Advice for the NOC shift nurse

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Hello I'm a RN new to nursing in the SNF setting. I work only NOC shift. It's natural for me to be awake at night. My current issue is being forced to stay into day shift because the day shift nurses refuse to pass their own medication. I have been told that it's "Not in their duties to pass meds because their are given a medication aid to do that." Which calls out every weekend. (Mostly due to the fact that she told management 2 months ago that she does not have daycare for Sunday.) One day nurse left a floor with demented patients with no supervision so she could go to lunch. Is is common in this setting for licensed staff to refuse to do patient care? Is refusing to give a patient medication a form of abuse? How do you document on a patient when you do not know how and what medication they are on? and why is day shift so focused on only their tasks?

Has anyone dealt with this before and what is the best way to let my concerns and desire to leave on time be aired without offending the day shift staff.