I am brand new at a LTC facility. My 'partner' is a young grouchy mean and bitter person. She breaks every CNA rule in the book that I learned in school. She's verbally mean to patients, calling them disgusting, telling them to hurry up, doesn't pull curtains when they have to poop in the shower room in front of other people recieving showers, I could go on all day. Plus, she's supposed to be training me and she just flounces around expecting me to follow. She doesn't tell me anything unless I ask. She also complains about me as if I were invisable and tells me not to answer call bells because 'these people just want attention'. There's plenty more, but in the interest of getting some feedback, I'll stop.
Can I request a different CNA to train me without her finding out? I'd hate to alienate her or **** her off forever because she has some good points, but I'd like to see how other CNAs do their jobs. Who would I speak to? The LPNs on duty dont seem to say anything to her since shes fast and gets the work done, but the attitude is gross. She's so mean to these helpless old people, what if that was her grandma???
