DS vs NS (this is a vent)

Specialties Ob/Gyn

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I am sooooo irritated right now, I just have to get this stuff off my chest. First of all I've worked on 3 different floors in 2 different hospitals and have had the same problem with this at all 3. Night shifters come in on time (usually early), we see day shift struggling then we clock in and go help so they can get out of there on time. They dont tell the night shifters thanks and they sure as hell don't return the favor. Dayshifters come strolling into work whenever they damn well please and sit in the breakroom drinking their coffee, talkin on the cell phones and beating around the bush gossipping. Usually about 6 of em just sitting in the break room waiting for the night shift to come in and get report, MEANWHILE, the 2 nightshift nurses who have been completely slammed with laboring patients, scheduled inductions, and surprised SROM's of breech babies are drowning in patients and charting and our shift should have neded 40 minutes ago, but no body wants to just get off their asses and come help get the situation undercontrol.i mean if u walk into ur job and see the board has every room filled and u only got 2 nurses, dont u think maybe u should just get up and see hat you can do to bring the chaos back to a level of normalcy,. because believe me, sitting back and talking **** about others is not makin you any friends if you are letting people drowned because of it. I really cant make my thoughs cohesive at this time. but ima cvome back and reedit this to what i actually awnt it to say.

Specializes in Nurse Manager, Labor and Delivery.

Understand totally about management being part of the problem. Its so hard to move forward with that boulder in your way. Drama can be productive....the BAD BEHAVIOR has been tolerated and rewarded far too long, so now it is time to hold your dayshift peers accountable. Do it nicely, but keep record of what you did. If it doesn't work, then take your documentation to your next member of the food chain. Don't know if you have charge folk or clinical coordinators or if you just jump to manager, but it needs to go forward and up. Confrontation is NEVER easy. But honestly, some folks just don't get it if you don't stuff it in their face.

Shine on sister....!!!!

Specializes in L&D.

amen amen and aMen ^^^

I've certainly been in the situation where I should of been relieved..and wasn't. It's especially bad when you're in the OR, cause you're invisable to the rest of the staff. LOL so no..you're not alone.

Yes the only way to fix this is to be vocal and go to your management. Be specific if you need to name names Do it!

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