Very Frustrated, Must Vent!

Published

Hello everyone I have been having problems with one of my charge nurses for quite sometime now. She is a charge nurse from hell, and I am so sick and tired of her alpha male flat out rude atitude. She is so bossy, when the pts. family come in to visit with pts after they have been hooked up, she puts them to work. Yes, I swear she puts them to work. She told the pts. husband to sit down and fold plastic bags that we use to cover our dialyzers to prevent blood splatter. He laughed it off, she said no, I'm serious and pulled him up a chair. he got a odd look on his face, sat down, and began folding. I felt bad for the guy, I told him he could quit if he wanted. He just grunted and said I'm ok. Well, he's visits to his wife are now cut short, and I feel it is bc he is afraid she will put him to work. She works the hell out of her staff, and there is no need for that bc we are all self-starting people who are not afraid of hard work. The enviroment is always tense when she's there. she argues with pts, and talks badly about our director but yet smiles in her face and acts like their the best of friends when the director is around. she is a very good nurse, she's detail oriented, but she is so MENTAL. I am one of the techs there. I always work along side the RN's, I am respectful to the RN's and I do my job. She runs over me like a door mat. I tried to talk to the director about the RN but I believe that this charge nurse may be even too much for her to handle. Last month, I found out I had gallbladder disease when I was awakened at 3am sharp massive pains in my right side. I went to the ER, but I was supposed to report to work at 6am. I had the ER nurse call over to my clinic and tell the charge nurse what was going on. The ER nurse came back in the room, there I am balled up bc the pain was so intense, I had been puking, and she told me my charge nurse said that I need to call my director to get permission to miss work that day to be at the ER? She's nuts. Come to find out I had a massive stone stuck in there, and the valve was constricting on the stone causing the pain. worse than labor pains for me. i dont know what to do. i like my job, I get along great with the pts, and I am taking prereq's in the SP for nursing program? I need the money, but she wears me down. Even the other charge nurse had thought about quitting bc of her and that charge nurse has been there 5yrs. The crazy nurse has been there a year. One day, she coped an atitude with me over a machine, and I told her I was not telling her what she was saying was wrong, but I didn't appreciate the atitude she was giving me. Later on she asked my if I was on my meds? Talk about a low blow. Awhile back I told her that I took med once a day for anxiety. She's the one off her meds. I dont know what to do?

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Hem/Onc, LTC, AL, Homecare, Mgmt, Psych.

Start documenting the incidents and report her to someone higher up for creating a hostile work environment. If not your director then go to your director's supervisor, it's your responsibility. That's not good for the pts, visitors or staff if everyone is constantly in emotional jeopardy.

Hello everyone I have been having problems with one of my charge nurses for quite sometime now. She is a charge nurse from hell, and I am so sick and tired of her alpha male flat out rude atitude. She is so bossy, when the pts. family come in to visit with pts after they have been hooked up, she puts them to work. Yes, I swear she puts them to work. She told the pts. husband to sit down and fold plastic bags that we use to cover our dialyzers to prevent blood splatter. He laughed it off, she said no, I'm serious and pulled him up a chair. he got a odd look on his face, sat down, and began folding. I felt bad for the guy, I told him he could quit if he wanted. He just grunted and said I'm ok. Well, he's visits to his wife are now cut short, and I feel it is bc he is afraid she will put him to work. She works the hell out of her staff, and there is no need for that bc we are all self-starting people who are not afraid of hard work. The enviroment is always tense when she's there. she argues with pts, and talks badly about our director but yet smiles in her face and acts like their the best of friends when the director is around. she is a very good nurse, she's detail oriented, but she is so MENTAL. I am one of the techs there. I always work along side the RN's, I am respectful to the RN's and I do my job. She runs over me like a door mat. I tried to talk to the director about the RN but I believe that this charge nurse may be even too much for her to handle. Last month, I found out I had gallbladder disease when I was awakened at 3am sharp massive pains in my right side. I went to the ER, but I was supposed to report to work at 6am. I had the ER nurse call over to my clinic and tell the charge nurse what was going on. The ER nurse came back in the room, there I am balled up bc the pain was so intense, I had been puking, and she told me my charge nurse said that I need to call my director to get permission to miss work that day to be at the ER? She's nuts. Come to find out I had a massive stone stuck in there, and the valve was constricting on the stone causing the pain. worse than labor pains for me. i dont know what to do. i like my job, I get along great with the pts, and I am taking prereq's in the SP for nursing program? I need the money, but she wears me down. Even the other charge nurse had thought about quitting bc of her and that charge nurse has been there 5yrs. The crazy nurse has been there a year. One day, she coped an atitude with me over a machine, and I told her I was not telling her what she was saying was wrong, but I didn't appreciate the atitude she was giving me. Later on she asked my if I was on my meds? Talk about a low blow. Awhile back I told her that I took med once a day for anxiety. She's the one off her meds. I dont know what to do?
Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Join the Discussion