I work in a critical care unit that has 2-3 RNs at night. There is an employee, ancillary staff, who quit our area a few years ago. My dilemma is, she is on our unit at night 5-7 hours/night surfing the web, chatting, interfering with our business, generally not doing work. Lately the supervisor has expressed irritation with this situation. We do not know why she is on our unit, as she no longer works on our unit or does ANY work for us. We do not think her bosses are aware of what she is doing, or not doing. As charge RN, I feel responsible for who and what happens on our unit. I do not want to cause problems because this person, I believe has some serious issues with reality and is quite grandiose. P.S. she is really chummy with our NM in the a.m. and we do not know if the NM is aware that she is sitting on our unit for 80% of her shift and NOT working. We have unfortunately let this situation go for a long time, i.e. two years. Initally, the NM said she was not to be in our area after she took another ancillary job, but none or us reported it. Any suggestions?
The supervisors need to supervise, but you can express concern for her welfare to her face, just wonder aloud if things are going well for her in the new job, is she worried about staying away so long, people are so strict about confidentiality these days, does she ever get any flack? Etc, etc.
canoehead, BSN, RN
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The supervisors need to supervise, but you can express concern for her welfare to her face, just wonder aloud if things are going well for her in the new job, is she worried about staying away so long, people are so strict about confidentiality these days, does she ever get any flack? Etc, etc.