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This happens. I wish people
Were kinder.
Yes. You are usually given the worst most difficult and they rationalize it away. Its usually the ones that care the most about the patients 🤣
I struggle seeing the same thing, when I talk to floor nurses about it, it seems the thought pattern is well you are here for one day and we had to deal with this difficult patient all week. Of course the lack of understanding that if every unit does it, you continuously have the worst assignment every single day.
I also had split assignments where my patients are in 2 separate wings of the hospital, the pattern is split assignments are always given to float pool if there is float pool on the floor. It’s wild.
As a float nurse I also worked with the CNA that refused to help me and would only do tasks for regular staff… the dilemma is if you fill out RL they will just say they were too busy and nothing will come out of it.
I take pics of the assignments (just room #s & nurses assignment, no PPI of course), once I had 5 patients and every nurse on the floor only had 3. I build my case and I email it to my manager, they address it with the unit manager who then talks to the charge nurse. Believe me charge nurses do not want to have the same issue addressed again and again by their supervisors. Small change one entitled charge nurse at a time.
Being a float nurse makes you a target. Regular staff nurses resent you for making more money than they do and because of this they feel you should get the worse patients.
What I have found is helping other nurses with their difficult patients ( If you have time ) will make them like you and not hold their resentment for you.
I know that they will resent me if I have an easy patient load. But working with them will always make you the nurse they love the most. Then you are working as you should “like a team.” It’s so good when you can work as a team and the patients will come out on top.
This used to happen to me until I started challenging them(calling house supervisor, requesting assignment revision or just walking out due to unfair treatment). Usually they would revise the assignment to be more fair, or just to shut me up😂. They NEEDED the help!!
I always called the house sup. I was ALWAYS on two or more wings, given the patients no one checked on during the NOC shift, and given the heaviest patients. One nurse actually told me it is because, "it's because you think you're a better nurse than us if you hire on as a float nurse." Just, wow. Yeah, letting your sup know immediately when you notice the discrepancy is really important. The floors will eventually get the fact that you are not only willing but WILL stand up for yourself.