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I Have Been A Pacu Nurse For 7 Years Out Of My 10 Year Nursing Career, I Have Worked In 4 Different Pacu's(moving) I Love Being A Pacu Nurse I Am Cpan Certified And Proud Of It, I Also Love The Hospital I'am Working At Now....the Problem Is I Have No Idea How To Deal With The Most Difficult Co-worker I Have Ever Worked With!!!! He Is The Only Male Nurse In Our Perioperative Area, He Gossips Worse Than Any Women Ever Could, He Is Rude, Loud, Unprofessional And Leaves Our Unit Continuously. He Takes Care Of One Pt If We Are Lucky In A Ten Hour Shift. I Have Written Him Up One Time For A Patient Safety Issue, Leaving A Patient Unattended To Gossip In Second Stage Recovery, The Pt's O2 Sat Dropped To 82% , I Helped The Pt, When He Finally Came Back He Was Defensive And Rude, Calling Me Fat And Stupid. (he Also Comments About The Pts Weight Or Looks While They Are Sleeping And Defenseless) He Keeps His Pts In Pacu While They Are Wide Awake For 2-3 Hours If They Are Interesting To Him.(non-stop Talking About Absolutely Nothing!) If You Are Unattractive Your Stay Will Be Brief.i Discussed This With The Director Of Our Dept. With Him Present, He Lied During The Whole Confrontation. Then Made My Life A Living Hell For One Year, Gossiping About Me Telling My Co-workers That They Would Be Fat Like Me If They Ate A Piece Of Cake Or Candy..you Get The Point.i Only Speak To Him If I Have To, And I Would Never Compromise Pt Safety Because Of Him. I Can Not Understand Why Our Director Has Not Fired Him Yet, Although When Ever He Is Confronted He Turns Red And Starts To Throw Charts Around, One Almost Hit Me One Day. What Should I Do? I Love This Hospital, I Love Being A Pacu Nurse, But I Am Seriously Thinking About Taking Another Position In The Hospital. And To Make Things Worse One Of His Gossiping Lazy Friends Was Hired To Work In Our Pacu. Please Help.