Lazy nurses

Alnitak7 · Feb 15, 2015

Honey, I am a CNA. And I had a nurse a NEW nurse no less, LIE TO MY FACE and told me she changed a patient...many times...she clearly didn't. There was a lazy CNA that took over that hallway, and SHE didn't do it either.
YOU come in and help us!

Don't get me wrong, I was not there and didn't see this, and don't know where you work, but the people I worked with used to accuse each other of not changing patients even if we just went through and changed them. You can have a patient all completely washed and clean and it only takes them two minutes to not only soil their attends but also have the bed smeared with excrements. People would make accusations and say they "were not done." This kind was the cause of a huge ongoing argument at my old work place. The accusers finally got confronted because not everyone was too shy to speak up.

This of course might have nothing to do with your own experience and I was not there.

areyoualazynurs · Feb 15, 2015

This patient wasn't cleaned. He told me he waited 2 to 3 hours for someone to come in to clean him, and I believe it. No, the nurse that had that patient didn't see to it that it was done. This is pure neglect, plain and simple. I would have washed that patient and seen to it that he never got that soiled and wet ever. So, this was a lazy nurse and a lazy nursing assistant. The lazy nurse you ask? She actually had the nerve to ask me to do a dressing change on this patient, while I had him on his side!! No, I am not going to do any dressing changes, nor am I going to turn on oxygen for him, nor am I going to irrigate his wounds. Those are beyond my scope of practice. Really. This did happen. I do not lie about those things. His wife actually asked ME how this happened, and the lying nurse told her she changed him!! She lied to not only ME but the Patients WIFE!!

NurseSpeedy, ADN, LPN, RN · Feb 15, 2015

There will always be lazy nurses, new or old. All you can do is be the best nurse that you know how to be. Unfortunately there are bums in every profession so you can never escape the lazy co worker

FineAgain · Feb 16, 2015

All you can do is be the best nurse that you know how to be. Unfortunately there are bums in every profession so you can never escape the lazy co worker

^^^THIS^^^

You cannot change people to be like you. Take pride in your work...find a like minded friend to vent to...and hope that management takes care of the laziness. It's good karma, too.

areyoualazynurs · Feb 17, 2015

Let me get this straight then. You graduate with an ASN or a BSN dedicated to "caring" and "compassion" and all of that stuff goes right out the window when some of you start working and neglect patients? ALL nurses should care and be compassionate, and change patients before they soil the bed so much, you need a mattress change to get the smell out! What in heck's name are you getting paid for anyway? Medication Administration??

NurseSpeedy, ADN, LPN, RN · Feb 18, 2015

Don't get me wrong, I was not there and didn't see this, and don't know where you work, but the people I worked with used to accuse each other of not changing patients even if we just went through and changed them. You can have a patient all completely washed and clean and it only takes them two minutes to not only soil their attends but also have the bed smeared with excrements. People would make accusations and say they "were not done.".

I had this issue with a LTC facility that I worked at and I was the supervisor because on the weekends that's what the nurse was, no management around. So the complaints always came flying my way from one shift about another. Here's the deal. If the resident/patient is checked the last hour of the shift per protocol, most will be clean. If an entire hallway is dirty, it's a red flag. Plus, there's another thing that will usually give it away...a brief with a head to toe soaking usually is more than one void. A BM that has the be scrubbed off with a lot of soap and water usually isn't "fresh"...there are exceptions but this was usually what I found after "investigating" a complaint about the prior shift.

areyoualazynurs · Feb 20, 2015

The brief I mentioned?? It was head to toe wet..no place for extra pee to go except in the mattress...which is what happened. If I were the nurse, I'd be ashamed of myself. And for those of you defending her, shame on you.

allnurses Guide · Feb 21, 2015

Let me get this straight then. You graduate with an ASN or a BSN dedicated to "caring" and "compassion" and all of that stuff goes right out the window when some of you start working and neglect patients? ALL nurses should care and be compassionate, and change patients before they soil the bed so much, you need a mattress change to get the smell out! What in heck's name are you getting paid for anyway? Medication Administration??

Are you in school to be a nurse?

If you become a nurse someday, you may become rather embarrassed by your post.

You have absolutely no clue.

areyoualazynurs · Feb 23, 2015

Guess what? Facebook can wait for your status updates, girls. You need to actually go into a patients room, and not send me all the time. Gossiping at the front desk? That can wait too. There is patient care to be done, so get off Facebook or Twitter and do it. And don't allow the patient to complain that they only see ME in there all day. Cause that's what happens!!

PacoUSA, BSN, RN · Feb 23, 2015

Ack! Stay out of long term care which is filled with people who became CNA's because it pays better than McDonalds. There are exceptions, exceptional CNAs and I'm thankful for every one of them. But for every dedicated, caring, awesome CNA there is one who is just punching a clock and doesn't give a %$#@ about the human beings they are charged to care for.

I worked with one of these CNAs in my last job. Lazy as ****! It was public knowledge how much he despised the job, and having him working as your aide made the job much harder. One time he made up vital signs for my patients which I verified were made up by asking each patient if they had their blood pressure taken within the last hour. They all said no, and hardly unlikely they would all say the same thing considering they were all in separate rooms and didn't know each other.

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areyoualazynurs · Feb 28, 2015

Here's a quote from another topic in this forum:

To some degree, the crappiest pop-up nursing schools tend to not impact the profession too greatly, IMHO, simply by virtue of the fact that so many of their graduates cannot pass the NCLEX to save their lives. And the ones that do manage to snag a license aren't likely to stay in the profession long, based on the reading I do on this very website ("help, i think i'm gonna loose my license, i gave the wrong meds to the wrong people at the wrong times.....and it's really not a big deal that i didn't call the doctor when his patient totally crashed......and i just forgot to change the dressings and chart what i was supposed to.......and the other nurses are just old and jealous and mean so they make me call out all the time and why not i deserve to....but i'm a great nurse!!!!"). Or how about this one: "I'm a brand new grad but that doesn't mean I should have to work nights, and weekends, and holidays, and not get my preferred vacation time off every year, does it?? I've sent my resume to every employer within a one hour drive, why can't I find a job???"
I wish a survey existed that could show the percentage of new grads from these crappy schools who can't hold onto a job once they get one!

Wow. That's all I can say. Also, as a CNA, I take vitals and write them down. I have a machine capable of remembering each set I take. Now for the DON, who are you going to believe? Hard numbers displayed on a machine, or two gossipy nurses trying to stir up trouble?? Just sayin...

NOADLS · Feb 28, 2015

Guess what? Facebook can wait for your status updates, girls. You need to actually go into a patients room, and not send me all the time. Gossiping at the front desk? That can wait too. There is patient care to be done, so get off Facebook or Twitter and do it. And don't allow the patient to complain that they only see ME in there all day. Cause that's what happens!!

If a nurse is busy on facebook then someone (a CNA) should be checking on the patients. If they also have twitter then the CNA will need to spend more time with the patient.