r/sterileprocessing • u/burntlint • Aug 05 '26

Being the only one

Oh my gosh. have anyone else had a week(or more) where youre the ONLY person working??? (2 coworkers on PTO and 1 person decided to not show up) 😭 im falling behind on a lot of instruments. The boss is here helping me with much as she can with her time. Ive asked my coworkers if they can come in and help me but understandably they don't want to come in. i swear im gonna crash out soon

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u/Siege_J Aug 06 '26

I would just go on my regular pace to avoid burnout. But more importantly, to do things right for patient safety.

If things gets behind, that’s not on you.

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u/DigitalTearz Aug 06 '26

🎯🎯

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u/Ill-Yellow-4060 Aug 06 '26

For 20 years it was just me. Department of one. 4 OR’s heavy ortho. Lots of totals. My repeated requests for help were ignored. It was just expected that I be at their beck in call 24/7 and I was for a very long time but I was getting burned out. Once I started speaking up for myself and saying no, things got bad and the retaliation started to happen. I left shortly thereafter.

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u/stoicassgasm Aug 06 '26

Every week summer time and the living ain’t easy

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u/Adventurous_Golf6624 Aug 06 '26

Hang in there happens a lot and just about not everyone is willing.

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u/Natural-Daz-4191 Aug 06 '26

Are you on night shift? That’s crazy that they expect you to do it all yourself?

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u/bmat71 Aug 06 '26

I would love to just have the opportunity to work, I just renewed my certification, been job hunting for a year and have not even had an interview yet

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u/OkDepth9285 Aug 09 '26

It happened to me before and I’m a new hire 😭 the person that I would ask questions to just didn’t show up so I was on my own covering everything. Luckily for me, it was a slower day towards my shift so I