Ahhh, the ER. Where else do your employers expect you to take physical and verbal abuse with a smile and an offer to do more to meet the abusers needs?
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I thought the following article might be of interest to you:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/nurse-tells-of-bullying-monster-shifts/2008/05/26/1211653907516.html
Plus, as you know, the abuser will complain to management who will rush him or her back to the only available bed. At least this is how it is in my experience. Then there will be a massive work-up for the long term HA or chronic back pain. This because his own physician is tired of dealing with the requests for narcs when they are not really justified.
In the mean time the next patient will be the CP who should have called an ambulance, but did not want to bother the EMT's AND REALLY NEEDS THAT BED!
Considering the holiday, I was thinking in Iraq and Afghanistan.
While there are plenty of places to debate the politics, the troops are working under some conditions that make our jobs look like a vacation.
We need to be thankful that there are people willing to endure this for their country.
I do not think that you were suggesting otherwise.
Ahhhh, much like the long term care facility that has too many empty rooms (because of a lousy rep due to lousy admin, but thats a very nice Jag you're driving).
Where the Administrators buzz words of the month are: LOW CENSUS.
Where they charge more per room, and expect more of the already overtaxed nurses/aides.
Strange how the abuse/care increases but the pay does not.
Then we read on CNN about the nursing shortage crisis.
xoxoxo.
In answer to your question:
Restaurants.
But at least in food service, the patrons are slightly less likely to bleed or puke on you while berating you.
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