A spoiled but well-connected coworker

[RNursingAssistant]

My problem is with one particular coworker. Today, I felt like it was the last straw. I'm usually annoyed at her quips and childish behavior that other coworkers notice, but always smile sweetly at. I ponder is it because she's related to high personnel at my workplace? Or am I just "too serious"?

She constantly thinks of me as almost her personal servant,

"Can YOU get the schedule book and tell me if I work Monday?"

"Can YOU just spoonfeed me the information?" Oh I'm joking! *then waits for me to spoonfeed her information*

"Can YOU do all the work?...oh I'm just joking!"

"Oh I need to use your computer, can you get off, so I can use it?" (even though she's already on another one...)

The silver lining is...at least she asks, and usually I turn down her request when they're ridiculous.

I'm tired of working so hard on this project, making sure we are seen as educated and well-respected nurses, and I entrusted her to present the research part at a meeting. A meeting she planned the day before, and decided to flake out the day of. A meeting that ended with the chief of nursing educator wondering why we were wasting her time?

What puzzles me is her fellow coworker and friend, didn't seem bothered that she wasn't there for the meeting, but instead was blaming the nurse educator/chief for making us do this project. And I certainly did not feel like it was safe to talk to her to validate whether this is something I should bring up to the other coworker.

I feel like she has contributed nothing to this project, and yet wants to appear like she has done all the work. I'm thinking about leaving this great opportunity to showcase our ability to be involved with the unit, and provide evidence-based changes. But she has not been pulling her weight. And I do not want to be a part of a project where I'm doing all the work and taking all the blame; while my partner does nothing and receives credit.

Should I just remove myself from this project? I don't know what to do.

[ktwlpn, LPN]

Finish the project and have faith in karma.

[RNursingAssistant]

I have to let it go. Completing this project is more important than dilly dallying on a coworker's behavior. I will have to learn to work with a variety of attitudes. At least, this coworker is inexperienced and may not be aware of the ripple effect of being lazy and leaving other coworker's behind to pick up their slack.