freespirit2

Hi i could use some guidance. I work with a nurse that i can no longer trust! Heres whats happening... Counting narcotics this has happened twice in less than a week. Im counting to take the cart, narc count is off the nurse acts like she signs but only writes the corrected number and the crosses it out. I trusted her so i never look at the book while counting. So i do a corrected count with the next shift nurse. I have no idea whats the best way to handle this. I spoke to the nurse after the first time. I dont know uf shes attempting to get me into trouble with management or if she is making mistakes n covering them up or taking the narcotics. The nurse is friends with the don... How do i handle it? I am debating to go to the director. Im actually pretty mad about it but bottom line is i do not trust her now n i just dont know how i can work with a person like that. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!!

Posted the same thing twice think if i edit and delete most of it i can spare ya'll

Thanks for the advice... quite a few of the nurses were upset that i was leaving. I hadnt felt this uncertain of my abilities since i was in the peri opertive program! I had to watch my back as a couple scrubs that had been there awhile were deliberately trying to sabatoge things. For instance telling me i was wasting my time getting certain equipment that i thought was needed, when i got it anyway she;d say 'well i've only been here 10 years but YOU would know better'! And sure enough it was needed... I was pretty stressed when i knew i had to work the ones that were like that. The nurses told me some scrubs were downright mean and nasty and made it harder on them. None of the nurses can stand working with those scrubs. There were some heavy politics going on there at the time. It seemed the scrubs tried to run the room. An example i told a scrub to throw off her rays she had 30 and at least 15 dirty ones were on her back table. She refused. I called the charge nurse after i told her twice and was blatanty refused.(She also refused for my relief nurse) The charge nurse backed up the scrub right there in the room! Another example i told an SA to take his backpack out of the room (we were doing a total hip) he told me NO! I told him it was infection control issue and a Pt safety issue. He told me I did my job i told him and he said no... I went to the nurse educator and explained the situation. she told me NOT to start a conflict. On the flip side when i mispronounced a word i'd was reported to the director! Also i was written up when anesthesia intubated a Pt prior to a time out, even though i told him to wait for the surgeon, his response he was just trying to 'expedite things'. So i couldnt take it anymore and that doesnt make for a good OR nurse. Many of the nurses were upset that i was leaving. I dont scrub but i'm organized and keep the flow going smoothly. I thought i circulated efficiently. I work hard and helped out other nurses anytime that i was not in a room. I think thats why even the travelers loved me... my 1st OR i had no trouble things went well there... i just am thinking hard on it... thanks for your insights. I see i posted the same reply twice!! Cant figure out how to delete it...

HI I need some advice. I've been in the OR 2.5 years over a 3.5 year period. I just resigned from a hospital D/T a miserable working environment. I talked with other nurses there. One started the same time i did and she has 30 years in the OR and told me she was going leave D/T the same reasons. I was second guesing my abilities and discovered that the nurse with 30 years under her belt was feeling the same way. I wonder if i'm right for the OR I dont want to work if i'm going to feel as though i cant perform well. After a year there i just couldnt take being beaten down anymore. I didnt feel this way in my 1st OR. However, i wonder if its me as i dont think i should be feeling this way at this point. It breaks my heart to think of not being in the OR but i want to do whats best and if i'm not cut out for it i know i should i accept it and move on. Any feedback would be appeciated. Thanks for reading