New Grad - Ain't he special!

[hppygr8ful, ASN, RN, EMT-I]

Let me start out by saying I really do like working with new grads most of the time. I had great preceptors in my career and consider helping new grads a way of paying it forward. However I am most intrigued but a new grad we hired about two months ago. He is one of the I don't do poop variety. He treats the CNA's terribly. We have really good CNA's on our shift and I have told him he needs to appreciate their effort.

Anyway - Last night was a busy night - Shortly after receiving report he yelled at at CNA " Hey you! Get me a box of gloves!" I turned around and said "She has a name, and you can get your own gloves and anything else you need from the supply room." He just looked at me and shook his head.

I went to the bathroom and when I came back found my cart which I stocked prior to the start of my shift had been robbed of bleach wipes, alcohol swaps, insulin syringes, and several items of house stock medications. Also my personal BP cuff and pulse Ox were missing.

So I went over and found all these items on my cart. I left everything there eccept my equipment and restocked my cart. When he came out of a patient room he was livid that I had removed items from his cart. I told him " Everything you took from my cart is available in the stock room.

Later that evening I was in a patient room at the other end of the facility when I heard a CNA calling for help. As this was not my patient I waited a moment to see if he would respond. Then when she called again this time with near panic in her voice I stopped what I was doing and "Ran" to her location. He was trying to change a patient who was over 300 pounds. on isolation for C-diff and very combattive. When I got into the room not stopping to gown up. He was half-off the bed - poop everywhere yelling, screaming and striking out. I helped get him sorted out and then went looking for the his nurse. I asked if had heard the CNA calling for help to which he answered changing patients is not my job.

I explained to him that there is nothing a CNA does that is outside a nurses scope of practice and I better not have another situation like what happened or I would speak to the DON.

He just shrugged - I almost hope he's reading this as it would be nice if he sees himself and makes some attitude adjustments.

Anyway I just needed to vent.

Hppy

[caliotter3]

Sounds as if the weeding process was somewhat lax in nursing school.

[ScrappytheCoco]

I have two words for him:

Bye Felicia!

[LibraSunCNM, BSN, MSN, CNM]

Have you expressed your concerns to your nurse manager? His behavior is completely unacceptable. There are waaaaay too many nurses looking for work to keep crappy nurses like him around.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

I see your location is California. With the high unemployment rate of new grads in that state, I'm shaking my head quizzically at the fact that this guy was hired.

Probably several hundred local unemployed new RNs would jump at the chance to have this great opportunity. This guy needed an attitude adjustment yesterday.

[Purple_roses]

I reallllllly hope you majorly crack down on him. You have every right to. How could anyone leave another human lying in their own waste? I mean, if you're a nurse and you have other things to attend to then yes, delegate. But if you have the time and you just leave a patient there like that....it says a lot about your character.

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

How he got hired is beyond me, but regardless, you need to have a chat with the nurse manager or DON asap....yesterday would be better, actually, if it were possible.

He is not a team player. He treats people poorly; he doesn't need to improve his interpersonal skills, he needs to LEARN them. He is untrustworthy and lazy (the reason he took from your cart rather than find his own stuff shows all of that and more).

THIS is someone who is new, yet has managed to appear to be the kind of jaded, mean, selfish and lazy employee it usually takes years of dissatisfaction with one's job to develop.

He needs to GO.....and his job can be filled within the DAY if the DON desires it!

[kakamegamama]

Awful. Just plain awful. I wonder how in the world he managed to graduate?

[FloatRN19]

I wonder what his perspective on the situation would be.

[KeepItRealRN, BSN, RN]

He has proven that he is on the fast track to Management.

[nursecathi]

Some people interview well and are good at pulling the wool over eyes.

[LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN]

He won't last long at this facility...