OPLE (Other People's Life Envy)

Sushiette

Person_one wrote: »

Ok, sorry, I've tried not to respond because I know this isn't what you intended the thread to be about but I can't keep it in!

Do you really think its appropriate that you are in sole charge of that nursing home and all those vulnerable people but are spending several hours every shift just sitting around browsing the internet and daydreaming about the colleague you've got a crush on? Don't you feel massively guilty?

I find it incredibly hard to believe that there's nothing at all productive you can do. Audit the documentation, rotate the stock, do an online CPD course, read the elderly care journals to keep up to date with best practices, do an hourly safety round, clean or tidy something, ask the day staff what you could do overnight that would help them during the day.

Maybe you need a new career rather than a new job if your hearts not in it anymore.

When you have been doing the night shift as long as I have, you run out of things to do in the time, having done them all before over and over again. It takes me an hour to do the care plans and replenish the medicine trolley, then the only thing left for me to do is the night checks which I do every 2 hours. I appreciate your concern with me being on my own, but I have 3 people who live on site, 2 carers and another nurse who are available anytime should I need them. There is also a security guard in the gate house. I'm allowed to browse the web and watch the TV. I'm a nurse, not a cleaner, or stock rotator. My job is to be here in case there is a medical emergency but I will also help any of the residents to the toilet should they wake during the night instead of waking a care worker to do it. The standard of care here is outstanding, you need not worry.