PCABham

Thanks everyone for all the suggestions!! I was seriously worried I was just being overly sensitive. I will be taking some of these suggestions to see if we can work it out.

I am a PCA at a local hospital working 3-11 pm. I am having a problem with one of my nurses, but am I just being too sensitive(?). As soon as she arrives she begins barking orders while looking at her phone. I never have a problem helping my pts or nurses. However, I find it difficult to be helpful to her when she comes out of a pts room to tell me the dinner tray needs to be removed. I mean isn't that something she could have brought out? Or when she leaves room A and comes to tell me she's going to room B (walking past room A), take water/ice to room A. I am usually in the middle of cleaning up one of her total care pts or doing my vitals on another end of the hall when she asks this. Am I being too sensitive or am I not saying enough? It doesn't help when she is clearly (for hours) not charting or passing meds but looking at her phone texting/Facebook-ing. Should I say something to her or just let it ride since I'm not an RN? Thanks for all suggestions/help!