At one point she was the tech working in my section. I asked her to start a Foley Catheter in a room while I took care of an ambulance in another room. Molly immediately turned around and asked her friend, the RN, to help her. This RN was already mad at me for starting an IV for me (she just wanted to sit in her section and literally do nothing).
The combination of Molly and this RN was enough to tarnish my name. The RN stepped out of the room and started yelling that I was lazy and I needed to get off my ass and stop eating tacos so I could do my own job (at this point this RN had only started an IV and helped Molly do her job, literally nothing else). The Charge nurse that night for the next several months harassed me about me doing my own work. Never allowed me to speak, etc, etc.
I lost all respect for Molly (and that RN, but that's another story).
Fast forward, Molly was terminated from my department for attendance problems (considering her work ethic, this was no loss in my mind).
Fast forward again to yesterday. It was a horribly busy day, we got slammed by multiple sick patients within a few minutes of each other (including a cardiac arrest). This backed up the rest of the ED for several hours. Molly checked in as a patient where people were waiting up to 3 hours just to get into a room.
15 people ahead of Molly, she was the only one who came up to me and asked how much longer until she was seen. Once again, not exactly the best thing to do when there are no rooms and the triage nurse has little respect for you as a person.
Molly was eventually seen and discharged.
Over the last several weeks the schools in the area have been sending us nursing students. Guess who was sent our way today? That's right, Molly.
She spent the first 4 hours of her shift with someone else. I'm stewing in my section, avoiding her as much as possible but still keeping it professional (that's what I do). I vent to some people about the person, the situation and my complete lack of respect for her as a professional.
After those first 4 hours she is then transferred to me to I so I can precept her. I'm not thrilled about the situation.
I'm glad I could keep it cordial but she was no different at with my interactions tonight than she was when she tarnished my reputation several years ago. She was still the entitled, lazy tech who is now in nursing school.
I still have no respect for her as a person. I hope she never works at my facility because I guarantee I will have no respect for her as a nurse.
Is this a bad thing?
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