OKAY...I've been told I expect too much of my nurses. I need some opinions. Subacute floor--40 patients(not all subacute by any means). One nurse for meds and treatments on each wing and a nurse manager who does the admissions, care plans, care plan meetings, morning report....
Nurse manager is at care planning for hours today. Gets back to the floor and one of the nurses says...oh 'YOU need to call the doc to get a script for Mrs Jones' oxycodone". ??????????????????? YOU???? The first nurse counted the narcs at 7am and knew since then that we were out of the pt's oxycodone, but she waited till 2:15 and then told the nurse manager to do it.
I think these nurses are spoiled beyond the pale if they think the nurse manager should be the one ordering drugs. They expect her to call the docs with everything and think they should only be responsible for meds, treatments, and charting.
Am I expecting too much? When I worked the floor I had 30 subacute....5 IV, 6 Gtube, trach care, and 3 people in the end stages of HIV and I managed to get everything done...including ordering my own meds and calling the docs with updates and labs...
