a few days ago i transferred a patient of mine to a different floor. she has end stage cancer, but is perfectly alert and stable - just in a lot of pain. anyway, when i got to the floor with the patient, i asked the desk secretary which nurse would be assigned to this patient. a nurse at the med cart (which was about 4 feet away from me and the patient) said something to the extent of "i guess i'm going to be the one stuck with her!"
I was really disgusted by this but didn't say anything. as i wheeled the patient to her room, she said something like "no one wants to take care of me?? i heard what she said." I made up some silly story about how she was joking and completed the transfer.
A part of me REALLY wanted to go back and say something, but i'm the "new nurse" so i'm not sure quite how I fit in with everyone else at this point. am i overreacting? should i say something? should i not? I was thinking of writing an anonymous letter, what do you all think I should do?
