jennibeans

Thank you all for the responses! It's really difficult in my work place - I'm the only nurse working on my shift and the only other staff member working is E, so if she doesn't do it, I have to. And I've got 45 other residents that I'm watching over, doing meds for, doing assessments on, preventing wandering into the adjacent neighbourhood etc. Makes it really difficult to be the one also providing bedside care like showers. I will definitely be keeping all of these tips in mind, though. Especially the point made about the yelling, it is unprofessional and uncalled for, but it's so so frustrating to be working with her in these conditions.. Excuses, excuses.. Thanks guys!

I'm Canadian, so forgive me for not using the terminology most of you are used to.. I'm a Registered Practical Nurse (which is LPN/LVN in the US) and I work with Personal Support Workers (I think they're equivalent to CNA in the US, but PSWs don't really do much with medications). I'm a new nurse. I've been working at my first job in a retirement home for 4 months. I don't know how to be the nurse in charge, and when I'm working, I am the nurse in charge of the entire building. I don't know how to tell people what to do without feeling bad about it. If I have to, I try to use statements like "Would you mind ...?" or "Are you okay doing ...?" and that works okay for me. The problem I have is that I have one PSW in particular (E) and when I work with her, I might as well be working alone because she has absolutely 0 time management skills. Like, it'll take her 2 hours to empty a urinary catheter bag and do a shower. I'm not exaggerating. I've tried giving her a time limit ("Okay, E, try and finish everything with Patient X by 8:30") and she agrees but then 9:30 will come around and she'll still be in there for another half an hour. Any advice would be appreciated. I don't want to be the "***** boss" who yells at her coworkers for being terrible, but I'm honestly getting to the point where yelling is the only thing I can think of that will work. I've talked to the Director of Care who basically told me she doesn't care and to do what I want (even if it is yelling).

I'm Canadian and in Ontario we're called Registered Practical Nurses... I make $15 an hour working at a retirement home. Nursing home nurses make $22-26 an hour usually. Hospital nurses make $28ish but they don't want new graduates and it's super difficult to get into a hospital.