I have such a hard time working with lazy people. My assistant let 2 patients lay in pee all night long. Granted, it was my responsibiltiy to ensure they were changed, turned, etc, but I had 2 psychotic patients who consumed 95% of my time. One kept walking out into the hallway completely naked, thinking that we were all trying to kill him...and he was a fall risk. I had a high acuity patient load. Anyway, I constantly pitch in to help other nurses who are drowning, even though Im drowning myself. NO ONE ever pitches in to help me. Most assistants wont even do I/O's, empty a F/C or anything. Im usually doing my job and theirs too. Now, Im not putting down assistants, there truely are some great ones out there. But the ones who are lazy really make up for it. I rarely ask an assistant to do something, unless Im swamped and need them to. But I wish they would at least do their specified job duties. And I wish my fellow co-workers would at least reset an IV volume as they walk by the room and hear it beeping, to give me time to go and get another bag when I get the chance to. I do. There is no way I could leave a pt listening to a beeping IV at their side. I really hate hate hate my job. I guess I just needed to vent.
