Speed Versus Efficiency

[rafhelp]

you know if you are working and others keep pestering you saying you working too slow and you feel that if you work faster you will make errors then should you refuse or stand your ground?

I think sometimes if youre a new member of staff, others who have been there years will think you are slow but this is unreasonable.

For example i get told i pour methadone too slow but i do it properly making sure it is measured correctly.

[SolomonQ]

The key here is to look like you're doing everything fast even if you're not. As a staff member it takes getting used to where everything is but by time it will become second nature.

Some people blame locums for being slow etc.. but it's normally because the regular staff have a habit of e.g. hiding the stash of lactulose in a dark cupboard somewhere, they know where it is because they put it there but how does the saturday locum know, when no regular staff member is on. So when a Rx for lactulose comes in, This is a popular item so you have to go on a hunt looking for this one item as it's bound to be somewhere otherwise you have to turn the patient away, whose loss? not mine. You also find other irregularities such as fast line shelf that doesn't include furosemide, Antibiotic draw whcih doesn't include Penicillin V but does include fluconazole, the list goes on............

[crit care]

you know if you are working and others keep pestering you saying you working too slow and you feel that if you work faster you will make errors then should you refuse or stand your ground?

i wouldn't refuse..you should at least stand your ground! it seems unreasonable to expect you to be up to speed on day 1. although if you have been there while and still work slow, could be seen as a little frustrating

but better to be safe than sorry!