I have to persuade the doctor to change the prescription when his instruction is different from mine | there are cases in which my opinion is different from the treatment strategy | difficulties in liaising with other professionals |
I have to order an examination which I think is necessary but the radiography department disagrees | ||
I get caught in the middle when doctors from different departments have different ideas on treatment | getting caught in the middle | |
Doctors from the same department ask me to take images without regard for my convenience or workload | being inundated with orders at the same time | |
I have to liaise with other professionals such as doctors and nurses | communicating with other disciplines | |
There is a time lag between the time when the doctor has finished his treatment and the time when the nurse has completed her nursing work | work completion time variances among different professionals | |
A pharmacist has to obtain information about emergency patients and deal with medication changes without outside help | having to work without help | feeling pressure as a responsible professional in emergency care |
I feel pressure when I have to deal with many patients by myself, being fully aware that there are many patients waiting for their turn to have images taken | knowing many patients are waiting for their turn | |
It is the doctor who makes the final decision | doctor making the final decision | |
Nurses are solely responsible for primary care | responsibility for primary care rests on nurses | |
It is physically tough to work on shifts | unpredictable inflow of patients gives no time to nap | loss of sense of time caused by variable working hours |
I feel dull and physically tired after a night shift | ||
During a night shift, there is a continuous flow of walk-in patients, giving me no time to take a rest | ||
When I am on night shift, my sense of time is disturbed | losing sense of time after working long hours on each shift on an ongoing basis | |
I always have to work overtime and I cannot take days off | ||
I have to work long hours at weekends and on night shift | ||
I have to deal with various types of patients at weekends and in the night when other hospitals are closed | dealing with arriving patients without taking a rest through the night | |
It is just hustle and bustle when we are extremely busy with arriving patients | ||
There is uncertainty about the inflow of patients and we cannot secure a nap-time in the night | ||
A lot of examinations have to be carried out of emergency patients when I am on night shift | ||
I have no time to take even a little rest when I am on night shift |