I cannot UNDERSTAND lazy people!

[ShayRN]

We had two incidents this weekend that blows my mind. I wasn't there either time, so this is all second hand, but still, YEESH. I work at a freestanding inpatient Hospice facility....

1) We use a company owned by our hospital organization to mix all our IV drugs. A woman was admitted with breast ca with extensive mets to bone and pathological fx to humerus and hip. A doc at the hospital put an epidural in her and had fentenyl at 5mcg/ml at 15ml per hour. The nurse called the ONCALL pharmacist at 5pm and told him of the new admit. HE REFUSED to go and mix the fentenyl:madface: :madface: Apparently, he was getting ready to go to the movies with his family and THAT was more important the the patient's comfort:nono: The nurse on duty made a few calls and another IV company agreed to mix up the bags and bring them in so she would have enough to get through the weekend. THEN this man called back and said, I have an order from Dr. G, we are going to take her off this drug and try something else. Carol told him, number one, I don't take orders from a pharmacist. Number two, this woman is getting adequate pain control from the fentenyl and I WILL not change that just to make your life easier. NUMBER THREE, did you tell doctor why you wanted to have this changed? Needless to say, our director is getting involved in this tomarrow, but OH MY GOD!!!!

2) We only have housekeeping coverage from 8-4:30. The housekeeper interrupted report this morning with a 10 minute tirate about the rooms not getting cleaned at night. We had a patient leave at 7:30 the night before and with the 14 other patients, plus one death, we didn't have time to pick up in the room She said she is going to the director because, get this, ITS NOT MY JOB! YOU nurses need to be checking these rooms to see if they are clean or not. Umm, yeah, ok, so now on afternoon shift, without a unit clerk, we are suppose to be nurses, unit clerks, secretarys, and HOUSEKEEPERS.. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Please, please, please tell me. What is WRONG with these people. Or, is it possible I expect too much:uhoh21:

[annmariern]

No actually; I did mean RNs the ones LEGALLY responsible for the LPNs and CNAs. Sorry you took offence, it wasn't intended that way. But once again, until it you that is the bottom line. The one who see/hears "but I notified the RN" as the cop out line, for lab, radiology, etc, etc, you don't get ot either.

[jill48, ASN, RN]

No actually; I did mean RNs the ones LEGALLY responsible for the LPNs and CNAs. Sorry you took offence, it wasn't intended that way. But once again, until it you that is the bottom line. The one who see/hears "but I notified the RN" as the cop out line, for lab, radiology, etc, etc, you don't get ot either.

Not in my state. I am responsible for my license, no one else is. I am an LPN and I am a supervisor. I just went on an interview to be a DON. NO ONE but me is responsible for my license. I am my own bottom line. I am responsible for my CNA's; and if I get the DON job, I will be responsible for any RN's. No offense taken, just wanted to clarify.

[CRNI-ICU20]

In every place that I have worked, I have had to deal with people who were "enabled" to just schlump along and be lazy. It didn't matter that their patients weren't bathed, or their oral care had been ignored, or that they let them lay in the same position for hours on end, or that they left their personal belongings laying all over the nurses station area where they were charting....they just came in, clocked in, sat on their butt, and swiped out when they left. One nurse I work(ed) with positioned herself as queen bee, and makes out the assignments....so that she takes the absolute easiest patient, just one....and then lets the rest of us run our bums off while she sits and reads, and tootles on the computer....if we ask her for help, she says, "get it...do it, yourself" and if you complain, you are labeled as having a bad attitude, because she is the boss's pet....

I have never met someone as completely useless as her, except maybe my ex husband....maybe I should introduce them to one another! ha!!

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

In every place that I have worked, I have had to deal with people who were "enabled" to just schlump along and be lazy. It didn't matter that their patients weren't bathed, or their oral care had been ignored, or that they let them lay in the same position for hours on end, or that they left their personal belongings laying all over the nurses station area where they were charting....they just came in, clocked in, sat on their butt, and swiped out when they left. One nurse I work(ed) with positioned herself as queen bee, and makes out the assignments....so that she takes the absolute easiest patient, just one....and then lets the rest of us run our bums off while she sits and reads, and tootles on the computer....if we ask her for help, she says, "get it...do it, yourself" and if you complain, you are labeled as having a bad attitude, because she is the boss's pet....

I have never met someone as completely useless as her, except maybe my ex husband....maybe I should introduce them to one another! ha!!

After report, the two nurses on shift decide how to split the patient load. No way would we ever have this situation.

I'm too tired to think of any lazy people stories . . . . Maybe tomorrow.

steph

[jill48, ASN, RN]

I have never met someone as completely useless as her, except maybe my ex husband....maybe I should introduce them to one another! ha!!

:rotfl:

[crackerjack]

Yesterday had a case of lazy-itis from a coworker that just chapped my hide. It shoudln't but it did. I was sitting in for someone taking care of the OR desk, we had a couple of add-on cases and the prescreen/pacu super walked up and was asking about them, got the info and left. When we have add-ons the desk is supposed to notify all parties (anesthesia for the day, scheduling, prescreen, pacu, charge-if not at the desk) so my thinking was ok, prescreen/pacu super was here, info has been communicated, i covered the others and was done, right? A while later she comes back to the desk and is all lit up wanting to know why I hadn't called prescreen to inform them...hello, I told YOU and YOU are the super for that dept, I *DID* communicate the info to the proper departments. She insisted I was failing to communicate because I hadn't actually called the people over there and just because she was there didn't mean I'd done the job and that I had no idea where she was going after leaving the desk so couldn't assume she was going to prescreen to tell them. Oh geez, she's demanding communication but is unwilling to communicate with her own team...ain't that just jim dandy?!?! So typical. ugh.

I totally *understand* lazy people, I just don't like them I once had one of our anesthesiologists walk up to me and ask, "why is it every time i turn around you are the only one working?" I told her I wasn't sure....low man on the totem pole syndrome? :) She agreed that was probably true but it ticked her off nonetheless. This doc is also one who is first to respond if she's not in a case to come help when help is requested for any reason, moving, supplies, whatever...she's incredible and rare.