Today, the weather was looking rough and we had to move twenty two patients into the hallway from their hospital rooms for a code black-tornado warning. After moving 6 bedbound people, 16 people on oxygen, 2 vomiting people, and three crying infants to safety they cancelled the code. FML
I agree, your life sucks (16165) - you totally deserved it (1322)
On 11/03/2009 at 12:49am - work - by nurseaide22 (woman) - United States (Michigan)
how is this an fml?
i would say you and all of those patients were REALLY lucky the tornado didn't actually touch down........
your life is just fine
She's saying that all the hassle of moving those patients and keeping them calm, it was all for naught.
i know, but still.. it seems like everyone made it through okay
i think it would be more of an fml if she moved all of them and one of them died
but she made it through okay, she should be proud of herself.....
It’s her job, her responsibility. If she hadn’t done it somebody else might had. If she doesn’t like it, she should change her job.
All for naught #6? This is what she is upset about - that it was for nothing??
So then, this would have been less of a FML if there had been a reason to move all those people? If the warning had turned into an actual emergency situation? Nice logic.
It may of been a nuisance but its also your job and you should be glad the code was cancelled!!
#67 - On 11/03/2009 at 2:29pm by lmaoatyourlife
Yes, this is true #6 but come on!!!
I think the people who were bed bound, on oxygen tanks or vomiting have the raw deal here. Sure moving all those people wasn’t easy but it is also part of her job. Her life isn’t fucked because she wasted a little time and expended a bit of needless energy. Inconvenient, yes, fucked, nope, not at all!
#68 - On 11/03/2009 at 3:06pm by Im_Not_Jimmy
I really like the math nurseaid is using. They had to move 22 peole, and moved 6 bedbound paople, 16 on oxygen, 3 babies and 2 crying. Its nice to know that 28 is the same as 22.
#88 - On 11/03/2009 at 5:17pm by papahmarioulez
Go play with the anesthesia and pain meds. You'll forget all your problems.... And your name.
#2 - On 11/03/2009 at 6:09am by Intoxicunt
She's saying that all the hassle of moving those patients and keeping them calm, it was all for naught.
I know.
Hey, OP, would you feel better if it had touched down and half of them died and the hospital was destroyed? Then you wouldn't have moved them for nothing!
#14 - On 11/03/2009 at 7:03am by Emilyinroom483
Anyone else notice her maths is wrong? had to move 22 patients..... wudnt wana b under her care tbh.
i work in a hospital so i can imagine exactly how awful that was. on top of all the usual stress and exhaustion of a normal shift to have to do this... that must have been a pretty bad day.
and everyone here posting negative comments have no idea what the normal shift of a nurse or nursing assistant involves and what it involves having to move patients around, so please shut up.
#18 - On 11/03/2009 at 7:35am by fallen_dragonkin
It's your job though. If you didn't want to work in a stressful enviroment then you shouldn't have become a nurse.
#26 - On 11/03/2009 at 8:50am by Envirochick
Surely you mean the correct way? It is, after all, the English language :P
#96 - On 11/03/2009 at 9:14pm by fireandice27
Geez your still having Tornado Warnings in November????!!!!!
That alone is a FML
Yeah though it could have been worse...
Like a touchdown or living in Quake Country and there being no such warning EVER and knowing the "Big one" is due...
#21 - On 11/03/2009 at 7:50am by Cristaderzi
Salesman at my door - "Have you ever considered 'Volcano Insurance'?"
Me - (looks at pamphlet) "No, but I live in Florida and no volcanoes have ever existed or erupted here."
Salesman at my door - "I know. Don't you think we're overdue for one?"
Me - (eyes open wider)
#27 - On 11/03/2009 at 8:58am by Brave_Sir_Robin
No we are not, which is why I think this is fake. Tornadoes in Michigan are rare enough, and the weather was just fine today, and has been in case this wasn't submitted today
#95 - On 11/03/2009 at 6:50pm by wannabesinger
So what. That's your job. Be glad you have a job and one that's not worse. Wah, wah, wah. Where's the wambulance when you need it.
Her math is way off.. 6 + 16 + 2 + 3 = 27 patients not 22. Sorry but YDI, considering it's your job.
#25 - On 11/03/2009 at 8:47am by Envirochick
and perhaps some of the bed-bound people were on oxygen.
#36 - On 11/03/2009 at 10:08am by boatkicker
If I ever have to go to the hospital, I hope the nurses there actually care enough about my health and well being enough not to bitch about having to look after me.
#28 - On 11/03/2009 at 9:21am by IronWarrior
POOR YOU! I can't believe that a) you got paid to help these people. b) God had the balls to NOT kill you with a Tornado after they warned you about it. c) your head is so far up your butt that you actually complain when you don't get hit with a Tornado because you had to do your job and move patients to safety, just in case. You, dear sir, have won the coveted "Douche Bag of the Day" award! Congratulations.
Oh PLEASE people. If you were in the OP's situation you would at least be kind of pissed wouldn't you?
I meant she had to move 22 people that were all sick and hard to handle all for nothing, and then move them back. I would be mad if I were her too, I mean first of all it was a WASTE of time. Second, you had to disrupt sick people who should be trying to get better, resting, etc. and they probably would be mad at me for making them move.
Cut the OP some slack, wouldn't you be stressed/pissed/sad/overwhelmed AT least a little?
*applauds you*
I'm pretty sure that if most of the whinging people on here were in the same position, they'd be pretty annoyed too. Sure, she's doing her job, but it would be a really stressful and annoying situation.
#38 - On 11/03/2009 at 10:15am by fireandice27
"At least a little" is a far cry from an FML. Remember what the first word of FML is. This is on the level of "mildly annoying", with a thick leavening of "extremely grateful that the tornado didn't actually touch down and kill a lot of people."
#77 - On 11/03/2009 at 3:42pm by therealmike
Thanks for patrolling the FML boards. Good to know that YOU alone decide what is and isn't an FML, and not the people who moderated it.
#98 - On 11/03/2009 at 11:24pm by sjx
Frankly, the moderators have been doing a shitty job on this lately. FML has become a code word for "I like to whine about incredibly minor stuff" lately. There are still a lot of good ones on this site, but there are a LOT of really dumb ones too. If you post an FML, your life should be FUCKED!
#107 - On 11/04/2009 at 1:58am by therealmike
This made me soooooo laugh out loud....I'm the one that calls out these codes in the hospital that I work at, except with ours its a "code weather" (all hospitals and buildings are different, although they are trying to implement a universal code system).
We do feel bad when we have to call out these codes, then cancel them...it puts a lot of work and stress on us too (its not just as easy as announcing overhead), but i can GUARANTEE you didn't move all 22-27 patients ALL BY YOURSELF...so stop your freaking bitching, its your job, if you don't like it, find another and let somebody that needs the job do it!
#34 - On 11/03/2009 at 9:43am by mommymia
How is this a FML? You were doing your job and you're lucky you didn't get hit with the tornado. If you were a patient and it was a pain in the ass to get out of the room, then I can see the FML, but no, this isn't a FML. It's part of the job, get used to it, buddy.
FML? Tired of people bitching about work, you get paid hourly, what the fuck does it matter what you do to earn that money? Doctors and Nurses are wayyy overpaid anyway, they're the reason over 50 million Americans can't afford health insurance.
#39 - On 11/03/2009 at 10:22am by FlaminYawn
#37
imo doctors and nurses arent over paid, because you are saving lifes, and its hard work. when operating, you under pressure and a wrong move could kill
if anything (in the uk at least) its the footballers who are WAY overpaid
#42 - On 11/03/2009 at 10:37am by mrfreak219
They aren't overpaid. And the reasons 50 million americans cant afford healthcare are because 1) they don't want it 2) don't try hard enough if they do want it 3) are forced to work at shitty jobs for low pay because they are high school drop outs who didn't care about their education and don;t want to better themselves because they believe that people should always do things for them and not for anyone else. in that case they deserve not to have healthcare. if you don't have healthcare go 'better' yourself until you can get it
Way overpaid? You have GOT to be kidding. I'm sorry, but I'd prefer the person who has my life in their hands get paid well to do so.
Also, it's not doctors and nurses salaries that are the reason for expensive healthcare. It's malpractice insurance and unnecessary tests to CYA that force up healthcare prices. You want to blame someone? Blame the fucking lawyers and conmen who sue over everything they possibly can.
@45.
I totally agree. Your post is evidence of a poor education. You should consider a grammar refresher course, and learn to type a simple paragraph and not a run-on sentence. It really shows your lack of education.
#45, although I'm sure your (or someones) response to this will be along the lines of 'your life story doesn't apply' but here I go anyways.
In response to your third point: She was laid off from her 10 months ago, and the only one she has been able to find is at freaking McDonalds. She had to take it, or lose her house. She can't afford health care. My aunt has two bachelors degrees and a masters. People work shitty jobs regardless of their education, because that's what is available. She hasn't stopped looking for another job, but until she finds one, she's stuck where she is.
#57 - On 11/03/2009 at 12:14pm by boatkicker
Actually, medical malpractice costs constitute a very small percentage of healthcare costs. They get the focus because it's pretty easy to say blame the lawyers, it's easier to get malpractice reform laws passed than other healthcare reform laws passed and the legislators look like they're doing something helpful. Texas passed a proposition limiting malpractice awards in 2003. Since that time, malpractice suits have decreased by half and malpractice premiums have decreased by 30%, yet healthcare costs in Texas increased faster than in any other state. That suggests to me that there is something else causing costs to increase (probably HMO reform, because HMOs in many people's minds are about as terrible as lawyers so it looks good for legislatures to crack down on them too).
#64 - On 11/03/2009 at 1:46pm by stopwhining
Well, just because one state cracks down, doesn't mean that everyone else in the US has. I have seen malpractice insurance costing some docs up to 200k/year.
Also, it's fear of being sued that causes doctors to order way more tests than are needed. Just because reforms are made in some of the legislation, doesn't mean they are going to stop trying to OVERLY cover themselves.
"Hudson Institute economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth estimates
that 10 cents of every dollar paid for health care goes toward the
cost of doctors' malpractice insurance, with much of the cost passed
on to patients."
"A 2008 study from the Massachusetts Medical Society reported that 83 percent
of doctors said they order tests, procedures, and referrals solely as
protection from lawsuits. According to a study by two Stanford
economists, the use of defensive medicine increases Americans' medical
costs by $100 billion a year."
Overpaid? Nurses make 50K a year. That's awfully average. :S I do much more as an STNA and I get paid almost less than a Walmart empolyee.
Really depends on where you are in the country. In San Diego, most nurses started out around 25-28/hour. I ALMOST feel bad because I'm a medical coder, and depending on where I work, I can make anywhere from 20-30/hour. Contracting jobs pay around 27-30. The hospital I work for, currently, only pays 20/hour because it's a much cheaper area/smaller hospital. I was offered a job up near LA for 35/hour, but the area was much more expensive...I chose this one, instead.
I don't have to deal with patients, either. And if I mess up at work, Im looking at possibly having to rebill an account or messing up some stats...that's it.
Oh, dear. You've obviously never heard the term "working poor" have you? Can't get an education because you're too busy working, can't get a better job because you don't have an education... Not everyone has a nice mommy and daddy to send them to college, and not everyone can get scholarships. Besides that, huge numbers of mentally disabled people can't work to pay for medication because they're impaired, and yet COULD work if they first had the medication. See how we should be proactive? Why don't we just take care of each other-- ants have figured this out, why haven't we?
If your life is really F-ed by that, don't do it next time. I mean, you totally shouldn't be inconvenienced at work by things like doing your job.
#40 - On 11/03/2009 at 10:28am by stopwhining
Not all doctors are saving lives. When it costs you hundreds of dollars just for a doctor to look at you for 30 seconds, something is wrong. Heck, I got an MRI for my knee a few years ago, took 30 minutes and they didn't find anything..still cost $1,800. Why? Another doctor suggested the MRI, why should I pay so much for it if it didn't do a fuckin' thing?
#43 - On 11/03/2009 at 10:54am by FlaminYawn
Your life is still in their hands. What if you had a doctor who didn't care about his job because he wasn't getting paid enough, didn't bother to read your allergies and then prescribed you a medication that could kill you?
Also, what happens if they DONT do that MRI and then it ends up that an MRI WOULD have found the issue? Then you get to sue your doctor for not ordering the exam.
Oh, and the exam costs so much because it's a highly sophisticated piece of equipment with trained people running it....and because medicare likes to underpay EVERYTHING so the prices have to go up to cover their original costs. Why didn't you make sure you had an authorization before getting the MRI done? I've had 2 MRIs done. I had an HMO/PPO. Even though I used my PPO side to see the orthopedic who suggested the MRI, I still made sure that my Primary care doctor ordered it so it was covered under the HMO side and I wouldn't have to pay for it. It's all about taking responsibility instead of assuming everyone else is going to just take care of it.
Here here. I'm so sick and tired of people thinking medical professionals are evil. While there are plenty of those who are, most that I know are fine.
Costs are so high because several different workers are assigned to one patient. You have the nursing assistant, the nurse, the doctor, anybody taking your tests, anybody holding/checking your files, the people cleaning your room.
I'm gonna have to agree on this one. I was watching 30 Days and the guy went to the ER with a sore wrist (he was working in landscaping). They charged him $600+ to give him a $4 ACE bandage and tell him to stop digging ditches. *I* could have told him THAT for FREE. It's horrible how the system takes advantage of people who are down.
This is not an FML. Those patients must be happy that you took care of them!
You are ungrateful!
Get a new job.
We had to do the same thing in San Diego when the huge fires were there. Except we actually got to the point of putting the entire hospital on bypass and transferring those overly sick patients out. The fires didn't get to us (they were close by) but almost all the patients were moved out of their rooms in case we had to evacuate quickly. I never heard ONE complaint from any of the nursing staff, doctors, or other staff. Then again, it really does take a special kind of person to work at a Children's hospital.
This isn't an FML. This was preparing in the face of possible disaster. At least if it would have happened, those patients would have been prepared.
translation
Today I was actually expected to do my job FML
quitcherbitchin
#53 - On 11/03/2009 at 11:45am by grinchgirl
yeh if u think that is a FML then u shouldnt hav that job cos u dont care about it. i dont kno why they submited that.
#54 - On 11/03/2009 at 12:02pm by annarulzok_x
You goof. The tornado "warning" means that it was actually spotted or blipped. Would you rather they all be impaled or tossed about like rag dolls? You suck. It was your job anyway.
#58 - On 11/03/2009 at 12:58pm by blastvortex
wow... if you don't like working with sick people why do you work at a hospital. it's your job, deal with it. if your life sucks it's because you're a raving bitch.
#59 - On 11/03/2009 at 1:03pm by thelegendarystm
Yes, it sucks, but then again, at the same time, that's really the nature of hospital work, isn't it? Your job is to expect incidents like this, but it doesn't make them any less frustrating.
#60 - On 11/03/2009 at 1:03pm by scott_m319
fml? really? and if you hadn't have moved them, the code wouldn't have been cancelled, and a lot worse things could have happened. it's part of your job to keep patients safe, and doing that was part if it.
#61 - On 11/03/2009 at 1:07pm by fuckingshitt343
looks like YOU can't count either. its 16+6+2+3=27 dumbass
#73 - On 11/03/2009 at 3:30pm by happysmartg
#69, #73 STFU, it doesn't even matter, just stfu and live your life
#74 - On 11/03/2009 at 3:34pm by RudeBoiiDevil
I thought there would be more YDIs according to all the comments for this fml. oh well. so the doco by Michael Moore abt American healthcare is a sham?
Nothing he does should ever be considered a documentary. A documentary is objective. He blankets the whole "movie" with only his opinions. Anyone can do that! Go out and find a bunch of people who agree with you and ONLY film them.
you would've had to move them back anyway. did you expect the alarm to go on forever and to leave them in the hall
#79 - On 11/03/2009 at 4:09pm by worldjudge
So where was this tornado in Michigan? Because Its November 3rd and I haven't heard about one tornado in the state in quite a while.
#81 - On 11/03/2009 at 4:13pm by Neenerneener
all of you saying "its your job, poor you...stfu..." obviously don't work in the medical field. its no grey's anatomy glam job... is she working in the field? yes. as do i. it has its ups and downs. until you're at work and you're coding someone younger than you, getting exposed to bacterial meningitis, dealing with swine H1N1 anxiety attacks, being thrown up on, moving people who are 3 times your size just to throw out your back, so on and so forth in a 12 hour period, YOU STFU. is my job hard? YES. do i love it? YES! but that doesn't mean its always easy and a cake walk... to the OP, I'm sorry for the ignorant comments people are leaving. I TOTALLY FEEL YOU. (ps. this is more of an FML than ooh my gf left me for my bff... people need to put themselves in other people's shoes...)
#82 - On 11/03/2009 at 4:14pm by lilnurse_44
To you and #32 (and I'm an STNA so neah):
Really...it's kinda expected to deal with odd things like that in the healthcare field. :S You can't be too upset, nor is it much of an FML. Because thankfully she got them out there in a timely manner and the tornado never hit! I would be frustrated yes, but FML, not likely. Now if like, state came by and she got in trouble for it (which would be silly. :S). THAT would be an FML.
Just be glad you never got hit. I totally understand how it's frustrating, but eh, it's part of the job. It sucks, but really, if you're doing the job- it wouldn't suck so much if you really liked the job.
And yeah, it still is more of an FML than some of the one's on this site.
I believe the majority of the arguments are saying that if she considers this an FML, then she should find another job. I could post about my school week from hell, but since it was MY decision to pursue this program, I don't feel it would be right to consider it an FML.
#86 - On 11/03/2009 at 4:39pm by IronWarrior
I'm fairly certain that in #48 I provided a pretty similar instance. One where we not only got everyone ready for an evacuation, but also transferred some kids to other hospitals.
I'm well aware of the hard times that come with the job. I'm not a nurse, but I got to work in radiology and ortho clinic where we had all the child abuse victims coming in. Kids that absolutely broke my heart. We had stabbing victims, cancer kids, physical and sexual assault victims, all sorts of genetic defects, juvenile hall kids, and everything else under the sun.
To this day, I don't remember any complaints that were worse than "oh man, Im beat!" or "So and so called in sick, now Im going to have to work a double." It was never complaining about the patients or having to do anything for them. But, as I've said before, it takes a special kind of person to work in a Peds hospital. Ive worked for two different ones.
I was looking into nursing, but I knew I could not deal with the blood, vomit, excrement, and needles. So, I chose medical coding where I still play a very important part in the hospital, but it's behind the scenes. Knowing I couldn't deal with a nursing job, I chose a different path. I may have my long days, but I'm ultimately very happy with the choice I made, and I'd never feel like my life was f'ed just because something went slightly wrong with my job. Come on, now.
... I don't like it when people try to be safe because of a natural disaster warning, and then when the natural disaster doesn't come, they say "FML my life got inconvenienced!!!"
Honestly, you're LUCKY! There was no disaster.
Be grateful.
It's not an FML or a YDI... you're just too ungrateful.
#91 - On 11/03/2009 at 5:59pm by dancingdoggy
okai, u say that u had to moved 22 patients right? but iff u add up all the ones in the list is makes 27.
I think your in the wrong profession if your complaining about stuff like that.
#94 - On 11/03/2009 at 6:40pm by x805xUnknown
16 + 6 + 2 +3 = 27.
What the fuck do you mean by 22 patients?
#105 - On 11/04/2009 at 12:31am by Ohnothingreally
So everyone here having a bitch has never complained about some hard work you've had to do on a job? Come off it.
When it comes to complaining, FML is generally designed for events you have no control over. If it's part of your job it may be an inconvenience, but certainly not an FML. As to saying that everyone complains, I would like to inform you of my personal policy. I do not complain unless I cannot do anything about it. If I can do something about it, then I just fix the issue. The OP has the ability to find a new job if doing it is seriously ruining her life as much as it should if she's posting on here.
#108 - On 11/04/2009 at 8:52am by IronWarrior
Why are nurses so grouchy?? I work IT for hospitals and 80% of the nurses are grouchy bitches and about 20% are cheery.
#109 - On 11/04/2009 at 11:19am by PumpkinDog
I'm in college right now to be a nurse, and I love helping people! I never understood what school nurses had to complain about, it really pissed me off. I'm defiantly going to be one of the 20%. =)
#112 - On 11/04/2009 at 10:43pm by sobe23
so if people complaining annoys you, y r u on fml? it's about complaining/having a laugh about things ... out of our control..? I'm sure she had no control over a possible tornado. I'm sure that nurses r nurses bcoz they like helping ppl, making then feel better n relieving pain- not evacuating them from care.
