<p>My line about my position, hospital RN , is that I am happy with all the myriad parts of my job, but what I dislike is the expectation to do it all simultaneously, while documenting real time, on the computer, in detail. After a busy 8 hours today, I asked a few co workers for another co workers name. We all had frozen brain, and could not come up with it. It is exhausting, yet in a crisis, we are well trained and efficient. </p>
<p>The whole trend of not enough help is a scary one in the American work world. We’re all being pushed to greater and greater efficiencies, of time, money and resources. While efficiency is great, and examining processes to save money important, there are points of no return. Efficiency does not always work when an elderly lady needs time to take her meds, or make her way to the bathroom. Human interactions as well as safe processes for giving and dispensing meds require some time. </p>