u/AcanthocephalaNo1082

the f1 i’m paired with hands over most jobs to me, then at handover points out the list isn’t updated or things haven’t been done, even if I have been extremely busy and they have not… they can’t do cannulas/ngts (because they’re not good at these skills), and mostly stick to “their patients,” so the workload is pretty uneven

is it reasonable to directly ask them to pick up specific jobs?

for context, when i was an f1, the f2s would ask me to prescribe regular meds and do basic discharge paperwork if they were busy (and sometimes even if they were not). it never crossed my mind to bleep my f2 to do a discharge letter just because they’d written in the notes during the ward round

EDIT (to clarify): I’m not talking about asking them to do jobs when they’re busy. It’s that I’ve been significantly busier than them, and they don’t tend to check in or offer help

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u/AcanthocephalaNo1082 — 14 days ago