New Grad LPN causing problems

WOW, this girl is a little nightmare. Ok...maybe not a nightmare..but a huge huge huge STRESS!

I know there are some of us who don't like to say anything...tell on the new nurse..be firm...let the nurse fall...and I wish it didn't have to be that way..but I think for your own good, you better cover your back because if it comes down to it, no matter HOW nice you think she is, I GUARANTEE she will burn you.

I would be discreet about it...but tell your DON, boss, etc. Tell them nicely that you are concerned about the new LPN and would like to know what you can do to "help". This way there is record of it. I seriously wouldn't help this nurse at all or associate with her if she is already displaying this type of shady behavior. Let her struggle...let her suffer for her own mistakes...force yourself to have a selfish attitude when it comes to that. Just think about yourself and what YOU can do to make things less stressful for you.I know I'm not one to preach about this..because all too often, I just want to be human with people. I wish I could be nice, personable, helpful and trusting with them...but more than not, it ends up "screwing" me. Forgive the lango.

You sound like a really great person and an awesome nurse, so I would hate to see you take the suffering for her mistakes. I don't want to make a general stereotype..but I have seen this kind of behavior all too often amongst women.

I'm sure you are not offended by that because....well...you're a female..and I think all of us, as females, understand how working with other women can be. Unless I'm the only one that can barely stand it. And look...I'm dying to be a nurse! lol. Oh boy..what I'm getting myself into .

I agree with most of this post...except for what I put in larger font. (bold didn't work! )The nurse is not going to be the only one to "suffer for her own mistakes". The patients will suffer in the end. The example about the chinese food and the coke is a prime example. I think that the RN has a certain obligation to those patients. Sure, she may be the favorite nurse because she bends the rules to make the patients love her...but that's not really what we're here for.

I would definately be in the DON's office and (tactfully) suggest that this nurse needs a bit more training in protocol.

Then, I would make a voodoo doll of her and stick pins in it when I got home...you know, just to make myself feel better!