Australia and NZ tour rumours going around Part 3 (No Bullshit)

ok - begin rant ...

today, besides the usual admit/discharge/im not paying for this that cos im on a pension whinges/my pay didnt go in so ring pay office for me/zillion incoming calls/and dodgy paperwork ........
i come across an admission, transfer out to cardiac ward to another bigger hospital done over the weekend where the treating RN hadnt bothered writing the last 2 hours of the patients stay with us .... wtf! no obs, no how he left, no times, no condition he left in .... nothing.
so conincidentally she came in to get her new roster while i was looking at it and me and the deputy num showed her and asked he to please just complete it. well!!! total meltdown - why should I! I work hard enough as it is - do you know what its like to have everyone at you all the time (well, yea, actually i do :roll: ) .... blah blah
so i point out its a legal document, she is required in her position to complete adequate paperwork .... she then raves on that she has 'a piece of paper saying how excellent her paperwork is' .... again wtf (this is a nurse who a few weeks ago made outpatiens fill out their own presentation sheets in red pen - in health paperwork, red pen is used for deceased status .....)
so i point out well obviously no her paperwork isnt excellent at all - does she realise if this was subpoenaed for any reason she's signing her name to it and not completing it. so she then flicks thru it - and lo. theres the missing 2 hours. on a fucking fluid balance chart!!!!! WTF!!!! apart from it being the wrong form to write clinical notes, its obviously set out in table format for capturing urine output, graphical obs - i mean.... wtf???!!! so she starts screaming shes too busy. I tell her fine, stay back and finish, every one else has to when they are snowed under. prioritise.
So she then screams 'you can have my resignation then!"
wtf ... i dont want it. i tell her to stop being so defensive. off she goes. arrives back an hour later with a resignation letter.

:shock:

do you ever feel like youve got your own personal full moon hovering over you attracting all the nuttos???

(be indulgent with me kiddies ... sometimes you just need someone to sit there and go yea ... yea .... uh-hu .... *nod* .... *sympathetic look* )


/end rant

doompony wrote:

picturing it in my head now.. oh god.. no lisa.. what are you doing?

yep.

i'd curtsey.

That's ok, I'd probably bow down and then start kissing his feet. :oops:

zenith wrote:

ok - begin rant ...

today, besides the usual admit/discharge/im not paying for this that cos im on a pension whinges/my pay didnt go in so ring pay office for me/zillion incoming calls/and dodgy paperwork ........
i come across an admission, transfer out to cardiac ward to another bigger hospital done over the weekend where the treating RN hadnt bothered writing the last 2 hours of the patients stay with us .... wtf! no obs, no how he left, no times, no condition he left in .... nothing.
so conincidentally she came in to get her new roster while i was looking at it and me and the deputy num showed her and asked he to please just complete it. well!!! total meltdown - why should I! I work hard enough as it is - do you know what its like to have everyone at you all the time (well, yea, actually i do :roll: ) .... blah blah
so i point out its a legal document, she is required in her position to complete adequate paperwork .... she then raves on that she has 'a piece of paper saying how excellent her paperwork is' .... again wtf (this is a nurse who a few weeks ago made outpatiens fill out their own presentation sheets in red pen - in health paperwork, red pen is used for deceased status .....)
so i point out well obviously no her paperwork isnt excellent at all - does she realise if this was subpoenaed for any reason she's signing her name to it and not completing it. so she then flicks thru it - and lo. theres the missing 2 hours. on a fucking fluid balance chart!!!!! WTF!!!! apart from it being the wrong form to write clinical notes, its obviously set out in table format for capturing urine output, graphical obs - i mean.... wtf???!!! so she starts screaming shes too busy. I tell her fine, stay back and finish, every one else has to when they are snowed under. prioritise.
So she then screams 'you can have my resignation then!"
wtf ... i dont want it. i tell her to stop being so defensive. off she goes. arrives back an hour later with a resignation letter.

:shock:

do you ever feel like youve got your own personal full moon hovering over you attracting all the nuttos???

(be indulgent with me kiddies ... sometimes you just need someone to sit there and go yea ... yea .... uh-hu .... *nod* .... *sympathetic look* )


/end rant

yea ... yea .... uh-hu .... *nod* .... *sympathetic look*
:P

doompony wrote:

to a lesser extent i feel your pain. i'm a trainer at work. this apparently means i have a sign on my head that says "think for me". i do actually have a tshirt that says "thinking..so you don't have to" but it's a ze frank thing, not an actual thing.

people are strange.

TOUR!! .. oh.. wait.. :(

i do a lot of ad-hoc training - how to use different database systems, how terminal digit filing works etc etc ... no IT based on site, so i get the job. ive told our IT dpt they should be paying me a wage for all the work i save them having to drive out & fix. i even get rung at home after hours to walk people thru a database - last night for eg :roll:

but ..... i do get so frustrated at how some people just dont get things. or dont want to .....

yea .... tour ....

each area health service in nsw already has a unique mrn for each patient .... the plan is to link each area health so the numbers are unique across the state. ..... in theory

trouble is, the data is usually so dirty that you end up with double or triple records, either thru incomplete records / staff that dont bother searching data properly before they make up a new registration / staff that dont bother updating address or name changes etc.
really - since each person has a unique medicare number in australia it should only appear once in an area health or state (or even national) database. the database system used now should be upgraded to automatically cross reference a persons mrn with their medicare number and flagg a duplicate record.

unfortunately ... im only a lowly admin slave .... it doesnt matter that i have database design training & experience .... it doesnt matter that i cover IT's arse now (but, i do like our IT guy, so its not a bother for me ) .... it doesnt matter that i passed a bachelor database management module last year .... im not allowed to have that foresight :roll:

on the up side, i did have a good day today - thinking about applying for 2 new jobs up in wollongong - one at wollongong uni, or one at patient transport in port kembla

i think i'm gonna stick to the nice, soft safety of the aussie/kiwi threads. i'm not emotionally equipped to deal with people being arseholes for the sake of boredom.

you guys are the best.

group hug!

doompony wrote:

i think i'm gonna stick to the nice, soft safety of the aussie/kiwi threads. i'm not emotionally equipped to deal with people being arseholes for the sake of boredom.

you guys are the best.

group hug!

*shimmies over for a hug*

DonJon wrote:

Hey chickadee. Just logged on to post in the workout thread - swing by here and look who I find.

Dont think you've missed anything.....been terribly quiet in here. Been listening to the boots at all? Ive been putting them on randomly for a bit of a memory rush. They all sound great so far. Gonna finally give Sydney a whirl this arvo before I leave

Hey goodlooking!!! *muah* How the heck have you been? You're still no good with your email are you...

I know... i've been a slack ass... :oops: will get my act together now things have quietened down here and i've actually got a moment to mysel!!!

Yessum... listening to the boots and reliving the memory... was such a great time! Looking forward to reliving it with ya'll at the reunion... (wink wink, nudge nudge)

What's happening with you?? Been busy obviously... all settled into the new year?

:thumbup:

anyone want to buy a signed skateboard? $400?











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dunkman wrote:

anyone want to buy a signed skateboard? $400?

Depends who it is signed by....
The Wiggles?
Fat Cat?
Kev Rudd?

hehehe ......