All comments and “other responses” are left unedited, just like they were typed in response to the Survey Question # 10 below.
In the past 2 (two) years, have you ever been told by our ICU management and/or by another nurse that your skills are not good enough to relieve other nurses for Breaks and/or to handle rapidly changing situations in a role of Action Team RN ?
Comments:
- I have worked at 4 different Kaisers and have been break nurse and action nurse at all those locations. This is the first location that will not allow it because of favoritism.
- Coincidentally as a designated rapid response nurse from the dignity system, I was then hired and was an action team nurse at south Sacramento before transferring to Morse Avenue. I’m very qualified to be an action team nurse but haven’t had the opportunity to perform in such role due to unknown constraints. I’m also in an on-call capacity though I’ve worked full-time hours at Morse for years.
- Indirectly told by not considering as BRN or asked to be ATRN even if I perform as BRN, ATRN and charge all in one at my other place of employment.
- When I first started working here, I was told to be a break relief nurse, I need to have one year of experience in the unit. I have well over one year and I have only been a break relief nurse once and that was only because nobody else wanted to take the responsibility.
- I was never told by our management or another nurse that my skill set is not good enough to provide breaks or act in the role of the action team RN because I was never offered or asked if I wanted to do Action Team and I figured we already have a lot of nurses doing it already even though I have the experience and have done so in the past at other hospitals I’ve worked at. As far as the break nurse role goes, I don’t enjoy doing breaks, but I definitely know I am capable and sometimes it is nice to get a break from an assignment so I tolerate the role.
- But I feel like some procedures that I used to know needs to be refreshed because we don’t do it more often.
- For me. It’s more of a trust that management or charge nurse entrusted to me. Sometimes I doubt myself but my co workers and management believe in my skills. Opportunity for everyone is importantly. But sometimes other BRN are abusive. Abusive in a way that they will do the bare minimum and complain instead of lighting and lifting up the unit.
- Using native language in the workplace makes the other nurses feel negative.
- Never. Everyone knows who excel. Ask the nurses – we have a few on the list who should not be breaks / support , but they think they can . They think break nurses role is a time to break them selves . No it is someone who needs to be always proactive.
- I just joined the KP sac team last year, i need to establish my competence and skills
- But I don’t want the role of Action Team RN.
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Other Answers:
- Its not being told…its how they make you feel that you are not enough.
- I am not trained in Action Team but i have never been told I’m not competent.
- I am action team nurse, but I was told that I will not be given a day as action team nurse.
- I was told I can’t be break relief at some times coz they need a support who can break action team.
- I am per diem and I never get to break staff. I float or my assignments always change.
- Just started back in ICU last January
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