Maybe I am not cut out for hospital nursing, I dont know. I cant seem to handle lazy aides well. Again I was assigned to the other side' on my unit, night shift, 2 rn's with one aide, 12 pts (6 patients each rn). If there is not a good aide, you drown at some point, usually later in the shift.
This float aide we had last night did his vitals, sat down in the hall with a portable computer for an hour or hour and a half. I got an admit, he balked at doing a sling weight (she is asleep, that can wait for days') (me: no it cant). Then he took over an hour break, when it is posted that they can take 2 15 min breaks and one 1/2 meal break. But that is the standard.
The night charges dont care. They dont give support. They just dont want trouble'. I told the aide upon his return of the above policy on our floor.
Then he started 0400 vitals, didnt answer call lights. I was trying to chart. I asked him to answer a call light. He did not, finally I went to answer it. I asked him why he didnt answer it, he said I could have answered it instead of coming to tell him to answer it. I told him I was charting, and that he was on the floor. He said he was in an iso room'. It seemed to me he took 15 minutes of so in that iso room to get VS, and was just waiting for ME to answer the call light. He got loud when I asked him this (about not answering) and argumentative. Then he went to the charge nurse to complain about me.
The chrage nurse said he's generally been a good guy'... I wrote my nurse mgr stating I am frustrated dealing with certain aides who seem to want to do only the minimum. I called insick for tonight. I am thinking of requesting not to be put back in this section especially if there is a marginal aide.
I left this morning with not enough time to do notes, ect. I just was so upset and wanted to get out of there.
