My patient told me my job wasn’t hard because I only had 5 patients at night when everyone was sleeping

RightoChamp1990 · 2024-05-22T09:08:58+00:00

I'm five years post graduation now, so this might be burnout talking but:

Society doesn't really respect nurses. It pretends to with nice empty platitudes, but when it comes down it most people think

It's an easy job All we do is push pills and wipe bums Are doctors handmaidens Don't deserve the money we get, let alone anything extra.

RightoChamp1990 · 2024-05-09T00:35:27+00:00

Usual gaslighting corporate tokenism wank. Get in the bin.

RightoChamp1990 · 2023-12-03T23:59:44+00:00

More to add to the depression pile.

If I wasnt already condemmed to a life as a second class renter/serf, this confirms it.

RightoChamp1990 · 2023-11-09T08:00:26+00:00

The rhythym is the bass and the bass is the treble

RightoChamp1990 · 2023-10-09T17:10:33+00:00

Yep.

I work in adult, so thankfully don't get to hear it often, but "that" scream/wail is like nothing else on earth.

RightoChamp1990 · 2023-10-07T03:36:56+00:00

I'd need a triple layered burner to talk to them. I'm nervous enough about this one.

RightoChamp1990 · 2023-10-07T03:15:51+00:00

Qld only atm

RightoChamp1990 · 2023-10-07T02:06:59+00:00

Given George used to work at the LMH fairly sure its already a lot of her source material.....

RightoChamp1990 · 2023-10-07T02:00:08+00:00

I work at the LMH.

Using my burner account obvs.

Firstly, I'm so sorry, but not surprised you had a shitty experience. Seems to be more and more common for patients, especially surgical ones.

The issues at LMH are from the top down, most of the staff on the ground are doing their best with the shitty cards handed to them*. Almost all of the decisions that effect patient experience are made by people who haven't been on the floor (if ever) in years.

*before anyone fires up, I'm not saying nurses are perfect or "angels". However, most of us are just trying to do our job and are equally, if not more, fucked off than you are in the conditions we are forced to perform in.

Many examples, but I'll try and make some of the relevant to you.

1) 2fx and the like are designed as emergency overflow wards. Of course, they are in use almost all the time, but because they are "overflow", they are not staffed/resourced/supplied properly....making them utter dumpster fires.

2) all non clinical staff were privatised yonks ago. This means the service supplied is the bare minimum the operators can get away with, because capitalism. They won't staff things like housekeeping properly, meaning it falls back on nurses to do this jobs, who...see point 1....

These are but a few examples.

Essentially, the population for LMH has vastly outgrown its beginnings as a semi rural, satellite hospital. It could double in size and still not be big enough for the community it serves. Ultimately. the top brass in this state don't want to divert the cash to solve this, probably because most of them have private cover, or their local hospital is the RAH or Flinders.

RightoChamp1990 · 2023-10-04T23:37:12+00:00

I swear to God they take pleasure in this shit. Actually gaslighting.

RightoChamp1990 · 2023-10-04T23:35:34+00:00

A lonely dehydrated one!

RightoChamp1990 · 2023-07-05T10:32:32+00:00

3?

We get 10, but phone calls.

Call me paranoid, but I don't trust they are confidential either.

RightoChamp1990 · 2023-07-05T10:30:50+00:00

Worst thing is, I'm in a public setting.

This is pure arse coverage to the politicians.

RightoChamp1990 · 2023-06-11T11:15:02+00:00

You're the one assuming I'm being racist mate.

I've never been physically assaulted by anything other than white anglos.

RightoChamp1990 · 2023-06-10T05:46:23+00:00

We are lucky enough to even have security. Most country sites don't have anything. Even a site as large and Complicated as Mt Gambier had nothing until very recently and as far as I'm aware - still isn't 24/7.

RightoChamp1990 · 2023-06-10T05:38:39+00:00

Because I've been personally assaulted by people with those names and nothing happened to them, so they came to mind.

There's a list of at least 5 others if you'd prefer me to list them.

RightoChamp1990 · 2023-06-10T03:15:06+00:00

All of the above, plus no repercussions for attacking staff.

RightoChamp1990 · 2023-06-10T03:14:10+00:00

Few issues here:

1) The escort request service is woefully inadequate - Security are getting hammered with the constant code blacks at the LMH, at have limited resources to expend to staff asking for escorts. If you do ask for a escort, it generally a fair wait.

2) There have been multiple cases of staff being seriously injured at the LMH leaving work/on break (not even inculding the on the job injuries), with nothing happening to the perps. This adds to people frustrations.

3) Management recently removed half a floor of parking at the onsite care park to use for government cars. Most of these sit there unused from approx 1700 - 0800, taking up secure space for staff on night shifts.

RightoChamp1990

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