My wife works as a day HHA and about once a month works at the LTC at the local hospital when they are really short days/eves. I work as a full-time eve LPN at a different LTC facility. This was my weekend as charge. Don't get me started. But I have never done this to any one. My philosophy is; It's a job, go with the flow and do your best and try to be nice.
She calls me sobbing her eyes out and having a total panic attack this AM from her car because this nurse is riding her so hard. She called her home health super and wound up leaving work early. She is going to file a grievance and I told her to never go back and I hope she doesn't. We don't need the money (?) that bad. Screw them.
She saw her replacement driving in as she was leaving (somebody wanted OT perhaps?). Politics.
And this nurse actually had time to ride a CNA? And the nerve to ride a way totally complete part-timer who volunteered when you are supposedly short? Sounds to me like she went out of her way to make my wife miserable instead of doing her job.
I think she's a flipping goddess for working HHA and LTC as a 49 year old diabetic.
I'm SO not perfect especially with the CNAs ( I love the ones that tell me to just back off) but I have never caused anyone to leave much less quit. I will never admit it but good CNAs are the true jewels of the system.
You don't get to make my wife cry.
(This part of the rant edited because I could see where THAT was going)
It sounds like the stress of the charge nurse's job might be getting to her...rather than gather up the lynch mob maybe you and your wife could go talk to this nurse? You might be surprised to find out she is terribly sorry when she is called down on it. Sometimes people don't realize they have turned into the wicked witch of the west.
If you talked to her and she still acted snotty....get a rope...
It sounds like the stress of the charge nurse's job might be getting to her...rather than gather up the lynch mob maybe you and your wife could go talk to this nurse? You might be surprised to find out she is terribly sorry when she is called down on it. Sometimes people don't realize they have turned into the wicked witch of the west.
If you talked to her and she still acted snotty....get a rope...
OPs wifo needs to do what he said: file a greivance and then get another job...you file grievance for the people you leave behind so that there will be something on paper when they are subjected to same tx...but sometimes you need to get out because you still have the same situation but now it is aggravated by the grievance..this is a no win situation
our night nurses are having a problem with cnas who sleep on duty...they are awakened and told not to go back to sleep but they have been having their way for years and they have seen night nurses come and go and they know that they can get a job at the drop of a hat so they are difficult to deal with
i hope that they can work these things out...the night nurses we have now are dependable and rearly call in...a jewel beyond price when you are tired and ready to go home
OPs wifo needs to do what he said: file a greivance and then get another job...you file grievance for the people you leave behind so that there will be something on paper when they are subjected to same tx...but sometimes you need to get out because you still have the same situation but now it is aggravated by the grievance..this is a no win situation
our night nurses are having a problem with cnas who sleep on duty...they are awakened and told not to go back to sleep but they have been having their way for years and they have seen night nurses come and go and they know that they can get a job at the drop of a hat so they are difficult to deal with
i hope that they can work these things out...the night nurses we have now are dependable and rearly call in...a jewel beyond price when you are tired and ready to go home
nursemary9, BSN, RN
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Hi
None of us--be we CNA,LPN,RN,Resp. therapist,phlebotamist, janitor or anyone else should have to put up with someone's abusive mouth!
That's why we have grievance procedures.
We all need to make use of these.
Again, Mike, I'm sorry for your wife.
I think there is nothing as wonderful as a Good CNA!!
Mary Ann