backstabbing co workers

Hi,

I have preety much similar situation here. MY tech is a lazy bone( she usually works with me) she stuck with the TV and phone all the times. Nobody likes her . she is putting my patient in a great danger ..by leaving confused pt on a BSC. not going when they call for help.. I told CN . But it did not work . Manager is aware of it.
I dont want to put my license on risk coz of her . Any idea, suggestion will be highly appreciated.
Thanks

My advice is to try and not take it personally. Realize that these people are unhappy and miserable in their lives. If they're treating you like__, they're probably that way to others they encounter. Taking on this perspective helps me defuse my anger and give them the benefit of the doubt that they're not singling me out for their abuse. I then confront them.

I remember one time a nurse left a couple of nasty notes for me on her late night shift implying I'd left some work undone for her to have to finish. The notes were placed where all staff returning the next morning could see them. I felt I had to approach everyone and clear my name. After confirming w/ the MN and other nurses that I was in fact carrying out my duties correctly, I went armed with the facts to this women when she was alone in the break room. I said to her, "First of all, you've been wrong both times in your little notes. Secondly, you've left these discrediting notes out for all the doctors and nurses to see, strategically it seems, so that I
cannot possibly seek out all who read your little notes to rectify my name. This is really ******* me off! So the next time I find one of your little notes, it had better be about something possitive and if you should feel the need to point out a legitimate gripe in a note to me because you can't possibly reach me in person, it had better be placed discretely in my drawer for only me to find. Thirdly, I thought that we had a great working relationship, but lately it seems you're being pretty sh tty. Are you angry with me and do we need to talk about something? Or are you just going through a hard time right now?
The nurse immediatly broke into tears of apology. She explained that she was angry with her cheating boyfriend of seven years, whom she could not leave, and it was making her crazy. She did not want to be at work and especially did not want to work a late night shift. To make matters worse, her flirtatious sister was up to no good with her man at all family functions, so she wasn't looking forward to the holidays.
I now understood that the nurse left those notes in a fits of rage that had nothing to do with me at all. I hugged her as she sobbed telling me that she new she knew she was snaping at everyone which complicated things more because she thought we were all talking about her behind her back. She said she was so relieved that I called her on it and gave her a chance to explain her uncontrolable behavior. I told her that I accepted her apology and that I would be there for her anytime she needed to talk, and to let me know when she's feeling bad, that I would go the extra mile for her.
From that time on the nurse left positive notes to me out for everyone to see.
I saved a couple of them, she wrote:

"Hi! Hope your weekend is fabulous! You're my bright spot when the day gets long! Thanks for being such a great co-worker and FRIEND!
Love,_________"

I know I'm not myself today. I'm sorry. It's not you I'm just real depressed this week; better luck next week!

"Hey Cupcake! Just wanted to say have a great evening! You're one of a kind & a joy to work with!
Love_________"

This was an unusually great outcome. You can't expect this to always be the case, but we might be suprised to find out how many depressed people there are out there.