Time for another venting morning..lol. I have this co-worker....granted, I love her to death...BUT....she is soooo flippin slow and often annoying. She keeps her patients awake alllllll night doing stupid things that don't need to be done in the middle of the night....like re-arrange furniture in patient rooms , etc. She's always soooo un-organized...she asks me for help with patient turns....and never has all the required items ready or decides that maybe she'll get a quick set of vitals first...meanwhile..I"m standing there , waiting for her...with patients of my own to tend to, etc. Then she's always sooo picky about stuff....one of those super over achievers or something....I mean..she's a good nurse and a great person...but...it just gets old after awhile. And granted ...things should be "by the book" in nursing..but she often takes it to an extreme! Then...she literally is there charting for two hours after the end of her shift because she is dinking around with patients allllll night and doesn't get her charting done. Like this morning....she was working a 7p to 7a...things were pretty under control so she was going to go home early.....well...she finally left at 6:30am....why did she even bother??? Then...she leaves me to pick up all her am meds, finger sticks, and I & O's....it;s like she picked the busiest time of the am to leave. Just errrrrked me all to heck. Anyone work with someone like this? Every facility seems to have one...and she is ours. Ok..enough ranting ...I'm off to bed.
I had an entire unit of these last nite. All recent/new ICU nurses, all contracts via agency. I was NOT in charge (me and the charge nurse were the only on- staff nurses) but I was soooo glad I wasn't in charge....I sure got tired of stupid questions. And these nurses had 3 -12 hr orientation ONLY shifts to ask questions....and sat around gossiping and colllecting a paychecks those nites. I was there and I remembered. They did NOT get my help following orientation, believe me. And my manager wonders
why there is a shortage and WHY she cAn't hire staff/charge???? (sigh)
I guess I should clarify......there were three nurses on and only two were needed....she had volunteered to go home on call.....she was supposed to leave when the night shift started at llpm.....as you can see...it took her until 6:30am to leave....crazy, huh??? LOL
I don't get it at least a coulpe of posters about this type of nurse say "she's a good nurse".
Stop defending her. I am sure she is a perfectly nice and darling person. Very kind etc. That does not make her a good nurse. The behaviors you describe make her a very poor nurse. She is "nice" not a good nurse. In fact she is so "nice" that what you describe makes her an agrivation and that is NOT nice.
I am just remembering the student nurse when I had my daughter. MY baby was sick so she had to go to the nursery and this student nurse was so sweet but she was driving the other RN's nuts. she kept checking all the babies and waking them up to make sure they "don't die of SIDS!" my baby by the end of 1 week would cry when this student picked her up (must have got the smell down) anyway it was hilarious. She was just trying to do a good job but she was so anxious the babies got fussy around her.
mattsmom81
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why there is a shortage and WHY she cAn't hire staff/charge???? (sigh)