I used to work as a tech myself. I totally respect them and know how hard they work. There is one tech that is really out of hand. We work in a clinic. She has been working in the field for over 30 years, she hates nurses and she hates young new nurses. She hates patients, she pretty much is mean to everyone. She has been giving me a hard time since day 1. It is like swimming upstream every time I have to work with her. She tells people she is an RN and her facebook page states she is an RN. First major issue I had with her, she was told she could leave for the day when patient X was finished. I had hung vanco for patient x and it was scheduled to run for 60 minutes per MD order. 25 minutes later I look in on patient X and she is gone. I call patient x and she states that the other nurse came in and sped up the med. I was livid, went right to the manager and told her what happened. I take this offense VERY seriously as I hung this med and if there is any reaction or anything I am the one who will get blamed. Tech has NO authority to be touching the IV!!! She said she would speak with tech. Nothing was done. Manager said she denied it, and since I didnt see her do it nothing we can do. Patient would verify if manager bothered to call. I asked not to be scheduled with this tech again, as i value my license and she is not safe. I have since written this tech up for several major offense. She has been caught falsifying compliance logs, touching patients ivs more than once etc etc. She just does whatever she wants. I can't even take a lunch when I work with her because I have to babysit everyone who has a med running or she will touch it.
This tech screams at me, cusses at me, and refuses to do her job on a regular basis. I am working with her all the time. All of this in front of patients. I complain to manager, manager states- Oh that is just "techs name" you will get used to her. If I have to hear "oh that is just her" one more time I am walking out the door. So anyway yesterday I hung some vanco. Tech sped it up again. This time I freak out and start lecturing her on red man sydrome and the dangers of meds. Tech cusses at me and said she isn't doing anything sits at the computer and gets on facebook. Manager has a talk with tech. Tech comes out screaming and swearing at me again in front of patients, said I am a tattle tale and said some things that you just don't hear a lady say ever. Patient complains about language. Tech gets written up has a disciplinary meeting Friday about the patient complaint. Now other techs are all mad at me because I GOT HER IN TROUBLE.
I need a new job. The manager seems totally ok with psycho tech possibly killing patients by interfering with IV. The fact that if the patient had not complained nothing would have been done makes me so perplexed. My manager does not manage. My license is at risk.
