Nurses Helping Nurses
allnurses Network: Central | Jobs | Books | Newsletter
allnurses: A Nursing Community for Nurses
Home General News Blogs Articles Students Region Specialty Degrees F.A.Q.
Nursing Career Advice /

Need advice



Did You Know?
allnurses is the largest community for nurses on the web. We now have over 385,790 members! Join today to network with other nurses, laugh, share, and much more.

Jun 24, 2009 02:25 AM

Need advice


I am not a nurse but a nursing student working as an STNA. I have a serious question that I need advice on from a nurses view. In our area jobs are scarse. My husband has been laid off from his construction job for about 7 months. I finally found a job after a 6 month search as a STNA at a local nursing home. I despertly need this job or our family will lose our home. Ive only been employed for about 3 weeks now. Last night I walked in on another aide abusing a resident. Frankly the woman scares me. Shes built like a football player and quite the street fighter type. I know if I tell on her the other employees will make my job a living hell but if I dont and she seriously hurts a resident I couldnt live with myself. Im so afraid and confused. Just to let you in on how bad it was....

I was passing ice to residents at about 4:30 AM. I knocked and opened the door just as this aide threw the resident onto the bed. She asked if I could help her get his shirt on so I put his arm in his sleeve and she jerked the shirt over his head. He screamed ouch and the aide covered his mouth and told him to shut the hell up and stop screaming in her face. She then asked me to help her get him in his chair. I crossed the room and brought his chair over when she proceeded to literally pick the resident up off his feet and slam him into his chair with such force that he bounced back out of the chair and back down again. This resident is an elderly man who has little control over his body, has a feeding tube inserted into his stomach and no longer has all his senses about him. Im so afraid...could someone please advise me.


Share: Submit Thread to Facebook Submit Thread to Twitter Submit Thread to Technorati Submit Thread to Google Submit Thread to Reddit

Search Tags
None
Top

 
Advertisement
Sponsored Links
 
Reply
2 Comments
No. 1
from CrufflerJJ
Old Jun 24, 2009, 09:46 AM

Default Re: Need advice
Originally Posted by STNABeth View Post
I am not a nurse but a nursing student working as an STNA. I have a serious question that I need advice on from a nurses view. In our area jobs are scarse. My husband has been laid off from his construction job for about 7 months. I finally found a job after a 6 month search as a STNA at a local nursing home. I despertly need this job or our family will lose our home. Ive only been employed for about 3 weeks now. Last night I walked in on another aide abusing a resident. Frankly the woman scares me. Shes built like a football player and quite the street fighter type. I know if I tell on her the other employees will make my job a living hell but if I dont and she seriously hurts a resident I couldnt live with myself. Im so afraid and confused. Just to let you in on how bad it was....

I was passing ice to residents at about 4:30 AM. I knocked and opened the door just as this aide threw the resident onto the bed. She asked if I could help her get his shirt on so I put his arm in his sleeve and she jerked the shirt over his head. He screamed ouch and the aide covered his mouth and told him to shut the hell up and stop screaming in her face. She then asked me to help her get him in his chair. I crossed the room and brought his chair over when she proceeded to literally pick the resident up off his feet and slam him into his chair with such force that he bounced back out of the chair and back down again. This resident is an elderly man who has little control over his body, has a feeding tube inserted into his stomach and no longer has all his senses about him. Im so afraid...could someone please advise me.

You know what to do. Do what's right.

Report the psycho STNA to both the nursing home administration, and your state's licensing authority.

If she hasn't hurt a resident by now, she WILL. Guaranteed.

If you're "on the fence" about what to do - think of the resident as your grandmother or grandfather. That should help you decide how to handle the situation.
Top
 
No. 2
from lcraigbsn
Old Jul 01, 2009, 01:36 PM

Default Re: Need advice
I am sorry but you have to report her. This is a dangerous person who should not be working in the healthcare field. I woudl be so upset if I knew that someone taking care of my dad or grandfather or any family member was treating them this way. I know this is a difficult situation for you, believe me, but you really have an obligation to the patient. I will be prying for you that all goes well foryou and yoru family.
Top
 
Reply




Thread Tools


Who's Online
315 members
2,574 guests
2,889

8

Doctors-in-short-supply-responsibilities-for-nurses-may-expa...

7

Less regular sleep for ICU nurses may lead to errors

13

Nurse sends unused medical supplies to needy nations

23

Premature Births Are Fueling Higher Rates of Infant...

6

MRSA Strain Linked to High Death Rates

21

RI hospital fined $150,000 in 5th wrong-site surgery since...

63

Nursing: One of the 6 Thriving Jobs that are Here to Stay???

89

Dad Fights Hospital to Keep Baby on Life Support

12

A nurse can dream...about awesome nursing

16

California Nursing Situation - CINHC's plan to help New...






Currently Reading This Page: 1 (0 members & 1 guests)

Interested in the hottest topics of the week? Subscribe to the Nurse-zine Newsletter.
Enter email address: