One of our charge nurses seems to have lost leave of her senses. Have just worked the night shift and she has all but licked the doctor all night long, in fact for the last two weeks. She has taken to bringing him food, plates it all up and serves it to him on a tray. She gets nurses to go and get him bottles of Pepsi from the vending machine, like we are all his skivvies. He clearly loves it. I had to go once, but spent the journey back shaking the bottle as hard as I could so it all fizzed up when opened.Last night they were sat there talking and he was going on about how all the other charge nurses are lazy...she was nodding, smiling, agreeing with his every word. I really don't think she should be discussing nurse performance with a doctor. It isn't his business if they are lazy or not (they are not!). It is so embarrassing.
1TachyRN, RN 144 Posts Specializes in Cardiac, Adolescent/Child Mental Health. Has 2 years experience. Oct 26, 2008 Sounds like someone's trying to snag themselves a doctor....:icon_roll
Virgo_RN, BSN, RN 3,543 Posts Specializes in Cardiac Telemetry, ED. Oct 26, 2008 I had to go once, but spent the journey back shaking the bottle as hard as I could so it all fizzed up when opened.:lol2:
allnurses Guide XB9S, BSN, MSN, EdD, RN, APN 8 Articles; 3,016 Posts Specializes in Advanced Practice, surgery. Has 35 years experience. Oct 26, 2008 She gets nurses to go and get him bottles of Pepsi from the vending machine, like we are all his skivvies. He clearly loves it. I had to go once, but spent the journey back shaking the bottle as hard as I could so it all fizzed up when opened.:lol2::lol2::lol2: brilliant, you are wickedI take it that you are talking about a band 6 nurse rather than your ward managerAs for the rest of it, ohh Mary this is wrong for so many reasons, if it's on nights I assume it's a house officer or senior house officer (junior doctor for our american friends) which means that her gossiping and talking about other nurses is going to be talked about in the doctors mess and this will get back to the ward and other staff, very unprofessional.She is in charge, so if she has a problem with nursing staff then she should be dealing with it rather than complaining about it. That's why she is being paid at a higher grade.Why on earth does she think that the nurses on the ward have nothing to do and can run around doing favour for doctors. To be honest, I do make coffee for some of my doctors, but only if they are dealing with sick patients on the ward and have not had a chance to leave because of that sickie and to be honest these are the docs that will come and make the nurses coffee when we are busy.
smcabee 15 Posts Has 14 years experience. Oct 26, 2008 No, No, No....If you want to get all even, especially on the night shift,what you do is offer to pour his nice little soda over a nice cup of ice and then squirt about 10mg of lasix in there. Watch him start squirming in a little bit. Also works for nasty charge nurses, managers or whomever else you feel needs a little kick.
MaryAnn_RN 478 Posts Specializes in ICU. Has 15 years experience. Oct 26, 2008 :lol2::lol2::lol2: brilliant, you are wickedi take it that you are talking about a band 6 nurse rather than your ward manageryes, band 6 in the intensive care unit. i think she is a frustrated band 7 at heart.as for the rest of it, ohh mary this is wrong for so many reasons, if it's on nights i assume it's a house officer or senior house officer (junior doctor for our american friends) which means that her gossiping and talking about other nurses is going to be talked about in the doctors mess and this will get back to the ward and other staff, very unprofessional.he is a registrar.she is in charge, so if she has a problem with nursing staff then she should be dealing with it rather than complaining about it. that's why she is being paid at a higher grade.she was complaining about the band 7 sisters, in front of us, quite openly.why on earth does she think that the nurses on the ward have nothing to do and can run around doing favour for doctors. to be honest, i do make coffee for some of my doctors, but only if they are dealing with sick patients on the ward and have not had a chance to leave because of that sickie and to be honest these are the docs that will come and make the nurses coffee when we are busy.i totally agree with you about making doctors drinks when they are busy, and it cuts both ways since the others make drinks for us too when we are busy. not these two though.
MaryAnn_RN 478 Posts Specializes in ICU. Has 15 years experience. Oct 26, 2008 No, No, No....If you want to get all even, especially on the night shift,what you do is offer to pour his nice little soda over a nice cup of ice and then squirt about 10mg of lasix in there. Watch him start squirming in a little bit. Also works for nasty charge nurses, managers or whomever else you feel needs a little kick.How funny, I couldn't do it but the thought...lol.
allnurses Guide XB9S, BSN, MSN, EdD, RN, APN 8 Articles; 3,016 Posts Specializes in Advanced Practice, surgery. Has 35 years experience. Oct 26, 2008 i totally agree with you about making doctors drinks when they are busy, and it cuts both ways since the others make drinks for us too when we are busy. not these two though. do you know if i found out that any of my band 6's were bad mouthing the ward sisters i'd get our bullying and harrassment policy out. if there is one thing i can't stand it's gossiping, especially from senior staff about senior staff. it undermines morale and management. usually i would say have a quiet word but i know that you could do without the added stress at the moment honey.me thinks your band 6's need to be given a bit more work to keep her occupied, the off duty always takes up loads of time, then there's always doing stock check and ordering. the devil finds work and all that
MaryAnn_RN 478 Posts Specializes in ICU. Has 15 years experience. Oct 26, 2008 do you know if i found out that any of my band 6's were bad mouthing the ward sisters i'd get our bullying and harrassment policy out. if there is one thing i can't stand it's gossiping, especially from senior staff about senior staff. it undermines morale and management. you are bang on about undermining morale. i'm not going to tell any of the senior sisters though, if they find out it won't be from me. eyes open, mouth shut is the best policy.usually i would say have a quiet word but i know that you could do without the added stress at the moment honey.i don't feel as stressed today, my friends here on allnurses and at work have all been so supportive the last few days. even the onsite manager and night manager have both been on the phone to me with support. but you are right, don't need to go looking for trouble which is why this site is so great, can vent and offload here.me thinks your band 6's need to be given a bit more work to keep her occupied, the off duty always takes up loads of time, then there's always doing stock check and ordering. the devil finds work and all thatstock check? are you kidding? oh no, much nicer to sit at the desk and moan all night. i would love to tell her that she is going to get wrinkles from that pursed mouth, lol, can just imagine the reaction.
madwife2002, BSN, RN 74 Articles; 4,777 Posts Specializes in RN, BSN, CHDN. Has 26 years experience. Oct 26, 2008 She gets nurses to go and get him bottles of Pepsi from the vending machine, like we are all his skivvies. He clearly loves it. I had to go once, but spent the journey back shaking the bottle as hard as I could so it all fizzed up when openedOMG this is so funny:lol2:
dusky1228 96 Posts Oct 26, 2008 originally posted by smcabee no, no, no....if you want to get all even, especially on the night shift,what you do is offer to pour his nice little soda over a nice cup of ice and then squirt about 10mg of lasix in there. watch him start squirming in a little bit. also works for nasty charge nurses, managers or whomever else you feel needs a little kick.how funny, i couldn't do it but the thought...lol. i'm too much of a softie to do this-i'd feel too guilty, but someone once told me that a drop or two of visine in someone's drink will cause some explosive diarrhea. you can always *imagine* the results....:lol2:
Batman24 1,975 Posts Oct 26, 2008 If she only does it with this one doctor and it's recent my guess is she likes him romantically and this is her way of flirting with him. It's unprofessional but that'd be my guess. And allowing this doctor to talk bad about other staff openly is totally out of line. If there is a problem it should be addressed in private with their superiors not as part of a flirting gossip mill. I work with a really nice staff of nurses, doctors, CNAs, etc. and we do get each other drinks, let others sit, etc. when others are swamped and exhausted to help out but it's done voluntarily when we have the time to do it not as part of our job.
