T.Bird

I am just plain old tired of LAZY nurses that don't beleive in teamwork or sharing the work load in an equitable manner. Example, the other day I worked a 12 hr shift where I had the worst patient load on the unit and we were short an Aide. Instead of sending the aide to help out with my patients who required complete care (and I mean complete) the charge nurse used the aide to do all the work for her own easy patients and never once offered to help me. I didn't have lunch until 4pm. The whole time I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off the charge nurse, aide and another RN were on the internet looking up funny jokes and laughing all day. I even had to answer the phone a couple of times and it was a personal call for guess who?? I was so angry I couldn't say a word for fear of becoming verbally abusive. I am sick and tired of taking the hard assignments while the same individuals sit back and pick their noses. I am not affraid of hard work and these people are taking advantage of it HAVE HAD ENOUGH By the way I've noticed that those older nurses who eat their young have no trouble with hard work, I'll take them over some lazy supposedly friendly but useless younger nurse any day. Anyway, at the end of the shift (when I was still transcribing orders) she had the nerve to say to me "Sorry I didn't help you, but I just felt like being selfish today" Well, I felt like being selfish the next day so I just called in, and lazy nurse #1 and lazy nurse #2 had to work short. I had never done this before, but damn, it felt soooooo good. I am looking for work elsewhere because where I work now, this is the norm and not the exception. Thanks for hearing me out, I feel better now;)

Thanks for the advice and words of encouragement, it means so much to me. I will follow the good advice that was given to me and we'll see how it goes. (next work day is Tuesday, wish me luck!) You nurses out there are great:)

I don't want to work in my step-down ICU. I don't enjoy the work anymore and am feeling burnt out from the lack of staffing and increase in acuity that is taking place. I like my boss and enjoy most of my co-workers. We are short staffed as it is, I don't know how to approach my boss to tell her that I want to quit. Can anyone tell me how to make a gracefull exit? I don't know how much more I can take. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.