Slack, Sloppy Nurses for coworkers! VENT101!

[sasha2lady]

Ok...Just had another night with slack nurse 101! We had 4new admits @ our LTC/SNF ....well...the one nurse is older but very capable of doing her job....her pt came in w/ a very low bp, fever, and constipation (no bm x 7dys)...I had to call the MD (she wouldnt call him.....as usual) and tell him about this pt...he gave new orders for vs q 4 and if any other bp changes to call him back....well....this was at 5.....by 945 this pt's bp had dropped again to 70/42....I took it myself b/c the pt's nurse wouldnt go do it! I called the md back and he said to send her back to the ER which I had to fill out the entire packet of paperwork, get the copies made and call EMS....I told her to call the pt's daughter and let her know which is ALL she freakin' did! she ignored the whole process...didnt offer to do a darn thing and it was her pt....I knew absolutely nothing about this pt....then after its all said and done Im trying to give report to the next shift nurse who is taking over my hall and the er doc calls and she hands the phone to me! I like this nurse as a person but omg....i dont know how much more of her slack i can take....she always gets other people to work for her so shes hardly there anyways.....even though shes supposed to be f/t...and when shes @ work she does the BARE MINIMUM...and i do mean the absolute least she can possibly do. she does her meds, a few charts and thats it. she never calls the md, never offers to help me or the other nurse with admissions yet expects me to pick up her stuff all the time, never offers to help with any of my tx's ....nothing....she will let expired or d/c'd meds sit in her cart for days and days til someone else gets sick of seeing it and removes it. and you can forget her ever sending back any meds if she has time or helping with any orders or labs or anything. Although....she is definitely not the only one guilty of this. I had an 'RN come and tell me that she didnt want to call the doctor to clarify an order he had written that day ....this was her reason " He likes you better than he does me. "...which was bull. I am soooo sick of having to pick up the slack for 3 shifts worth of nurses and the mgmt nurses arent any better.....the DON is all about " PASS IT ON TO THE NEXT SHFT...PASS IT ON PASS IT ON PASS IT ON>>>>thats all i ever hear from her. Its no good to talk to her about the issues...goes in one ear and out the other. So....Im making myself a deal.....no more picking up after people...Im not gonna make 10 nurses's lives 90 percent easier just to make mine 200 percent harder at work.....if they dont get their work done...its on them cuz I officially am retiring from being the gofer!!!!!!!!!!!! No more slack sloppy nurses for me......

[caliotter3]

I worked with a nurse on night shift who was paid to sleep. Every night, most of the night. One time she raises her head from her slumber and says out loud, for everyone at the nurse's station to hear, "I need sex!" One of those who heard her, said back to her, "Well, you're not going to get it around here! You better go back to sleep, and get it in your dreams!"

[Twix]

update..nurse sleepy just call the administrator just after 0630 to report me that i took a picture of him while he is sleeping and asked if that was legal, administrator's responce, you just admitted to me that you are, that even better than the picture. guess what happened to him?

[psalm, RN]

update..nurse sleepy just call the administrator just after 0630 to report me that i took a picture of him while he is sleeping and asked if that was legal, administrator's responce, you just admitted to me that you are, that even better than the picture. guess what happened to him?

See, there is justice sometimes. Thanks for the update and esp. for taking action at work to get rid of deadweight.