THAT kind of nurse

[gardenpartyy]

i cannot tolerate vindictive and catty behavior in general, but in the nursing setting, it makes me want to do thin that will land me in jail.

i have a case I go to once a week and relieve the daytime nurse (after havin just worked 9 hours at another case, mind you). I'm always on time, I typically stock the patients room and areas with supplies, gather all the tube syringes that she leaves all over the house/in backpacks etc. The nurse presents herself as one of those "let me know if you have any questions" types because she has been with the patient for about 5 years now. So I get it, she's going to know patient inside and out.

This does not equate to finding every little thing that I did "wrong" or forgot to do (things that in no way affect patient care..) and immediately bring them to the families attention. Like, I only work there one night a week and yet every night I work, the family presents something to me that I'm doing "incorrectly" because other nurse told them so.

i get it, other nurse doesn't want to lose favor with the family, but makin me look incompetent is not the way to go about it.

anyone else have a coworker like this?

[caliotter3]

Happens frequently. I've even had family members inform me how the other nurse (whether a fill-in or scheduled with less hours) has outright approached them about the nurse's desire to take some, or ALL of my hours. I always point out that any displeasure with my work needs to be discussed with me or brought to the attention of the agency. Same goes for the work performance of the other nurse. I let the family vent to a limit, but try to bite my lip when it comes to countering with examples of the other's work. No more desire to feed the family's need to stir the pot than to defend my work from back-stabbing coworkers. Any way you look at it, it makes for a less than desirable workplace. Bottom-line, you have to decide how much you will put up with before you ask for a new case. When you leave the case, then the other nurse (or the drama-stirring family) wins, and you may go a long, long time before your next paycheck.

[caliotter3]

System duplicate

[SDALPN]

That's typical in this environment. Its also possible that the parents are playing the nurses against each other. Or the parents want to see how you react.

If you are sure its the nurse, let your supervisor know. They will tell the nurse its unprofessional to discuss that stuff with the family.

Since the nurse has been there so long, you will probably lose the battle on both sides if it continues. When you are asked not to come back, it will look bad on you. So make sure after you notify the supervisor, you have another case to move to. If the supervisor keeps getting complaints about the other nurse by multiple nurses, the supervisor will figure it out.