7 Habits of Highly Annoying Nurses
Posted by Dun Tzu on the December 11th, 2008
We’ve all heard of Stephen R. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
. But what about all of those people that we work with in health care?… you know… those people that are nowhere to be found in Mr. Covey’s book. Just to make sure we’re all talking about the same people, here are the 7 Habits of Highly Annoying Nurses:
- Just calling “to let you know”.
- Writing “Doctor aware”.
- Saying, “It’s not my patient”.
- Referring to patients by their room numbers and not knowing their names.
- Smoke breaks.
- Waiting until the end of their shift to start their charting.
- Writing that they “read back” an order, when they did no such thing.
Feel free to add others for consideration. Send us an email or just post a comment below. For those annoying nurses that took offense to this post… two things: (1) If you do three or more of the above, you have no one to blame but yourself, and (2) the next post is one that you’ll love – The 7 Habits of Highly Annoying Doctors. :0)
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We’ve all heard of Stephen R. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- Just calling “to let you know”.
- Writing “Doctor aware”.
- Saying, “It’s not my patient”.
- Referring to patients by their room numbers and not knowing their names.
- Smoke breaks.
- Waiting until the end of their shift to start their charting.
- Writing that they “read back” an order, when they did no such thing.
Feel free to add others for consideration. Send us an email or just post a comment below. For those annoying nurses that took offense to this post… two things: (1) If you do three or more of the above, you have no one to blame but yourself, and (2) the next post is one that you’ll love – The 7 Habits of Highly Annoying Doctors. :0)
No related posts.
December 12th, 2008 at 5:10 am
I’ll save my chuckles for when the Doctor’s get their ribbing…. :)
Sad, but the list is true. I have met and worked with many of them. Grr. I hate admitting that.
December 13th, 2008 at 9:21 am
You had me at “just to let you know;” my pager would testify to the trauma if it wasn’t out of commission. I ain’t commenting on the rest. :P heh
December 31st, 2008 at 1:05 am
Another Annoying habit of nurses in one saying
“Be kind to the nurses we stop the doctors from accidently killing you!”
Smile!
Merc
Proud to be a nurse!
February 9th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
To all the good nurses out there thank you. To all you lazy nurses that are there for just a pay check, and you know who you are… the heck with you. Stop paging me with bull and learn your patient’s names. Act like at least you care!