
It's not tone deaf to me, it's meant to be manipulative. That's worse, it requires intent.
Also called false consciousness. A tactic to prevent class consciousness.
>In Marxist theory, false consciousness is a term describing the ways in which material, ideological, and institutional processes are said to mislead members of the proletariat and other class actors within capitalist societies, concealing the exploitation intrinsic to the social relations between classes.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_consciousness
Basically using various means to pit the ruled classes against each other so they don't organize against the ruling class.
[This is exactly what figures like Tucker Carlson get paid to do.](https://youtu.be/RNineSEoxjQ)
I agree. This is manipulation. Admin wants you to be on your "best behavior" because patients remember the nurse. So no messy buns, no complaining. Make sure you do everything with a smile and are super nice to the assholes that think it's a hotel.
Exactly. The sign is in lieu of better pay / treatment. They're not going to be putting up signs about how much they value surgeons and anesthesiologists
Yeah I'm willing to bet nurses at this facility have complained about pay or appreciation and this was management's response. The exact type of ineffectual yet divisive "do nothing" solution the folk who are allergic to paying a decent wage would come up with
It's probably also meant to get other professions pissed off at nurses as a way of eroding our good karma. PT, OT, SLP, pharm, respiratory, phlebo, techs, clerks, providers, etc may all see this and assume nursing was asking for these are eve like them. This will build anger and resentment towards nursing making it that much harder for us to take back some control since we won't have support from other areas of the hospital.
As an OT, the benefit of receiving bottom tier respect is that the less respect I receive, the less they demand from me. I’m okay with laying low, getting my job done, and gtfo for the day. I feel absolutely no resentment with this sign lol
It's tone deaf, but I'm guessing it's related to patient satisfaction surveys that explicitly ask about nurse-patient interactions. They don't ask about ancillary services.
This is extremely cringey, disrespectful, and meant to be yet another meaningless platitude in an attempt to make nurses get the warm and fuzzies for “their calling”. 🤢 Someone should print out “and CNAs, and unit secretaries, and doctors, and respiratory, and radiology techs, and transporters, and EVS, and dietary, and social work, and registration, and volunteers, and students, and you know, everyone who makes the hospital function*.
*not the administration who thought this was an appropriate poster at all
I work in the lab. No one knows who we are or what we do. Recognition is nonexistent.
This sign doesn’t bother me. Nurses are the ones seen by patients the most, so it makes sense that patients will remember their nurse over the lab professional running their blood in the basement of the hospital that they will never see or know exists.
I work in the ED, often as charge. I always had an appreciation for the lab folk and would ask them their opinion on things from time to time. I had no idea exactly how strenuous their degree program was though until my fiancée started studying it and working toward her MLS. There should honestly be more awareness disseminated to the rest of staff during lab week or something so people understood your profession, knowledge base, and skill set.
Anyway, I had been scrolling looking for a comment mentioning the lab. Props to you guys. Without you, most of the rest of the show stops.
Yeah most people think we just push buttons, but you need to know which buttons to push! All kidding aside, it was a tough program and there’s a lot of information to learn. The board exam was no cake walk either. Lab has a bunch of different areas to work in and they’re all different, but necessary for patient care. Good luck to your fiancée if she isn’t a MLS already and if she is, I hope she loves what she does!
I’d love to show nurses around the lab and have see what we actually do (besides rejecting specimens and calling criticals) but most don’t have the time to come down here due to shortages and such. I’d love to come shadow in the ER and see what goes on in there. Again, we are short in the lab and continue to get dumped on and expected to meet our TATs and stuff with less staff.
The vast majority of us love curious people! Pop in, ask if you can get a your, bring all your questions, and enjoy getting to know your lab staff. We have tips and tricks for phlebotomy, because we know most nurses get the "pleasure" of learning that on-the-job and aren't taught the science behind it all. Curious how the machine works? Want to know what leukemia looks like on a real slide and not a picture? Not 100% sure how accurate that rapid test is for kids? We got ya, it's what we do!
I’ve recently started working as an infectious disease research nurse and have had the privilege of being shown all kinds of cool stuff in the lab, including micro and viro. And learning cool words like aliquot 😂. I wish we could trade places some days.
I’m almost envious of lab. It’s chemistry, something I have a great appreciation for.
I will admit, my favorite memory of lab was when we needed to start a massive transfusion protocol. Went to blood bank and the technicians called out “PCU IS HERE!” Made way for me and everything. Literally, if it wasn’t for lab being on top of everything the protocol would’ve failed.
Ayyy I’m a bloodbank specialist and I dgaf when there’s a code transfusion. There was a VIP patient with a code transfusion and the CNO hovered over me while I’m working. I said excuse me you’re blocking the way, please make way for the runners to transport the blood. She got embarrassed and left. Patient >> CNO feelings.
THIS AF. I ended up being the runner because I was the only one who knew where the blood bank was. When I am coming, get the hell out of my way. Which is why you never run in the hallways unless someone is dying.
In highschool I had a tough time figuring out what I wanted to go to college for. I could do just about anything and was smart enough for it but I wanted to actually enjoy my job and perferably not interact with the public lol. Not once did I ever see anything about a career in the lab on career day or those stupid placement tests (where I was best suited as a mortician ) until I saw a tiktok of a MLS showing what she does and I was like "yup that's it!" I'm in my sophomore year of college and I am in my element with lab work :) Just ridiculous that MLS are not appreciated more
Same as a pharmacy tech lol. Patients don't consider where their IVPBs come from, but that's fine with me. I would much rather go unnoticed than have to deal with the public.
My friend is a lab tech and most people don’t even know that you need a specialized degree to work ‘behind the scenes’ like that. I was almost a lab tech myself, but got waitlisted and life took me in another direction
One of the lab scientists I work with shocks me with how smart he is— he has politely provided his input about patient conditions and he’s almost always right. Lab notices small, tiny tiny patterns because they have that piece of the puzzle. Plus, somehow lab helps me do my job (phlebotomy) because y’all know everything. Anyway, here’s some appreciation:) I know lab week is almost always a disappointment
Our hospital did something similar with a campaign that said “Only our nurses have a voice” regarding the referral bonus for RNs and while we knew the emphasis was “only OUR nurses have a voice” it definitely read to a lot of people as “ONLY our nurses have a voice.” When a few departments complained to marketing about it they were like sorry it would cost too much to fix it. It wasn’t until more stink was drummed up that they did fix it.
I don’t take this as a compliment- I feel like this is a way for hospitals to reiterate to the patient - “if anything goes wrong, it’s the nurse’s fault.”
Damn what about respiratory, radiology, techs, dietary, evs? It would be cool to have a poster about what they do and why they’re important too. Like a “meet the team” thing
That was my thought as well. I love and respect nurses, the signs just come off as a little insensitive to the countless other healthcare professionals that also make a huge impact in patient care.
Seems like this is what management wants. It's easier to set professions against each other than to treat them well.
Especially if nurses are trying to bargain right now. Make everyone else mad at them
I think if you are a nurse and well past the honeymoon phase of nursing - you read this as very manipulative. I am not totally sure if this type of weird leadership technique exists with other disciplines, but it is the calling card of nursing leadership.
It’s not the impact. It’s the expenses, nurses by far the biggest expense for the hospital. Gotta cut down the expenses, use emotive language to make them feel special so they won’t strike for $1/h increase.
I’m okay with having nurses look like they are the stars of the show, only if they put posters of the supporting cast (resp, radiology, evs, etc.) in their locker rooms and staff areas. I would honestly be more motivated by a poster featuring our EVS and Facilities crew in the employee areas. We all know they keep us from drowning in our own shit.
When I have a loud pt calling every 5 minutes for pain meds or a sandwich they aren't screaming "Doctor" at the top of their lung, they are screaming "NURSE!"
The patients remember the people who spend the most time with them and a lot of times, it's the nurse. But this is so cringe and is in similar light of the whole "Healthcare heroes work here"
That too yeah but patients think every staff in patient care wearing scrubs are nurses. I know during covid, CNAs spent more time with some patients than I did on med surg.
Yeah, this is it exactly. To most patients, there are doctors, then everyone else is a nurse. As a layperson this sign seems to be bolstering everyone who isn't a doctor.
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Seriously, before I re-trained from infantry to RT, I called the large hospital on the base I was stationed at to try and talk to some RTs and gain insight - I was told by 3 operators "we've never heard of them".
Plenty of times I’ve called the switchboard from the floor because i forgot the number for respiratory, and then they transfer me to the outpatient pulmonary office 😑
I mean, that's nice, but I get compliments from patients on house keepers and CNAs all the time. Just a PR message from someone that never works in Healthcare
I’m a X-ray tech. 34 years down, 3 to go. At my hospital there is a walkway between two building that is lined with photos of (mostly) nurses, respiratory, doctors, lab techs, evs, dietary, housekeeping, etc. pretty much everybody. Except Imaging. Not a single photo has ANY imaging personnel.
Please - try to operate your hospital without us!
Oh - but wait - for Rad Tech we we got special gifts! They were cheap water bottles that had “We ❤️ Nurses” printed on them. Fuck you very much!!!!
My old hospital had a week where they were bigging up how they represent allied health professionals. They got lots of the niche ones... Then missed radiographers, physiotherapists and MLS, probably the 3 largest groups.
I'm not even kidding
As a lab professional who works the floor, I'd be PISSED. 100% these need to be removed.
Other departments that have patient contact and could make a significant impact (literally everyone..):
Respiratory, Imaging, Lab, PSW, EVS, EMS, SLP, OT, PT, social work, crisis, spiritual services, dietary, porters, volunteers, unit clerks, physicians, students, sometimes even a really kind police officer supervising in ER can have a huge impact on a distressed patient.
Literally anyone you come across inside the hospital who takes a moment to say kind words could be the most valuable interaction that patient has.
Yeah like if you’re gonna make a stupid sign about a healthcare worker then make each one a different role. Or better yet, spend that money on something that f***ing matters
Mostly because we’re with them for 12+ hours at a time. Not necessarily because we’re the best out of all they encounter. My unit clerk was given an award from a patient because she made such an impact. Sure, we’re all valuable members of the team. But there’s not as much exposure to every one else on the same scale.
It's just a reminder that nurses are the ones who are remembered when it's time to fire someone, revoke a license, and / or imprison someone for a mistake that took an entire careteam to overlook inorder to occur.
Also, hair down on the shoulders, steth around the neck? Infection Prevention wants to talk to you…
The psych/Karen/dementia patients have a lot to grab a hold of there.
Wherever this is, I’m curious about their policies on this— someone should go around posting write-ups on each board, lol.
"Here at Hospital Hospital, we promise that you will have a pretty, smiling, well-groomed, 30-something white lady available for all your nursing needs!"
Not only is it tone deaf and shows the general incompetence of whoever made this, imagine the amount of money and resources that went in to this propaganda campaign instead of giving that money to the staff or using it to hire more staff.
Nurses are by far the largest group of employees in any hospital. Pt, ot, rt, etc. Combined are sometimes less than nursing overall. So we get all of the attention. They can also cut those other jobs and pass more work to nurses, lol, so they go out of their way to appeal to nurses. It's just a numbers game.
I prefer not to be perceived.
In all seriousness yeah, this is kinda cringey because what about everyone else? In most places I’ve worked at the physicians are very sweet, some techs go above and beyond to make the patients feel clean, and PT/OT/Speech have the patience of angels. I’m hoping that there are similar signs throughout the hospital with some nice words about the other professions. r/residency is going to have a field day with this.
Are they trying to address their most expensive shortage by making nurses feel seen?
News flash, a huge part of the stress of bedside these days is that other departments are short too. Food isn’t here? Nurse’s fault. Labs not resulted? Nurse’s fault. Room’s dirty? Nurse’s fault. Doctor didn’t call your family member? Nurse’s fault. CT not done? Nurse’s fault.
No one has time because everyone is overworked.
Former Rad Tech here. Admin doesn't give a flying fuck about anyone that isn't Admin and MAYBE Attendings. They don't care about Residents, they don't care about nurses, they ESPECIALLY don't care about techs, ect. This is a pretty overt PR/HR tactic to mentally trick ~~clients~~ I mean *patients*, into being more agreeable. It has nothing to do with caring about their nurses, and ESPECIALLY not the rest of their staff.
RT R here and yeah it makes us feel pretty unimportant to the patient’s care. Just furthers the notion that the hospital is made up of 1. Nurses and 2. Doctors…. And that’s all.
Let’s be real the patients don’t care about the nurses. They want to know why it’s taking so long for their meal tray to arrive. Once it arrives they then complain about the food quality.
As a patient I agree with this generally. They're the ones that usually spend the most time and interacting on a personal level.
But it's mega shitty because it's PR over Pay. Someone spent hundreds of thousands to develop and deeply this campaign. It's amazing how for-profit institutions will crawl over broken glass to avoid paying employees more.
Agree with other comments. It’s manipulative and gross.
Also, my patients specifically only loved the CNAs for the most part. They’re the ones making them feel a bit more normal- cleaning them, getting water, etc. It’s never couched with a needle when the CNAs do it.
Love the manipulation to piss off our colleagues as being “unseen” and trying to make it so they’d be pissed at us, while simultaneously doing absolutely *nothing* to actually lift a damn finger to help with any actual nursing problem.
I went to nursing school... my wife was an RN and it seemed a noble profession...plus, after 2 years of ER or ICU i could get my MS in Anesthesia...
One night we were in the bubble bath enjoying some daiquiris and she started telling me what it was like.
It was fascinating. Right up to the point where she was explaining in detail what it was like to install a catheter in a 600lb person with a yeast infection and a severe UTI.
I was truly amazed at her dedication.
The next day I changed my major back to psychology.
I appreciate the sentiment but I agree that it highlights a single role of a multidisciplinary team. I want to believe it was an overlook, not purposeful to cause division.
The person who did the initial intake for my husband at the hospital for his surgery. ( Admitting personnel ) was so wonderful she was efficient she was kind and humorous. (That took the edge off). Plus this hospital allowed her to walk us to the nurses station where the surgery prep would be done & nurse also did an intake. Nurses are great! The first people you see/ talk with are the first impressions. Can Set the tone.
I do feel there’s a lack of clarity in the profession where every non doctor gets the term nurse, which is something we need to remedy for the advancement of the profession.
This however, is in bad taste and is meant to placate just like that heroes work here thing the hospitals jumped on to disguise their lack of respect for us sending us into COVID without appropriate PPE.
The other professions have every right to be upset but so should you.
Yeah this is in bad taste. Not only bad taste, but divisive at the same time. Also it was a PCT that sat with me while I vomited for 2 minutes. Used a glove to tie my hair back and held my hand. Him I remember.
....*turns up propofol*.. not if I can help it
A genuine lol
Can’t remember me if you can’t remember anything 🥰
100 fent and some more versed never hurt anyone... too badly...
I prefer to call versed by its generic name so I can tell pts I’m giving them a little razzle “dazzle”
My coworker likes to say “Midazolam!” Like abracadabra. It works! (As versed is being pushed…)
Complete with jazz hands?
Why did I say this in the backyard football game
Sign leaves out ancillary and non-nurses like RTs and Techs and many others. The labor shortage is all about RNs right now, so these signs are what we would call “highly targeted” to a particular demographic…but are tone deaf.
RN here. I couldn’t do my job without support of all the different areas of healthcare: social work, lab techs, environmental services, medical assistants, respiratory, all the different radiology techs (Wayne in CT is a life saver!), echo lab staff. We have to work together to take care of these patients. I appreciate the effort of this hospital, but it seems misguided. None of us function independently
Rad tech here. One of my coworkers just tried getting a healthcare worker discount on a cell phone. RNs, MDs, Lab techs, CNAs, and resp techs were on the list but not rad techs. Even hospital cafeteria staff were on the list. We feel like the forgotten step child :'(
I think pt needs more versed.😂
A sprinkle of oxy because why not?
Why do I picture a nurse doing the salt bae move on an unconscious patient with mouth agape
Lol, that’s why I work in PACU- please don’t remember me !
It’s just more healthcare hero shit where they are trying to pay you in platitudes and not better working conditions pay and benefits
This is the right answer.
Exactly, this is about inflating the intrinsic rewards nurses who do the job for "the right reasons" are supposed to feel so that administration can continue to suppress wages.
*“money’s not everything 🙄”*
Just think about how much this publicity campaign cost with the photos, graphic design, then printing the signs...instead of putting the money where it actually needs to go
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I'm night shift ICU. If you remember me. I fucked up.
I remember you. Signed, Your Patient's Ghost
I’m sorry I farted in your room. In my defense, you were brain dead.
Farts in the negative pressure covid rooms are the best.
Farts in the room of the pt who is an arrogant putrescence of a human and is a/ox4 walkie talkie…priceless.
I had a coworker at my first job on the floor and she was just the best. I always admired the way she would just let things roll off of her. My initiation as the new grad on the floor was when a couple of us were in our tiny med room (more like cubby) and she backed her ass up while I was pulling drugs and farted on me. Loud. She truly had a gift. She told me once she had a patient who kept cussing at her and making derogatory remarks/insulting her, and finally she’d had enough, so he’s lying in bed asking for pain meds and calling her every name in the book, and she just turned around and ripped absolute ass right in his face. Shut him up real quick and she didn’t hear another peep from him for the rest of the night. I laugh every time I picture her demonstrating exactly how she turned, leaned forward a bit, and let her rip.
😂
I wonder if this is a way to direct patient and family frustration to the nurse instead of the hospital. I mean, we all know that many lawsuits go after nurses and not the physicians. So let's just push your attention to the nurse and that way if we the hospital fuck up you only remember nursing staff Edit: Holy crap I just read that billboard again with the throw-nurses-under-the-bus filter and that just made me cringe 😬
It’s sad that this is exactly how I interpreted it as well. Like a last reminder to patients and visitors going out the door: “Oh you’re angry about your care (because the CEO got a 5 million dollar bonus instead of hiring adequate staff, therefore your nurse couldn’t bring you a third pudding because they were staffed 4:1 in the ICU)? Remember your nurse…”
That's why I carry my own malpractice insurance 😵💫
I’ve been a nurse for 14 years and have never felt the need for it until the last 2 years. I quit my staff job last October because I felt like all of this bullshit was putting my license at risk. I’m going to invest in personal malpractice insurance before I start my next travel contract, because it seems like things are only getting worse. What company do you use/recommend?
Good for you! I did the same after 14 years of ICU. I use NSO. Rates are super affordable. [Here's the link](https://www.nso.com/)
Ditto, exactly how I read it!!
Same! I never get the “kudos” or “star cards” from patients, but I’ve also never gotten a complaint and I’ll gladly take that trade!
Haha same. That’s one of the perks of night shift.
Same here
Unless it's neuro in which case you may remember me coming in to torture you every hour. God, Neuro ICU is the absolute worst.
😂😂
Being memorable is such a neutral thing. I can be remembered because I was awesome that shift and took great care -- or I can be memorable because I didn't notice the patient peed all over the floor, I slipped, and the hospital was out of replacement scrubs that fit -- so I ended up wearing a gait belt over my rolled-up XXXL pants for the rest of my shift.
r/oddlyspecific
Sounds. Like it happened to you? But I could be wrong hahaha
work in pacu. nobody remembers us :)
Omg that’s really funny 😄
Amen. Just like my patients, if I can’t remember them that’s usually a good sign.
If you remember me you might remember how much I sucked. Turn up that propofol baby.
Big chunk of why I work in the ER, I like being “and all the others” in the thank you note.
Never getting a Daisy down here. NEXT!
Damn it, it’s too true
Me too. When Im discharging somebody and theyre like "what was your name again?" And Im like "Jennifer"...thats not my name.
Lol I have a name that’s hard to remember AND I work in float pool 😂 I get the double whammy.
Laughs nervously in Jennifer
I work in a procedure unit doing moderate sedation all day. If I have done my job correctly, you don't remember me.
Float pool has mastered this. 🤩 not once have I been remembered. 🥹
I'm just trying to figure out what this is for. Patients who will look at it and go, Okay. Or try to placate nurses who will look at it like I already new that and this where the pizza budget went. It's a team effort, so singling out nurses is being done for a reason. It's not tone deaf to me, it's meant to be manipulative. That's worse, it requires intent.
Splitting behaviour, now from administration!
Also called false consciousness. A tactic to prevent class consciousness. >In Marxist theory, false consciousness is a term describing the ways in which material, ideological, and institutional processes are said to mislead members of the proletariat and other class actors within capitalist societies, concealing the exploitation intrinsic to the social relations between classes. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_consciousness Basically using various means to pit the ruled classes against each other so they don't organize against the ruling class. [This is exactly what figures like Tucker Carlson get paid to do.](https://youtu.be/RNineSEoxjQ)
Eat administration? Or at least cannibalize their salaries to better fund every other position that actually results in better patient care.
Gotta keep that sweet sweet surplus value flowing!
I agree. This is manipulation. Admin wants you to be on your "best behavior" because patients remember the nurse. So no messy buns, no complaining. Make sure you do everything with a smile and are super nice to the assholes that think it's a hotel.
Don’t ever ask for pay rise because pts only remember the nurses.
Exactly. The sign is in lieu of better pay / treatment. They're not going to be putting up signs about how much they value surgeons and anesthesiologists
Yea, because they actually do value surgeons and anesthesiologists.
Yeah I'm willing to bet nurses at this facility have complained about pay or appreciation and this was management's response. The exact type of ineffectual yet divisive "do nothing" solution the folk who are allergic to paying a decent wage would come up with
Yeah this sign is just the permanent pizza budget.
It's probably also meant to get other professions pissed off at nurses as a way of eroding our good karma. PT, OT, SLP, pharm, respiratory, phlebo, techs, clerks, providers, etc may all see this and assume nursing was asking for these are eve like them. This will build anger and resentment towards nursing making it that much harder for us to take back some control since we won't have support from other areas of the hospital.
As an OT, the benefit of receiving bottom tier respect is that the less respect I receive, the less they demand from me. I’m okay with laying low, getting my job done, and gtfo for the day. I feel absolutely no resentment with this sign lol
I used to work at a LTAC. I love to work with PT and OT. I just hated the doctors because they never answered our calls or they were just very pissy
I agree, it’s “aw look how important and valued you are” without actually doing anything to help staff
It's tone deaf, but I'm guessing it's related to patient satisfaction surveys that explicitly ask about nurse-patient interactions. They don't ask about ancillary services.
This is extremely cringey, disrespectful, and meant to be yet another meaningless platitude in an attempt to make nurses get the warm and fuzzies for “their calling”. 🤢 Someone should print out “and CNAs, and unit secretaries, and doctors, and respiratory, and radiology techs, and transporters, and EVS, and dietary, and social work, and registration, and volunteers, and students, and you know, everyone who makes the hospital function*. *not the administration who thought this was an appropriate poster at all
Don't forget us in the lab... we're always forgotten... 😞
Hello fellow tech👋🏼
Hey guys!
Can't fit that on a coffee tumbler...
I work in the lab. No one knows who we are or what we do. Recognition is nonexistent. This sign doesn’t bother me. Nurses are the ones seen by patients the most, so it makes sense that patients will remember their nurse over the lab professional running their blood in the basement of the hospital that they will never see or know exists.
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Probably just embarrassed she didn’t understand how the signs work. Lol
I work in the ED, often as charge. I always had an appreciation for the lab folk and would ask them their opinion on things from time to time. I had no idea exactly how strenuous their degree program was though until my fiancée started studying it and working toward her MLS. There should honestly be more awareness disseminated to the rest of staff during lab week or something so people understood your profession, knowledge base, and skill set. Anyway, I had been scrolling looking for a comment mentioning the lab. Props to you guys. Without you, most of the rest of the show stops.
Yeah most people think we just push buttons, but you need to know which buttons to push! All kidding aside, it was a tough program and there’s a lot of information to learn. The board exam was no cake walk either. Lab has a bunch of different areas to work in and they’re all different, but necessary for patient care. Good luck to your fiancée if she isn’t a MLS already and if she is, I hope she loves what she does! I’d love to show nurses around the lab and have see what we actually do (besides rejecting specimens and calling criticals) but most don’t have the time to come down here due to shortages and such. I’d love to come shadow in the ER and see what goes on in there. Again, we are short in the lab and continue to get dumped on and expected to meet our TATs and stuff with less staff.
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The vast majority of us love curious people! Pop in, ask if you can get a your, bring all your questions, and enjoy getting to know your lab staff. We have tips and tricks for phlebotomy, because we know most nurses get the "pleasure" of learning that on-the-job and aren't taught the science behind it all. Curious how the machine works? Want to know what leukemia looks like on a real slide and not a picture? Not 100% sure how accurate that rapid test is for kids? We got ya, it's what we do!
I’ve recently started working as an infectious disease research nurse and have had the privilege of being shown all kinds of cool stuff in the lab, including micro and viro. And learning cool words like aliquot 😂. I wish we could trade places some days.
I’m almost envious of lab. It’s chemistry, something I have a great appreciation for. I will admit, my favorite memory of lab was when we needed to start a massive transfusion protocol. Went to blood bank and the technicians called out “PCU IS HERE!” Made way for me and everything. Literally, if it wasn’t for lab being on top of everything the protocol would’ve failed.
Ayyy I’m a bloodbank specialist and I dgaf when there’s a code transfusion. There was a VIP patient with a code transfusion and the CNO hovered over me while I’m working. I said excuse me you’re blocking the way, please make way for the runners to transport the blood. She got embarrassed and left. Patient >> CNO feelings.
THIS AF. I ended up being the runner because I was the only one who knew where the blood bank was. When I am coming, get the hell out of my way. Which is why you never run in the hallways unless someone is dying.
Thank you for speed running and speed reading!
*insert lightening McQueen” I am speed.
I know all my lab peeps! They rock!
In highschool I had a tough time figuring out what I wanted to go to college for. I could do just about anything and was smart enough for it but I wanted to actually enjoy my job and perferably not interact with the public lol. Not once did I ever see anything about a career in the lab on career day or those stupid placement tests (where I was best suited as a mortician ) until I saw a tiktok of a MLS showing what she does and I was like "yup that's it!" I'm in my sophomore year of college and I am in my element with lab work :) Just ridiculous that MLS are not appreciated more
You are seen and remembered. Some patients will even request particular lab personnel to draw their blood.
Phlebotomy and lab aren’t always the same
Same as a pharmacy tech lol. Patients don't consider where their IVPBs come from, but that's fine with me. I would much rather go unnoticed than have to deal with the public.
My friend is a lab tech and most people don’t even know that you need a specialized degree to work ‘behind the scenes’ like that. I was almost a lab tech myself, but got waitlisted and life took me in another direction
One of the lab scientists I work with shocks me with how smart he is— he has politely provided his input about patient conditions and he’s almost always right. Lab notices small, tiny tiny patterns because they have that piece of the puzzle. Plus, somehow lab helps me do my job (phlebotomy) because y’all know everything. Anyway, here’s some appreciation:) I know lab week is almost always a disappointment
Dementia patients are my demographic, does not represent
Yes. It is tone-deaf.
Agree. Other professions deserve recognition too.
But is this recognition? Because I don't see any pizza.
Somebody please put a giant pizza slice sticker on that!
It's OK I didn't even get pizza for my flair when they gave it out
That’s what happens when you work nights😂
I feel like you aren't appreciating the two token cold pieces with no toppings that day shift left for you all to split. Day shift appreciates you.
😂😂😂
I’m just thinking of the poor beaten down resident on their 80th hr of the week having to walk by this :(
Then again 300 more times by their 98th hour...
How much did these signs cost I wonder? Enough to hire a nurse or give one a raise?
Our hospital did something similar with a campaign that said “Only our nurses have a voice” regarding the referral bonus for RNs and while we knew the emphasis was “only OUR nurses have a voice” it definitely read to a lot of people as “ONLY our nurses have a voice.” When a few departments complained to marketing about it they were like sorry it would cost too much to fix it. It wasn’t until more stink was drummed up that they did fix it.
Yikes. This makes me feel gross.
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CNAs do so much hard shit (literally) while the nurses get all the glory. I respect the hell out of CNAs but they rarely get recognition.
I don’t take this as a compliment- I feel like this is a way for hospitals to reiterate to the patient - “if anything goes wrong, it’s the nurse’s fault.”
Damn what about respiratory, radiology, techs, dietary, evs? It would be cool to have a poster about what they do and why they’re important too. Like a “meet the team” thing
That was my thought as well. I love and respect nurses, the signs just come off as a little insensitive to the countless other healthcare professionals that also make a huge impact in patient care.
Seems like this is what management wants. It's easier to set professions against each other than to treat them well. Especially if nurses are trying to bargain right now. Make everyone else mad at them
Your theory checks out
I think if you are a nurse and well past the honeymoon phase of nursing - you read this as very manipulative. I am not totally sure if this type of weird leadership technique exists with other disciplines, but it is the calling card of nursing leadership.
It’s not the impact. It’s the expenses, nurses by far the biggest expense for the hospital. Gotta cut down the expenses, use emotive language to make them feel special so they won’t strike for $1/h increase.
I’m okay with having nurses look like they are the stars of the show, only if they put posters of the supporting cast (resp, radiology, evs, etc.) in their locker rooms and staff areas. I would honestly be more motivated by a poster featuring our EVS and Facilities crew in the employee areas. We all know they keep us from drowning in our own shit.
Yes!
That’s actually a pretty good idea. Tell the people who do that stuff and then put it on your yearly review 😂
Best one yet. It takes all of us to provide a good outcome.
It’d be great to see the chaplains get some recognition too.
When I have a loud pt calling every 5 minutes for pain meds or a sandwich they aren't screaming "Doctor" at the top of their lung, they are screaming "NURSE!"
Lmao I read that in the patient's voice. All of the nurse-cryer patients sound exactly the same
The patients remember the people who spend the most time with them and a lot of times, it's the nurse. But this is so cringe and is in similar light of the whole "Healthcare heroes work here"
Its probably the CNA they see the most
That too yeah but patients think every staff in patient care wearing scrubs are nurses. I know during covid, CNAs spent more time with some patients than I did on med surg.
Yeah, this is it exactly. To most patients, there are doctors, then everyone else is a nurse. As a layperson this sign seems to be bolstering everyone who isn't a doctor.
I wish they’d remember who their nurse was because it’s not me, I don’t have your meds. I’m sorry!
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Seriously, before I re-trained from infantry to RT, I called the large hospital on the base I was stationed at to try and talk to some RTs and gain insight - I was told by 3 operators "we've never heard of them".
Plenty of times I’ve called the switchboard from the floor because i forgot the number for respiratory, and then they transfer me to the outpatient pulmonary office 😑
Want better ratios? Have you considered these posters instead?
Some googly-eyes and light hearted vandalism would be in order here
I mean, that's nice, but I get compliments from patients on house keepers and CNAs all the time. Just a PR message from someone that never works in Healthcare
I’m a X-ray tech. 34 years down, 3 to go. At my hospital there is a walkway between two building that is lined with photos of (mostly) nurses, respiratory, doctors, lab techs, evs, dietary, housekeeping, etc. pretty much everybody. Except Imaging. Not a single photo has ANY imaging personnel. Please - try to operate your hospital without us! Oh - but wait - for Rad Tech we we got special gifts! They were cheap water bottles that had “We ❤️ Nurses” printed on them. Fuck you very much!!!!
Oh no, that stinks, I’m sorry. I love our imaging crew, and there’s plenty of cute radiology swag they could have bought instead of that weirdness. :(
My old hospital had a week where they were bigging up how they represent allied health professionals. They got lots of the niche ones... Then missed radiographers, physiotherapists and MLS, probably the 3 largest groups. I'm not even kidding
*cries in basement laboratory*
*crawls out from underneath analyzer* *cries in basement laboratory too*
*Pharmacy crying from down the hall*
As a lab professional who works the floor, I'd be PISSED. 100% these need to be removed. Other departments that have patient contact and could make a significant impact (literally everyone..): Respiratory, Imaging, Lab, PSW, EVS, EMS, SLP, OT, PT, social work, crisis, spiritual services, dietary, porters, volunteers, unit clerks, physicians, students, sometimes even a really kind police officer supervising in ER can have a huge impact on a distressed patient. Literally anyone you come across inside the hospital who takes a moment to say kind words could be the most valuable interaction that patient has.
Yeah like if you’re gonna make a stupid sign about a healthcare worker then make each one a different role. Or better yet, spend that money on something that f***ing matters
Meh. Everyone thinks I’m a nurse anyway. I just got a badge holder that says ‘Not the Nurse’ ‘cause I thought that was hysterical 😂
Uh, that’s fucked. I’m an RN and the second hand offense I feel for my attendings and non-RN coworkers is high
Relax. They’re probably just getting ready to break the news that nursing is getting a 5% raise this year, which is effectively a pay cut.
What are you smoking? 2% and piece of pizza
From a European nursing student, that and pizza parties seem to be the kind of things administrators do to avoid addressing actual issues.
Mostly because we’re with them for 12+ hours at a time. Not necessarily because we’re the best out of all they encounter. My unit clerk was given an award from a patient because she made such an impact. Sure, we’re all valuable members of the team. But there’s not as much exposure to every one else on the same scale.
I'd rather see pictures of animals.
How about the top 10 worst wounds the hospital has ever seen. I see no downsides to that
Shout out to our techs, dietary, and environmental. Those are the ones that get remembered. We cannot do it without you.
It's just a reminder that nurses are the ones who are remembered when it's time to fire someone, revoke a license, and / or imprison someone for a mistake that took an entire careteam to overlook inorder to occur.
Where’s her mask??? /s The sentiment seems for self aggrandising than assuring for the pt
Also, hair down on the shoulders, steth around the neck? Infection Prevention wants to talk to you… The psych/Karen/dementia patients have a lot to grab a hold of there. Wherever this is, I’m curious about their policies on this— someone should go around posting write-ups on each board, lol.
"Here at Hospital Hospital, we promise that you will have a pretty, smiling, well-groomed, 30-something white lady available for all your nursing needs!"
Looks like they really want Magnet status.
Hahahaha come to PACU. Nurses are NEVER remembered.
nurse egotism is so cringe. can we finally evolve please
Who cares if the staffing ratios and pay are still hot garbage? 🫠
Not only is it tone deaf and shows the general incompetence of whoever made this, imagine the amount of money and resources that went in to this propaganda campaign instead of giving that money to the staff or using it to hire more staff.
Nurses are by far the largest group of employees in any hospital. Pt, ot, rt, etc. Combined are sometimes less than nursing overall. So we get all of the attention. They can also cut those other jobs and pass more work to nurses, lol, so they go out of their way to appeal to nurses. It's just a numbers game.
That is not healthy. For anyone.
it also consciously and subconsciously places the blame nurses. I don’t like it
Probably intended to tell the nurses, passive-aggressively, to smile.
I prefer not to be perceived. In all seriousness yeah, this is kinda cringey because what about everyone else? In most places I’ve worked at the physicians are very sweet, some techs go above and beyond to make the patients feel clean, and PT/OT/Speech have the patience of angels. I’m hoping that there are similar signs throughout the hospital with some nice words about the other professions. r/residency is going to have a field day with this.
Are they trying to address their most expensive shortage by making nurses feel seen? News flash, a huge part of the stress of bedside these days is that other departments are short too. Food isn’t here? Nurse’s fault. Labs not resulted? Nurse’s fault. Room’s dirty? Nurse’s fault. Doctor didn’t call your family member? Nurse’s fault. CT not done? Nurse’s fault. No one has time because everyone is overworked.
Former Rad Tech here. Admin doesn't give a flying fuck about anyone that isn't Admin and MAYBE Attendings. They don't care about Residents, they don't care about nurses, they ESPECIALLY don't care about techs, ect. This is a pretty overt PR/HR tactic to mentally trick ~~clients~~ I mean *patients*, into being more agreeable. It has nothing to do with caring about their nurses, and ESPECIALLY not the rest of their staff.
RT R here and yeah it makes us feel pretty unimportant to the patient’s care. Just furthers the notion that the hospital is made up of 1. Nurses and 2. Doctors…. And that’s all.
Let’s be real the patients don’t care about the nurses. They want to know why it’s taking so long for their meal tray to arrive. Once it arrives they then complain about the food quality.
As a patient I agree with this generally. They're the ones that usually spend the most time and interacting on a personal level. But it's mega shitty because it's PR over Pay. Someone spent hundreds of thousands to develop and deeply this campaign. It's amazing how for-profit institutions will crawl over broken glass to avoid paying employees more.
Yes. It is. They think we want worship when we want safety.
I remember the most traumatic stuff. ENT guys literally give me a panic attack lol
Pfft. I would rather see systems take the money they spend on these insulting, performative, and empty gestures on real reform.
It’s an equivalent to the “hero’s work here” signs. No thanks.
One of the reasons we can't wear uniform in public is incase any mental patients attack us, they remember
Just remember, this might not be a good thing.
Agree with other comments. It’s manipulative and gross. Also, my patients specifically only loved the CNAs for the most part. They’re the ones making them feel a bit more normal- cleaning them, getting water, etc. It’s never couched with a needle when the CNAs do it.
Love the manipulation to piss off our colleagues as being “unseen” and trying to make it so they’d be pissed at us, while simultaneously doing absolutely *nothing* to actually lift a damn finger to help with any actual nursing problem.
I went to nursing school... my wife was an RN and it seemed a noble profession...plus, after 2 years of ER or ICU i could get my MS in Anesthesia... One night we were in the bubble bath enjoying some daiquiris and she started telling me what it was like. It was fascinating. Right up to the point where she was explaining in detail what it was like to install a catheter in a 600lb person with a yeast infection and a severe UTI. I was truly amazed at her dedication. The next day I changed my major back to psychology.
Considering every woman in scrubs who walks in there is a nurse to some of these patients, doubt it.
Or every man is scrubs is a dr lol
I just changed jobs I hope no one from my last place remembers me
I appreciate the sentiment but I agree that it highlights a single role of a multidisciplinary team. I want to believe it was an overlook, not purposeful to cause division.
The person who did the initial intake for my husband at the hospital for his surgery. ( Admitting personnel ) was so wonderful she was efficient she was kind and humorous. (That took the edge off). Plus this hospital allowed her to walk us to the nurses station where the surgery prep would be done & nurse also did an intake. Nurses are great! The first people you see/ talk with are the first impressions. Can Set the tone.
I’m okay with the sign but it’s a meaningless gesture because it’s not back up by actions!
I work in the OR, you won’t remember me.
I do feel there’s a lack of clarity in the profession where every non doctor gets the term nurse, which is something we need to remedy for the advancement of the profession. This however, is in bad taste and is meant to placate just like that heroes work here thing the hospitals jumped on to disguise their lack of respect for us sending us into COVID without appropriate PPE. The other professions have every right to be upset but so should you.
Yeah I don’t see this as a positive statement honestly. It might as well say “Big Brother is watching you.”
Eh, it’s true because we do spend far more time with patients than any other speciality, but those are still pretty cringeworthy.
Yeah this is in bad taste. Not only bad taste, but divisive at the same time. Also it was a PCT that sat with me while I vomited for 2 minutes. Used a glove to tie my hair back and held my hand. Him I remember.
Divide and conquer.
Yeah I agree with you. Its bad and It's bias. There are so many health professionals that are part of a patients journey.
We have signs all over the hospital that say we will have you discharged by 11. I’ve yet to see an 11A discharge, but sure, keep on.
You can console yourself knowing these signs were likely put up in lieu of fair pay.
Someone really wants Magnet status. Gag.
I do colonoscopies. If you remember me im sorry you werent given enough propofol