It seems that the more corporate a hospital becomes we as nurses no longer have the autonomy of professional judgment about anything and we're not entitled to an opinion or even to express an intelligent thought. Despite our knowledge and abilities, we're just bodies worth only what we can contribute to the wealth of that soulless incubus known as the corporate master.
This is not dissimilar to the way that Walt Whitman portrayed the bodies of the slaves who were being auctioned off to plantation owners during his time. Our nursing skills are pegged to the gossamery with which we can kiss butts while running from one room to the next, and to keep our mouths shut except to keep saying, "Yes, I'll do that for you right away."
The word on the street is that tracking devices are coming for our badges. Management will be able to track how often a nurse went into a room, or any area for that matter and thus discipline based on these trackers. Maybe I should have entitled this posting 1984.
Oh well, there's nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile.
3 comments:
Well, shit. That'd totally ruin my 6 AM hourly rounding. Although by the time my ghetto ass hospital can afford it, I will probably be rolling in there 3 times every week from the nursing home anyway.
lol... We had them and they are now phased out. We are now scored on our charting, which is computerized. The time from the person walkes in the door to triaged, triage time to nursing assessment, how long it took to place in room, how long to give meds from time they were ordered. so on and so on, now if they spent the money on more nurses they would not have to worry about our times
This cannot truly work, I believe so.
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