Conflict between staff

Currently, the hospital I am on prac at is undergoing refurbishment and expansion. The wards had to shift down to new wards the other day, which meant that the staff were very busy trying to shift everything down on time and order things. The physio department has a drawer of information usually kept in the nurses office which was moved earlier and placed in an empty space in the new ward before everything else was moved. One staff member decided that was "innappropriate" and the physios were taking up the nurse's space. She also disliked how the allied health staff (physios, OTs and social work) sat in the old nurses office and wrote notes, even though I have never heard the nurses complain about this.

When the ward was moved to the new facilities, she still had a problem with this even though she is not a member of the nursing or medical staff. Fortunately, there was more space in which we could sit and write notes. However, the staff member continued to cause conflict with the allied health staff, saying that it was the nurses handover room and no-one else should be using it. We all thought this was ridiculous, as there is extra rooms to do notes. The issue was resolved during a meeting between staff later that day. This demonstrates that some people still don't understand that allied health staff and nursing staff play equally important roles and all staff need to collaborate to create a pleasant and efficient work environment.