Rude Fat Cow Nurse.

I was in a good mood, arrived to the unit early and ready to work. I set up at one of the work stations that I had planned to share with another nurse, since there were only 4 for 6 nurses. Usually I would just sit with my mobile computer in the hallway, however, I was quickly growing tired of the fact that it shut itself down without warning numerous times during the day and I would have to re-chart over and over again...Can you say unnecessary aggravation?!!! So, the nurse I was prepared to share with walks up to me and tells me to get off of her computer because it is closest to her patients. I explain my situation and tell her that I am more than willing to share with her, but she is just a rude fat cow, and apparently needs to sit there way more than I do. So I decide to be the bigger person (at first) and move back to my mobile cart. Did I also mention that the mobile cart has no phone attached to it...the workstations have their own so it makes taking calls from other departments, paging doctors, etc. much easier. (This is where I quickly became the smaller person) Everytime I had to use the phone, I would walk to the closest workstation and ask a different nurse if I could use her phone, and state I would not have had this problem if all of us were adults, etc...

Yes, I could have chosen to be the bigger person for the whole shift, but apparently I am growing fond of this standing up for myself gig.

What enraged me even more was that throughout the shift, I glanced over a few times to find the rude fat cow nurse playing games on the internet as I was charting and re-charting on my patients and asking permission to use other people's phones. Seriously, would it have killed her?

Whats more is that she recently received an award for bring the best newcomer on the floor. If these are the standards for being praised, I am never going to do right by my boss. I would rather spend my time giving exceptional care to my patients and helping my co-workers as opposed to making their lives a living hell.

But hey, that's just my take on things.

-Gray