Does anyone work with other nurses who are mean to their patients? I work with a nurse who is always friendly and talkative with patients who are alert and lucid, but is just plain men to the confused patients. He screams at them for pulling at IVs and tubes, or for trying to get out of bed. When their families are around, he is sweet as sugar, but after visiting hours he's back to being grouchy. We have taken this to our manager, and he has been talked to , but continues the behavior. We usually try not to assign these kinds of patients to him, but sometimes he still gets them. He has tried to bully the nursing staff at times too, but none of us will take his s**t. The worst part is that he gets letters and compliments from his patients and their families because he knows how to play the game. He was suspended once, but that did little good. I know that everyone has different strengths and weaknesses, and we often assign patients according to a staff members abilities. Several of us have been documenting his behavior for the last two weeks to take it ti our manager again. He does not act like this when she is around. Anyone else deal with someone like this?
