I feel so terrible about this, DH says I should just forget about it...
Towards the end of one of those 12 hr shifts where you never sat down, admissions til unit was full, VERY 'demanding' pts etc., I was charting for the whole shift and getting ready to leave when yet another iv starts beeping. I tapped her on the arm to let her know it was hers(she has some hearing deficit), and she stomped away all huffy puffy. It's not like I was just lounging, I had been answering iv's all night and honestly just needed to go home before losing it! She is a very sweet person, great nurse, who was having a bad day at the start of the shift, and had just gotten a pretty complicated admission. I always try to help out and don't do the "it's your pt, you do it" thing, but my back was killing me and I just wanted to go home. She had time left in her shift so I figured it wasn't a big deal. Was I wrong to not do it for her? She is someone I consider a friend, so I feel horrible about upsetting her. Please tell me what you guys think..