eyeball

We have good charge nurses and poor ones. The good ones seem to exhibit a true desire to make the floor run well during that particular shift. They are responsive to all questions and help with the solutions. They have the back of all of their nurses and we know who they are. The poor ones do anything from gossiping and hanging with their buds to doing committee work so they can advance up the clinical ladder that has nothing to do with the business of the day. When they do show up at my station it is usually to fuss about something: "we have only one secretary today so to need to put in your own orders." "Drinks aren't allowed in the pt care areas."
When I come on shift and pick up my assignment the first thing I do is look at three things on my assignment sheet: How many patients do I have, who's my aid, and who's charge...in three seconds I am either feeling relief and gratefulness or my stomach tightens cause I already know it's gonna be a rough day.