Thumbs down to the next shift nurse!

[BlearnRN]

Of course she is 15 minutes late and of course the pt she is suppose to get from me is back from OR post peg tube! I give her report after checking the pt out. She asks that I do the post op note because she is sooooooo busy. So I do my responsibility of documenting the pt assessment and VS and get the pt situated in the room. Pt is resting comfortably with no pain, everything is sorted out. I get my note, walk to the nurses station to put it in the chart, -And there she is...at the computer...cackling at an e-mail she has just pulled up!:angryfire

Am I mad that I had to do the note or assesment or sorting the room out -NOT at all. Very much my responsibility! I am mad that she did not want to help! She had to check her e-mail rather than checking on her patient! I stayed past my time - our facility is number crunching-. I wanted so much to say something to her but I am afraid that I would just unleash a fury of F-bombs - very inappropriate-. GRRRrrrr and .