I'm a new CNA who graduated from CNA training in late July. I was offered a wonderful FT position with benefits on an Orthopedic station. Long story short, I made an impression and worked my butt off to get this position. I'm one of 3 FT pm CNAs on this station. I shadowed one of them for 3 days and she was wonderful. I was very happy to have such a great CNA for a coworker. Then I met the other one. Right from the start I knew she didn't like me. She would never answer my questions fully, only snap at me with her fingers and make gestures for me to follow her. She always tells me, "Come here now" instead of saying so and so in such and such room needs ______ . I'm always confused when I'm with her because she doesn't communicate with me. There are always only 2 CNAs on my station. So days when it's just her and I, we work hard, avoid eachother, etc. Until she wants me to do something; she snaps her fingers and waves her hand then points to a direction. It gives me a head ache just thinking about how silly that is. What's the purpose?
It went on like this for a while, clearly she didn't like me. I was fine with that. I just figured it would take some time for her to get used to a green CNA on her station. She has been working at this facility and on this Ortho station for 8 years. I figured it was just her being territorial and it wouldn't progress.
Until one day, it was slow, we had a lot of down time... She came up to me and flat out asked me how I happened to land a job FT in Ortho. She told me, "It's just that... I like to work with people who work". I was shocked! She started walking away as she always does and I asked her if she was saying that I don't work. She waved me away.
Shortly after, she set up two chairs in a pt's room (the pt has dementia) and interrogated me. It went on for 20 minutes. She kept asking me if I was afraid, kept repeating that she was mean. She told me there's a long list of people at the facility that have been waiting to get into Ortho and she prevented all the ones she didn't want to work with from getting in.
That's when it clicked... She must know someone that wants to get in and was hoping s/he would.
After our shift ended she followed me to my car and talked my ear off for another 30 minutes, telling me I shouldn't have got the position. Protocol should have been followed, meaning someone else employed at the facility should have had dibs on my position.
The next day she followed me everywhere on the floor. She was hovering over me. Watching me chart from over my shoulder. Watching everything I did. I complained to the charge nurse, who then confronted her. The shift ended and I was relieved that she was no where in sight. I left through the double doors and sure enough, there she was. She followed me to my car again. Asking why I went to the charge nurse. There was more involved that day, part of which includes my other post "Fake Vitals???". I had told her to her face earlier that she was stressing me out and making me flustered by hovering over me and dragging me from room to room giving me dog commands, snapping her fingers. So since I had told her to her face, I was surprised she waited for me to ask me why I went to the charge nurse.
It came to the point where I mark my shedule to let me know if it was going to be a day with her. I stress out before I go to work. I finally had a meeting with our DSD and we made plans to confront this lady today. I'm scared and nervous. I just want my first job as a CNA to be normal! I love my job but my coworker's intimidation tactics are making me fret. I'm worried for my job if she tries to sabotage me (Fake Vitals), or complains about me. My charge nurse advised me to talk to the DSD because this girl ran out two other CNAs.
I'm the first to go to the DSD. I'm afraid of what work is going to be like after this...
Has anyone ever had to confront the person that was tormenting them, having to work SIDE by SIDE with that person???
I've had the past two days off and this is all I can think about. I'm stressed. The confrontation is going to happen at the top of the shift. The lady has no idea.
