Blech

Got put on call again tonight. After two very tedious yet strange days. Yesterday there was no more than 2 patients in the unit at all times. One of the patients was mine. She needed a higher level of care for preeclampsia so she was assigned to yours truly. The other five nurses dealt with 7 different moms all which came in at 8+ centimeters dilitation and delievered within 1 hour of arrival. It was a bit spooky that as soon as we finished with one deleivery and transferred out the patient not more than 15 minutes would tick by without another popper! Odd.

I'm having a problem with the post partum unit. You see I believe in standards of care of patients and co workers being well standard. Lately the preformance of the post partum unit has been sub par. I notified my supervisor about the lack diminishing standards and productivity of the unit. The email notification got published in the post partum and labor and delivery unit. Of course my name was crossed out but becasue I had mentioned a specific incident that I was witness to everyone whom read the letter knew that I was the author. Sigh.

Others were weary that the post partum nurses may retaliate or treat me differently because of this letter. I at first was a bit cautious but honestly I'm a nurse becasue I believe in what I do. I do not have doubts about the care I administer or my professionalism. I'm not saying that I'm flawless, I'm not by any means, but I know that I do my job with my heart and I love what I do. Unfortunately not all nurses hold this beleif. Now I don't care what beleifs you hold but if you are being paid to do something, then DO IT! Like my grandfather always told me "If anything is worth doing then do it all the way."

Last night I was treated with complete disrespect, inappropriate attitudes and approaches by one post partum nurse in particular. Her actions towards me I knew could only be because she was upset about the letter, which has now caused the director of both units to put the nurses under closer watch. ANyhow the attitude and the seeking of revenge that the charge nurse of post partum had, and her desire to make ME suffer actually effected the patient in a very negative way. This will be addressed with Human Resources. Her desire for power, her ego and her inability to realize that she was flawed caused a patient an unecessary inconvinence and potential harm. She also cost the hospital alot of money. She should have put aside her selfish motives. It is sad when someone wants to hurt someone so bad that they wind up hurting someone innocent. The most awesome thing about it was that the more she tried to bother me or attempted to get me to react, the nicer I became. At the end of the shift one of her co- workers came up and asked me if I was going to report her. I just kept my mouth shut. I will let her sweat it out wondering if she still has a job. The sad thing is, I don't think she will ever see the error of her ways. Obviously her focus is not in the right place. Some people SHOULD NOT BE NURSES!

In the personal area, this week has brought news of both a new life and a death. Naomi is pregnant, and Danielle's grandfather passed away. I feel there is a balance about.