I wanna give a huge PS to my supervisors and the 'upper management' of my hospital. Why are they trying to keep up with the Jones'? HC they decided on FRIDAY that they wanted to implement the new pager system in the ER starting this week? HC it will be implemented at midnight tonight? HC this is when THEY are at home in their beds, and I will be there by myself? Why did they tell me that they would come in early on Monday and brief me on the system?
SOOOOO you want be to implement the system at midnight tonight, work the system for 7-8 hours and THEN you are going to show me how to use it?
Okay then the reason why they said that they are getting this system doesn't hold up! They
SAY that they want to get it to protect 'patient confidentiality' by not calling out someone's name in the ER/Outpatien/Admissions/Surgery/ etc areas. Yeah, okay, that's all well and good before you THINK about it. I asked yesterday, "So when a patient goes back into the ER for treatment, do we pass the pager along to their family, or do we go ahead and take back the pager?" They said, "No you take back the pager" Okay, so that means when that patient has been seen by the doctor, and they are able to have a visitor, when we go and call them won't we say "Will the family of 1savvydiva come up please?" YOU JUST SAID MY FRICKING NAME!!!! What about when somebody comes in by EMS through the back and their family is out in the lobby, won't we say "Is there any family for 1savvydiva?" OOOPS you just said my name AGAIN, morons. Before you try and get something new started, why don't you ask all parties involved how that will affect them. DUMMMMMMMMMMMarses!
