She thinks we are already super-close.

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I am disgusted with a colleague who is new to our school. She was hired last semester, and since she handles students in the medical ward like me, we got acquainted with each other then. I welcomed her and gave her some pointers about the ward, where I am a clinical instructor for 10 years now. While I handle my learners in the regular wards, she handles her students in a special ward, the Medical Intensive Care Unit. Since it is a special ward, it is expected that punctuality should be practiced, both by the instructor and the students. But nay! She comes on duty an hour late, maybe 2 hours late, and still she gets patients there. I asked her students (a CI who comes late should be reported to the Nursing Office of the hospital, and the students should be redirected to the school's hospital for their duty) why she can still come for duty even though very late. They say they will put her tardiness when they evaluate us, their instructors. The reason shocked me: she pays for the staff nurses' dinner, buys them bags, shirts, and other items. Ah! That is why she is brave to come in late. But that is not ignored by our dean. The thing that disappoints me is that she thinks we are buddy-buddies and super-close. She brags that she can come on duty at any time and still she is welcome in the ward. While I come on time, she is so relaxed; she comes late and leaves early. I am not in any position to call her attention (but I think I can because I am the oldest among the CI's); I will just tell our coordinator to check on her. (The beadle has the attendance logbook; he might show the TIME IN and TIME OUT as well). How would you react if you were in my place?