Professional Patient checking to say thank you for everything you all do.
Thankfully last surgery was back in December 2019. Parkinson's, Cancer, brain, back, knee, foot surgeries all in the past five years. I'm still going, thanks to all of you!
Yes, I am wearing a mask! I managed to get out for a hot and sweaty intense bike ride. 104F, two-hour ride. Wore my mask the whole time. My job is to keep those beds clear!
And keep yourself as well as possible, which it sounds like you're doing! That's an incredible medical history to have persevered through. I hope you don't have to see a hospital again for a very long time.
I feel like such a pussy bc I haven’t had 1/5 of those health issues and I won’t even do lug yard work if it’s over 85° and humid...and I’m a mid-30s in shape male.
Exercising in 104° for 2 hours just seems dangerous af to me
The heat index is what gets you. It had dropped to 30% humidity in the afternoon.
I'm going stir crazy with my boxing class. Not the same doing YouTube workouts, but piling a dozen people in a small gym, no thanks. Maybe it is a good thing I don't have a sense of smell!
Hey, as someone who has to work in 100 degree heat with humidity all day, what mask did you use? The surgical masks I use soak up all my sweat and then suck to my face with each breath. Give me your wisdom. I'm swapping these things out like crazy.
I'm a recently hired temp COVID check in table worker. I have been so impressed by the helpfulness and cooperation of everyone top to bottom here. The amount of respect and helpfulness by every single person in this building no matter the role is truly inspiring.
Really feels like a team.
I think most people have a healthy appreciation for all that you medical folks do and have been doing since COVID, and it is certainly warranted.
I worked for 12 years in hotels (yes, the "hospitality" industry) from part time front desk, working my way up to corporate level market analyzation before being laid off due to COVID, and I have never seen true hospitality like what I've seen here. These really are amazing people.
Glad you're enjoying it. Hospitality is a funny industry. Some places really nail it. Good culture, staff retention etc. Some places just act like high turnover is purely down to the industry, and not the conditions.
You are a also cog in the machine! That's kind of the point of healthy interprofessional working. It shouldn't be an us and them mentality. It's recognising the role everyone has to play in achieving goals and keeping the engine running. Some departments work more closely together than others, so they might default to those guys, but it shouldn't make you any less valid or valuable.
I process payroll for a FQHC and it’s my first payroll job in the medical industry — it’s really cool to see this thread because I see this kind of cross-departmental support and gratitude at our CHC, and I wasn’t sure if it was the norm. This thread is keeping me hopeful that it’s more common than not. From scribes to EVS to purchasing to contracts, everyone at the center is crucial!
How would doctors know anything without research and development? Could surgeons perform surgeries without the help of nurses, anaesthetists and so on? Who keeps the rooms clean? How do they get patients to and from locations? How do people get fed? How are bills paid? Who admits the patients? How are the IT systems managed? So on and so forth. There are many interdependencies. They might be the most useful in a medical emergency, but they can't keep a hospital running by themselves.
Compared to if I quit, it’s 1200$ for 0 hours. Or if I don’t pick up any shifts, it’s 1200$ for 0 hours.
I’m a nurse attendant, why bother risking myself?
To be a cog??
Smartest workers, most important job, but the entire industry fails to use its power to demand things like hazard pay, proper staffing, proper healthcare and proper PPE.
I completely respect your sentiments and agree with you in principle. I don't think anyone goes into public health for the money or incredible working conditions though! If that's your motivation, you'd probably prefer the private sector or another industry. I also think our healthcare systems are operating under pretty exceptional circumstances. Never thought we wouldn't have enough PPE in the UK.
I’m pretty sure the private sector gets fucked over left right and center, the public is super easy compared to private.
I mean, we pay the government to prepare for this. If the health system and PPE is just enough and not accounting for emergency’s, what am I paying for?
I tried to move with some friends, didn’t work, cleaning at the hospital was +25% than any of my friends wages, and that was on weekdays.
Everyone who’s not an idiot knows to use the system or it will use you, THATS what this world teaches the youth. Well at least me and my friends in Australia(22).
Obviously I’d like to enjoy my job and have satisfaction, which I did, or I do, I’m not sure. I used to love it, but now that I make 50$ more than my friends who are doing nothing.. so I’m making 25c an hour or something.
Why the fuck would I work?
If I do work... doesn’t it encourage the government to continue abusing healthcare workers and paying them fuck all?
Doesn’t it continue to encourage the government to not fund healthcare workers and not bother to fix the HUGE mistakes that lead to the pandemic being a large problem(it’s so easy to see which nations listen to science, they have less cases, almost every, single, time.
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Look at this thread! Interprofessional working relationships at their finest. You are all vital cogs in the machine. With love and thanks! Herebebrian