PCT/CNA not doing her job.

I can relate to your woes in dealing with CNA's who don't do their job. On the unit where I work, when my shifts aren't cancelled, the CNA's will come in at 6:45am, and directly tell the nurses what tasks they will and won't do. The CNA's are very disrespectful to the nurses and the patients as well. I have complained to the unit manager, but she won't do anything and further asknowledges that there is a problem with them. On the weekends, the CNA's (all 4 of them) sit in the breakroom, eating their breakfast from about 7am-9am, while vital signs, accuchecks, weights, patients requiring assistance with meals or adl's go undone or delayed. One of my patients had been given golytely during the night shift, so you know how my morning/day went, all without the CNA's helping. I complained to the manager, and I was told well you gotta do what you gotta do to take care of your patients. Well since then, I don't say anything else, I just keep a record of events for future reference.
I am very attentive to all 6 of my patients, but when I have to stop and perfom the CNA's job then this makes it very difficult. On top of this, when the CNA's do accuchecks, and the values are critical, they don't inform the nurses immediately. However they make copies of their vital sign sheets and after they are finished with all of their vitals (which usually takes them 1 hour), then they place the copies on a table, which is already overloaded with with paper, etc. and expect you to know which are current. I have asked the CNA's to personally inform me of critical vital signs and accuchecks so that I may take appropitae actions, and they still won't. I have given up as the unit manager won't take action and most of the CNA's have been employees for years, and have gotton away with their behaviors for a long time.
Good luck!

I'm a new nurse, been on the job for a little over two months now. I'm having an issue with one of the techs I work with. She is NOT doing her job. Most recent incident ; she was supposed to get vital signs on our more critical pt's at a certain time.. and did not get them by one hour and 45 minutes past that time. One of the other nurses had to go in and get them herself... and YES, we were busy at the time. This tech also has a horrible attitude and work ethic. Being a new nurse, I've bit my tongue.. but am not going to for long. Would love advice on how other nurses would deal with this issue.

p.s. I've been a tech for nearly 20 years myself... so I DO know how hard it is on that end as well.
Thanks!

Someone needs to have an In-service meeting for the CNA's with a refresher on CNA responsibilities, include in that in-service the list from the BON of CNA's who's certification was revoked, denied and even suspended for neglect. In my list their were pages and pages of them.
No one wants to be the bad guy, but PT CARE comes first. CNA's like that seem to forget they aren't just "working" on your licence... they have their own certification to think about too... they can't get another job without it.