Re: night nurse who leaves everything undone..
Do the required procedure along with needed documentation showing exact condition of pt when you found her, your assessment, your actions. This covers you as far as the required nursing care. If this is an isolated instance, have a talk with the nurse. Maybe she just charted with the intentions of following through and got sidetracked. If this is a bad habit of hers, where she tries to make it look like she accomplished more that she really does in reality, then you should gather up some evidence, in writing, and provide it to the supvr. Once you have brought the poor pt care to the attention of the supvr, your responsibility ends; unless the behavior continues. Document, document, document, so that you are not painted with her brush; particularly if there are adverse outcomes, up to and including lawsuits/deaths. You have to protect yourself as well as see that the pt is taken care of appropriately. Yet it is not your duty to play nursemaid to your co-worker. Good luck. Put up your guard.
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