re: ICU nurses cutting up and laughing as families are saying goodbye to their loved ones.

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5 feet from where a family is sitting over their dying relative?

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Sorry for your loss but there's no way nurses are sitting 5 feet away from you if you're standing over your relative. I can understand you being hurt. I too am irritable when I'm hurting but you have to be emotionally mature enough to realize when you're overreacting.

I've watched a family jump for joy while ringing a cancer bell in the same office while my mom rolled away with the news that all options have been exhausted.

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the ICU is just a big group hangout.

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God forbid they behave like normal people and not a grieving widow. The nurse's station is their area. Some are more open than others. If you need privacy, there are rooms for grieving and consultations. There are also doors to those pts rooms.

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Is it too much to wait for the break room?

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They probably won't get much of a break because as soon as Grandpa gets sent to the morgue, they'll be busting their arse trying to stabilize another member of someone's family.

Quit being soft

I get what you're saying and agree to an extent...but we're they in YOUR room or the nurses station.

You can't expect them to be serious and somber 100% of the time or they're going to burn out even faster than they already do

Meh.

I don’t mind them having a basic personal conversation as long as nothing too wild or loud. I do think it’s annoying if they are watching tik tok loud enough to be heard in rooms.

Similarly I think having good relationships with colleagues extends careers. I do not believe scrolling tik tok is a great solution to burnout

Too many on contracts and leave after a few months or leaving to go to NP school or outpatient.

What's wrong with making more money?

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quote:I 100% agree with you. Your downvoters are losers People downvote for no reason other than to downvote around here

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People down vote like that to signal that they are losers.

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I don’t get why I’m getting so many downvotes for that.

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I’m sorry for whatever it is you’re dealing with. Those situations are really tough. I didn’t downvote your OP, but after reading it I still didn’t understand what happened. You talked in generalities and I couldn’t picture myself in that situation which makes it harder to emphasize. I have close family who are nurses and I know the hurt they feel when they lose a patient, but they are human. Again, I am sorry.

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I had a friend who worked in the ER in Ruston, she said the nurses would make jokes and take pictures of men's junk (pass them around) when they came in as patients

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Thanks for letting me know. I will be sure to chub up first before my next hospital visit.

When i first started as a nurse a guy said i should go work in the ICU. He said they play music and have a good time. My reply was so the last thing these poor bastards hear before they die is “who let the dogs out?!”

ETA i said it jokingly and he told me it isn’t that bad, but it’s a good group over there.

I think that having a sense of camaraderie and having each other’s backs is good for the mental health of a unit and leads to better patient safety. Some places you go in nursing have an environment of cattiness and backstabbing and it’s bad all around. There has to be a balance of light heartedness and seriousness. The longer you work, the more you understand. More experienced nurses will hopefully shush them in a professional way without crushing their spirits.