No Names....I'm just Saying That .....

7 Ok, I haven't seen a thread where people can just vent about whatever....So I will start!


I am tired of walking into **** when I clock on for night shift. Cleaning and fixing your mistakes just for you to come in the morning and complain about the stuff I didn't get done!!! Get your stuff done and stop dumping it on me! Last edit by rn/writer on Sep 9, '11 : Reason: Changed mixed word to all ***.
I am pretty sure there is a thread for that .

Yes there is. Sigh- The famous night shift versus day shift. It will never end.

Not night shift vs. day shift by no means...Just know it all nurses vs me... As much as I love their input sometimes just hacking on my nursing judgment bothers. I understand hospitals are 24/7 just if something could get done on your shift or should be done on my shift fine. I shouldn't have to be getting a hold of the sheriffs office to get in touch with an on call social worker for a consent in the middle of the night! Just do your part and I have no problem doing my part! Even if we are on the same shift I would make the same arguement!

I'd just be happy if the next shift showed up on time.....

woops double double-mint post see below.

Quote from RNdiva505Not night shift vs. day shift by no means...Just know it all nurses vs me... As much as I love their input sometimes just hacking on my nursing judgment bothers. I understand hospitals are 24/7 just if something could get done on your shift or should be done on my shift fine. I shouldn't have to be getting a hold of the sheriffs office to get in touch with an on call social worker for a consent in the middle of the night! Just do your part and I have no problem doing my part! Even if we are on the same shift I would make the same arguement!

Ok so I clock into my shift....lalala hmhmhm....walking to my area...ka boom..everything hits the fan...the nurse giving me report states "this ones going down to get an EEG any minute now and I'm sorry I haven't been able to get him ready" and "that one needs to have an xray and mri done but he is a ward of the state so you are gonna have to call the sheriffs department and get a hold of the oncall social worker since it is after hours" and "oh yea you are goin to get an ER admit in that one. By the way they have been trying to call report for an hour now" and "that one needs to be discharged home" "Can I help you with something before I leave"Uhh, yea you can help me. Seriously! But the nurse left any ways because she had to pick up her kids from so and so's. I was really trying to attempt to grow horns on the top of my head and say listen here ***** this is the second night in a row you have left me drowing and I have not even been here for 5 minutes!!!!

It's called nursing ... it's been like that since nursing time began. Go ahead and grow an ulcer but that will only hurt you. Make a list, triage, delegate and have a nice day. If you really have a legitimate beef write her/him up ... make out an incident report ... be proactive. Don't waste your life complaining; in the end you only hurt yourself.

It's even worse when they DON'T tell you and leave you to figure it out on your own. Or my favorite, when someone offers to help, but just goes home instead. OH THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP.

I'm not trying to downplay your frustration, but nursing is 24/7. Take a step back and look at the situation....is this happening with one nurse in particular? Is it frequently with him/her? Is there a pattern? Go the chain of command. If its every now and then, I'd cut them some slack - we've all been there before. If its happening more frequently, I'd pull them aside and, politely ask them if they are doing ok, stressed outside of work, casually mentioned you noticed that they often leave a lot of tasks left undone and its stressful for you to pick up the patients after their shift. If that doesnt get you anywhere, then I'd speak with management. Management doesnt want you to come knocking on their door until you've done your best to resolve the issue.

She said she wanted to vent...let her vent people.

And I'm going to post thank yous to the nurses who helped me on my Wednesday shift.Its breakfast and one of my patient's coded. Thank you to the nurses and doctors who were there. She died, I was a mess, it was my first code blue. Thank you to my team leader who consoled me, thank you to my clinical nurse who listened to me vent, consoled me and helped me with charting. Thank you again to her for taking the time to assess and chart on the new admission.Thank you to my unit manager who debriefed me, let me cry, consoled me and then kindly pointed out lessons learned.Thank you to my team mates who were concerned, helped me with a new admission, a discharge and consoled me.Thank you to the other patients on the unit who recognized the humanity in me.This, to me, is what team work and a supportive work environment is all about. I love my job.